Real Estate City

MOHAMMED I. HILL

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ACCOMPLISHED LEGAL COUNSEL CANDIDATE

• Results-oriented with extensive experience structuring, negotiating and completing complex

commercial transactions, regulatory requirements and litigation matters.

• Strategic and analytical problem solver who focuses on the desired result to ascertain

appropriate legal and business direction. Proactive with risk mitigation strategies that protect

client and future profitability.

• Leadership in building, managing and motivating teams to optimize delivery of services and

products.

• Persuasive writer and communicator. Adept at handling complex matters, driving social media

campaigns and trusted advisor to high level executives, boards, investor and management teams.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, J.D.

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, B.A., Political Science, Highest Honors

Recipient of the California Alumni Association’s "Emerging Leader" Scholarship Award.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

City of Oakland, Oakland, CA

Administrative Hearing Judge, October 2012 – Present

• As a Consultant to the City, perform professional services to adjudicate administratively in public

forums all citizen appeals of enforcement actions taken by City pertaining to any and all building,

housing, fire, property, zoning codes, public nuisance cases such as drugs and prostitution, and billing

assessments

• Adjudication services include reviewing City and Appellant pleadings and supporting documentation,

conducting public hearings, administering oaths, issuing subpoenas and rendering oral and written

rulings, orders, findings and determinations as to regulatory compliance in accordance with the

policies, procedures, regulations and ordinances of the City and laws of the State of California.

City of Goleta, Office of the City Attorney, Goleta, CA

Assistant City Attorney, September 2011 – September 2012

• Advised the City Council and all City departments, boards and commissions on all related legal,

policy and legislative matters.

• Successfully negotiated agreements and legal documents for City clients, including grant, property

use and right of entry, MOUs and Joint Powers Authority Agreements for a multi-million dollar

project development and finance of renewable energy production facility at the Tajiguas Landfill in

Santa Barbara County.

• Provided advice on residential condominium conversions, design reviews, development impact fees

for affordable housing, zoning ordinances, zoning amendments, vacations and easements.

• Drafted legislative ordinances related to Solid Waste Franchises, Construction and Demolition Debris

Waste Diversion and the City’s first Social Media Policy.

T-Mobile USA, Concord, CA

Contract Corporate Counsel, September 2009 to September 2011

• Resolved matters within T-Mobile’s Engineering & Operations Division including formulating and

administering complex agreements, active oversight of vendors and outside counsel, environmental

and other regulatory compliance, privacy and confidentiality issues, mediations, government

contracts, real estate issues including leases, landlord-tenant and franchise law, easements and rights

of way, property use, mergers and acquisitions issues related to the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile

USA, and business license and land use development issues involving permitting for wireless

facilities with governmental entities.

• Developed and pursued cost effective strategic initiatives, public relations and marketing, government

and regulatory affairs including drafting and review of wireless telecommunications ordinances and

federal legislation, and formulate positions on various legislation and case law decisions.

• Assessed, developed and managed online marketing campaigns to drive brand and community

awareness, engagement and traffic to social media pages.

• Achieved a strong, visible interactive social media presence and continuously monitored online

public relations to ensure the success of client programs.

• Advocated on behalf of the wireless industry as a member of the Steering Committee on Joint Venture

Silicon Valley’s Wireless Communications Initiative, a collaboration between the wireless industry,

cities, businesses and residents working to proactively improve the wireless infrastructure

development process in Silicon Valley.

City of Alameda, Office of the City Attorney, Alameda, CA

Assistant City Attorney, July 2006 – June 2009

Alameda Municipal Power (formerly “Alameda Power & Telecom”), Alameda, CA

General Counsel, July 2006 – June 2009

• Advised the City Council and acted as primary counsel to the following departments and boards:

Alameda Power & Telecom (now known as Alameda Municipal Power), Department of Public

Works, the Building and Code Enforcement Division of the Department of Planning & Building and

the Planning Division and the Planning Board, the Police Department, the Public Utilities Board, the

Transportation Commission, and the Fire Department on all related legal, policy and legislative

matters.

• Successfully negotiated to completion agreements and legal documents for City clients, including

maintenance, settlement, digital content transmission and management, power purchase, project

structure and finance, management, consultant, marketing, technology agreements including

intellectual property, non-disclosure and licensing, procurement, joint powers, development, credit,

construction, real estate property sale and purchase, real estate development, capital projects, lease,

easement, right of entry, telecommunications, fiber conduit lease, cooperative, bylaws, franchise,

asset seizure and forfeiture payment, grant and escrow.

• Negotiated to execution contractual agreements for multi-million dollar project development and

finance of renewable energy production facilities (including solar, natural gas, geothermal, wind and

landfill) in order to procure long-term renewable energy purchases for Alameda Municipal Power.

• Negotiated numerous software licensing agreements, including inbound and outbound technology,

end user, multi-product, content and data agreements; web streaming software installation services

agreements, including custom development, systems integration, hardware, technical support and

maintenance, SaaS hosting, application production support, and design for end client users.

• Successfully defended civil litigation motions, including Pitchess Motions, and suits against City in

all aspects of trial and/or settlement and provided substantial savings to the City with direct oversight

of City’s outside counsel on construction defect and breach of contract issues.

• Initiated and successfully litigated civil actions on behalf of assigned departments, including petitions

for receiverships for substandard properties and gun retentions.

• Provided advice on residential condominium conversions, design reviews, zoning ordinances, zoning

amendments, variances, development plans, reuse plans, master plans, parking management plans and

transportation element updates for the General Plan, and formulated and advised staff and the

Planning Board prior to the passage of the City’s density bonus ordinance, secondary unit ordinance,

bay friendly landscaping ordinance and the submission of the 2009 Housing Element.

• Provided opinions to assigned City clients on compliance of all related governance, compliance and

legislative policies and regulations, including matters involving the Brown Act, CEQA, Government

Claims Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Communication Assistance for Law

Enforcement Act (CALEA), Public Records Act, confidentiality including HIPAA, Fair and Accurate

Transactions Credit Act of 2003 (FACT Act), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Prop. 218,

redevelopment funding for affordable housing and abatement, election and campaign laws.

City of San José, Office of the City Attorney, San José, CA

Deputy City Attorney, Departmental Counsel Division (Transactional), April 2001 – July 2006

• Advised the City Council and the following City departments: Department of Transportation, the

Parks Planning and Community Facilities Development Division of the Department of Parks,

Recreation and Neighborhood Services, the Police Permits Division of the Police Department, the

Maintenance and Operations and Records Divisions of the Department of General Services, the

Airport Commission on administrative hearings, and the Airport Operations Division of the Norman

Y. Mineta San José International Airport on all related legal, policy and legislative matters.

• Successfully negotiated agreements for City clients, including maintenance, settlement, web

streaming software installations and hosting services, concessionaire, consultant, technology and

software licensing, procurement, marketing, intellectual property and licensing, parkland dedication,

park turnkey, construction, property use, real estate property sale and purchase, lease, easement,

exclusive negotiating, development, development and disposition, right of entry, capital projects,

grant and escrow.

• Counseled the Chief of Police and the Airport Commission in administrative hearings.

• Advised departments and/or the City Council on all related governance and legislative policies and

regulations, including matters related to the Brown Act, Public Records Act, and Prop. 218.

• Drafted and executed to completion the City’s records retention program.

• Advised the City’s Department of Code Enforcement on all legal and public policy matters.

• Provided sound advice and opinions to assigned City departments and/or the City Council, PUB or

Planning Board on compliance of all related governance and legislative policies and regulations,

including matters involving the Brown Act, CEQA, Government Claims Act, Public Records Act,

confidentiality including HIPAA, Prop. 218 and election and campaign laws.

• Recipient of City of San Jose, Department of Transportation “Certificate of Appreciation” Award,

September 2002 and September 2005.

Trinity Capital Advisors, Inc., San Francisco, CA

(Trinity Capital is a capital investment firm founded by a former Thelen colleague)

General Counsel, April 1998 – February 2001

• Initiated and successfully negotiated engagement letters to commit companies to private placement

investment agreements with Trinity; negotiated and prepared the investment contracts for over 120

Trinity investments, including different types of security purchase agreements, registration rights

agreements, escrow agreements, Certificates of Designation, modification agreements and derivative

agreements such as convertible notes, call options, and warrants.

• Reviewed and assisted on the Registration Statements (includes S-1, SB-2, S-3, 8-K and 10-K forms)

created by client companies to file their securities with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

• Conducted business development and on-site client relations meetings with executive officers and

management of potential companies for investment; reviewed financial records and conducted due

diligence of management, personnel, and facilities of the companies.

• Negotiated Non-Disclosure Agreements between potential companies for investment by Trinity.

• Negotiated multiple commercial office leases for client’s headquarters.

• Completed consultant agreements outlining job duties and fee schedules for hired consultants.

• Negotiated and completed settlement agreements for contracted consultants when disputes arose.

• Developed and successfully negotiated settlement agreements between Trinity and investment

companies when the companies failed to abide by the provisions of their engagement letters, purchase

agreements, registration rights agreements or escrow agreements.

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, San Francisco, CA

Associate, September 1996-April 1998, Summer Associate, 1995

• Propounded discovery, reviewed documents, interviewed witnesses, and conducted depositions of

plaintiffs, co-workers, and experts and made court appearances and oral arguments in Complex Civil

Litigation matters.

• Researched and completed several pre-trial motions, including summary judgment motions, for the

firm’s clients in Complex Civil Litigation.

• Drafted articles of incorporation and bylaws for corporate clients, and researched and completed

memoranda on issues including licensing, antitrust, contract, insurance and toxic torts.

VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT

Current Section Coordinator for the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, Section 25

(California and Hawaii Chapters).

Regional Judge for American Bar Association, Law Student Division, Region 9 Negotiation

Competition, November 2011

Lifetime member of the University of California Alumni Association and frequent mentor in the

Association’s Mentor-Mentee Program and annual interviewer for the Association’s Leadership

Award Scholarship given to incoming high school and current Cal students.

President of Chinese Cultural Educational Association (CCEA) New Sprouts Mandarin Language and

Culture non-profit based in Oakland, CA (www.newsprouts.org)

Steering Committee Member of Joint Venture's Silicon Valley Wireless Communications Initiative

(www.jointventure.org).

Member of States of California and Nevada Chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications

Officers and Advisors (www.scannatoa.org) from 2006 to 2009.

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