Human Resources Management
Resume:
Allen M. Nason, Licensed in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
SYNOPSIS: Current General Counsel seeking industry change. Extensive
experience in leading conglomerate of companies through
very complex and challenging legal matters. In doing so
have direct and extensive experience in:
All Facets of Corporate Advisement and Strategic Development
Supervising and Directing all Litigation, including
Coordinating Local Counsel
Law Department Development and Management
Managing Compliance and Risk Initiatives (see attached)
Real Estate Development, Land Use, Construction, and
Complex Financing
Regional Mortgage Banking Counsel
Detailed Contract Review, Negotiation and Drafting For Sales,
Leases, and Financing
Human Resources and Employment Law, including HRIS (see attached)
Mergers, Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Accounting and Alternate
Financing
Environmental Law Counseling and Negotiation (including EPA and
USDOJ)
Trademark and Copyright Filings
Marketing and Creative Development Across Multiple Markets
Overseeing Subcontracting, Insurance and Regulatory Requirements
Implementing Legislative and State Agency Strategies
Ethics, Licensure and Reporting
CAREER GENERAL COUNSEL
EXPERIENCE Eastwood Homes and Clinchfield Capital Mortgage
Charlotte, North Carolina, March, 2007 to Present
General Counsel for four (4) parent companies and over
fifty (50) subsidiaries encompassing revenues in excess of
$250 million annually;
Chief Legal Officer for litigation and alternative dispute
resolution, banking and financial relationships,
compliance, real estate, commercial transactions, contract
review and development, labor and employment, business
counseling, mortgage lending and consumer finance,
development of policies and procedures, subcontracting,
environmental, legislative affairs, compliance and risk
avoidance;
Perform daily contract reviews, negotiations and drafting
for high value commercial transactions, subordinations,
subcontracts, joint ventures, banking and financial
relationships, assignments, guarantees, liens, leases,
sales and land development;
Creator of compliance initiatives in environmental, human
resources and employment law, subcontracting, litigation
management, insurance and safety;
Two (2) years as Regional Human Resource Manager and
General Counsel for over Six (6) market areas with gross
revenue which exceeded $250 million annually;
Change manager for removal of an existing regional human
resources department to an integrated human resources
platform (HRIS), to ensure heightened compliance; and
Actively coordinated benefits negotiations, creation of
all human resource policies, procedures and Company
handbook, performance management, recruitment, strategic
business development and gained other valuable experience
in managing a multi-state human resources department.
LARGE LAW FIRM PARTNER
Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, LLC, to December, 2006
Supervised all aspects of firm operations (including human
resources, litigation, risk management and compliance,
strategic planning, budgeting, marketing and sales,
contracts and finance) for residential and resort real
estate practice throughout six (6) offices in North and
South Carolina; and
Firm honored by CIO Magazine in 2006 as "Top 100" business
nationally which created value for customers through
utilizing technology to streamline operations and improve
firm operations.
SENIOR ATTORNEY
Midkiff, Muncie and Ross, P.C.,
Richmond, Virginia, November, 2002 - December, 2004
Counsel for highly rated insurance defense firm in
personal injury, workers' compensation, contracts, real
property, employment discrimination, federal tort claims
and nursing home/medical malpractice;
Represented numerous businesses as outside litigation
counsel;
Coordinate and manage the preparation and execution of
effective defensive litigation strategies from inception to
conclusion in every case; supervise paralegal and legal
assistant;
Travel throughout Virginia interviewing witnesses,
conducting depositions, coordinating expert testimony, and
conducting thorough investigations; and
Routinely conduct comprehensive trial preparation
strategies, including emphasis on motion practice, where
applicable; negotiate and execute favorable settlements.
CHIEF, ARMY CLAIMS DIVISION
Department of the Army, Office of the Staff Judge
Advocate, Fort Lee, Virginia
September 2001 - November, 2002
Overall litigation and management responsibility for area
claims office with concomitant supervisory responsibility
over branch offices in the greater part of Virginia and
West Virginia; responsible for all claims against the Army
resulting from property, injury or death;
Manage defensive federal litigation efforts in conjunction
with United States Attorney's Office, Army Litigation
Division, and Army Claims Service;
Responsible for investigation, adjudication, legal
analysis, and defensive negotiation involving tort claims,
with final and irrevocable settlement authority for amounts
up to $50,000 per person, and $100,000 per incident; and
Counselor to Kenner Army Health Clinic (KAHC) (for over
two years) for quality assurance, privacy, credentialing,
and issues surrounding the management and provision of
patient care; sit on risk management committee and respond
to medical malpractice claims arising from KAHC.
ARMY LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ATTORNEY
Department of the Army, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate,
Fort Lee, Virginia
January 2000 - November, 2002
Defend United States in cases involving the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, Merit Systems Protection
Board, and Worker's Compensation Commission;
Responsible for investigation, case preparation, legal
analysis, and negotiation; and
Train installation leadership in personnel law and
management; assist installation leadership in applying
progressive discipline consistent with responsible EEO
principles; interact with Union leadership on grievance and
negotiation issues.
Installation Environmental Counsel; and
Conducted training in employment, environmental compliance
and investigations.
ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
Department of the Army, Office of the Staff Judge
Advocate, Fort Lee, Virginia
Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney's Office, January
2000 - January, 2003
Prosecute and defend cases in Federal Magistrate Court as
a Special Assistant United States Attorney; coordinate
litigation efforts with United States Attorney Office
involving tort claims, employment law claims, real property
and criminal actions.
EDUCATION Juris Doctor, Cum Laude 1999
Seattle University School of Law Seattle,
Washington University of South Carolina School
of Law Columbia, South Carolina
US Army Judge Advocate General's School 2000 - 2003
US Attorney's National Advocacy Center 2000 - 2003
B.S. Business - Marketing 1995
Winthrop University Rock Hill,
South Carolina
Order of the Omega Honor Society
PROFESSIONAL Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
AFFILIATIONS Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
North, South Carolina and Virginia Bars
North Carolina Bar Association
Title Insurance Agent for Investors Title
Construction Law Certification through Lorman
PERSONAL Golf, Tennis, Boating, Community Committee Involvement,
Literacy, INTERESTS Reading, Wine Clubs, Recruiting for West Point
(United States Military Academy),
Travel, and Fly Fishing
REFERENCES Furnished Upon Request
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