Human Resources Manager

Mary Jo Quinn, Esq.

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Arlington Heights, IL 60005

***/***-**** (W); 847/483-9548 (H)

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Allstate Investments, LLC February 2009 - Present, Northbrook, IL

Investment Law Division - Corporate Counsel

(Negotiating workouts of municipal bond transactions.

(Negotiating restructuring of Allstate's $2B auction rate securities asset

class with SEC, US Treasury, investment bankers and corporate treasurers.

(Supervising Investment Law attorneys and law clerk.

(Providing legal advice to investment adviser clients and prepared

application for admission as investment adviser in the UK and 30 European

Countries.

(Served as counsel to the Special Situations Committee, focusing on

distressed securities.

Allstate Insurance Company November 2005 - February 2009, Northbrook, IL

Corporate Law Division - Managing Counsel

(Acted as Head of Contracts Team, made up of eight lawyers, who provided

legal counsel on all non-investment contracts with third party vendors.

(Negotiated and drafted documents outsourcing Human Resources department to

the Philippines.

(Supervised the patent and trademark attorneys.

(Analyzed legal strategy for purposes of contract disputes with third party

vendors.

(Supervised eight attorneys and one secretary.

(Continued to provide legal advice to Investment Department regarding:

i) investment adviser and compliance issues,

ii) municipal bond military housing restructurings,

iii) collateralized loan obligation issuance and management, and

iv) application for FSA registration in the UK.

Allstate Investments, LLC September 1996 - November 2005, Northbrook, IL

Investment Law Division - Counsel

(Drafted legal documentation relating to municipal bond purchases and

sales.

(Negotiated privately placed debt securities.

(Analyzed legal strategy for purposes of litigation and settlement of

distressed investments.

(Negotiated restructuring of distressed investments.

(Negotiated economically targeted transactions, including limited

partnerships and equity positions.

(Negotiated collateralized loan obligation as collateral manager's counsel.

(Provided legal advice regarding bankruptcies of borrowers in all asset

classes.

(Provided regulatory legal advice to Investment Adviser Act clients.

(Provided legal advice to Investments Compliance department.

(Supervised Investment Law paralegal staff.

Jones Day August 1990 - May 1994, Washington, DC; May 1994 - September

1996, Chicago, IL.

Capital Markets Group - Associate Attorney

(Negotiated contracts with governmental officials, corporate finance

officers.

(Reviewed borrowing facilities' internal documentation in lending

situations.

(Acted as letter of credit counsel in large financings.

(Financed construction of multimillion dollar facilities, including

hospitals, prisons, multi-family housing.

(Negotiated, documented and closed over 100 derivative product

transactions.

(Won pro bono appeal regarding denial of benefit for individual who was

emotionally disturbed and HIV-positive.

(Drafted wills and powers of attorney on a pro bono basis for clients of

clinic for persons with HIV.

Kutak Rock September 1988 - July 1990; Summer Associate, 1987,

Washington, D.C.

Transactional Group - Associate Attorney

(Provided assistance in municipal bond transactions.

(Drafted documentation for derivative product transactions.

(Drafted collateralized mortgage obligations and REMICs.

(Participated in pro bono tutoring involving DC public schools.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Littleton Public Schools June 1979 - June 1984, Littleton, CO

Special Educator

(Program director, in charge of 25 students with multi-handicaps, 6

professionals and 10 teaching assistants.

(Direct teaching experience in a total communication classroom with

children ages 4 to 14.

(Prepared and conducted parent seminars and individual parent counseling.

(Created peer-tutor program with non-handicapped students, facilitating

integration of students with special needs.

(Developed and implemented alternative communication systems for non-verbal

students.

(Expert witness for (i) class action lawsuit by parents of students at a

state mental institution, and (ii) an action regarding the free,

appropriate school placement of a student with severe disabilities.

(Member of the Board of Directors of the Littleton Association for Retarded

Citizens.

Loyal Public Schools August 1977 - June 1979, Loyal, WI

Special Educator

(Taught 14 students with multi-handicaps.

EDUCATION

University of California - Hastings College of Law, 1985 - 1988, San

Francisco, CA

Juris Doctor

Honors: The Tony Patino Fellowship, scholarship given for leadership,

community participation, and scholastic achievement, largest scholarship

awarded at Hastings; Hastings International and Comparative Law Review,

Associate Editor of Articles Department; President of Street Law Program.

Admitted to practice in California, District of Columbia, Illinois

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, 1973 - 1977, Eau Claire, WI

Bachelor of Science - Dual Major: Special Education and Elementary

Education

Honors: Magna Cum Laude Graduate; National Mortar Board; Outstanding Young

Women of America; Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and

Colleges; Educational Honor Society, President; Outstanding Senior Award.

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

1. Chicago Municipal Analysts Society, Chicago, IL, Panel Member-"Uniform

Commercial Code Issues in Municipal Bond Transactions" 2002

2. Bond Buyer Specialty Credits Conference, Boston, MA, Panel Moderator-

"Tobacco Securitization Update" 2003

3. Bond Buyer Health Care Conference, Chicago, IL, Speaker-"Not-For-

Profit Boards in the Municipal Bond Industry", 2003

4. Joint Conference of the National Commission on Health Facilities

Finance Authorities and the National Association of Higher Education

Finance Authorities, Sedona, Arizona, Speaker-"Investors' Concerns

regarding Experience of Not-For-Profit Boards", 2004

5. National Association of Bond Lawyers, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,

Panel Member-"Commercial Law Issues in Public Finance", 2004

6. National Association of Bond Lawyers, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,

Panel Member-"Municipal Bond Workout Issues", 2005

7. Kirkland & Ellis; Booz Allen Hamilton Seminar, Chicago, IL, Sourcing

and Outsourcing 2008: The State of the Industry, Panel Member-"The

Outsourcing Process: Is it broken? Does it work? Can it be

improved?", 2008

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