STEPHANIE WENTWORTH
** ***** ****** ? Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
734-***-**** ? *********.*********@*****.***
AREAS OF INTEREST & EXPERTISE
Objectively analyzing and interpreting laws for distillation into
accessible formats; reviewing business practices for compliance with
internal and external policies and guidelines and regulations and
applicable law; methodically executing long-term projects; organizing large
volumes of information; streamlining processes; managing requests for
information; adapting policies for international collaborations; training
colleagues on best practices.
EXPERIENCE
Partners HealthCare Systems, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Contracts and Subcontracts Specialist, November 2008 - present
Negotiate terms and conditions of grants from non-profit organizations and
governmental entities in accordance with applicable law and institutional
policy; issue subcontracts to non-profit and for-profit entities flowing
down appropriate terms and conditions; resolve or appropriately triage
compliance, legal and administrative inquiries from principal
investigators, department administrators and research administrators;
supervise a Contracts Administrator issuing subcontracts and amendments;
review of FAR clauses, clinical trial agreements and intellectual property
language; maintain continuing expertise on international subcontracting;
train colleagues on subrecipient monitoring and systems.
Hinckley, Allen, & Snyder, Boston, Massachusetts
Contract Attorney, August 2008 - September 2008
Reviewed and documented prison inmate telephone conversations for
application to a criminal defense.
The Debt Exchange, Boston, Massachusetts
Contract Attorney, July 2008 - August 2008
Facilitated the underwriting process by reviewing and organizing loan
document files for comprehensiveness and relevance to secondary lending.
Partners HealthCare Systems, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Executive Assistant to the Vice President and General Counsel, January 2008
- June 2008
Analyzed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act for its treatment of
secondary use of electronic health information; acted as liaison between
internal and external parties regarding ongoing litigation, employment
matters and corporate acquisitions; monitored e-mail boxes and prioritized
messages; created a wide variety of documents and presentations using
Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, Boston, Massachusetts
Legal Assistant, October 2007 - December 2007
Maintained intricate electronic, web-based, and paper filing systems;
verified comprehensiveness of clients' estate related files, including
incorporation documents, tax forms, wills, trusts and HIPAA forms.
EDUCATION
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California
Juris Doctor May 2007
Recipient, 90% Merit-Based Scholarship; Member, National Lawyers Guild.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts, December 2003
Dean's List all semesters; graduated Summa Cum Laude.
BAR INFORMATION
Admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, December 2009.