Real Estate Management

MALIA O’CONNELL FLATT, ESQ.

**** ***** *** ****, **********, Virginia 23122

C: 804-***-**** or W: 804-***-****; abnfyk@r.postjobfree.com

GENERAL COUNSEL

Accomplished General Counsel and Senior Executive with broad background in Real Estate, Acquisitions, Corporate Governance,

Hospitality Operations, and Investments. Adept at providing leadership and management, as well as strategic development and case

management for both transactional and litigation matters. Effectively develops, mentors, and leads top-performing associates and

support staff committed to delivering strong results on various real estate, business, and general litigation matters. Consistently achieves

optimal utilization of human and financial resources through proactive workflow planning and coordination. Additional areas of

expertise:

Real Estate & Business Law Section 1031 Transactions Contract Negotiations International Law

Banking & Surety Bankruptcy Hedge Funds & Private Equity Investments Liability & Workers Compensation

Executive Compensation Resort & Hospitality Operations Risk Management & Insurance

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• As General Counsel for a privately-owned conglomerate, created and facilitated the integration of legal processes designed to manage

the legal affairs for 12 independent operating companies located in Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, New

Hampshire and the Czech Republic, with substantial hedge fund and private equity investments, real property holdings valued in

excess of $340 million, payroll in excess of $69 million, and annual revenues exceeding $2 billion, resulting in better postured

operations at significant overall savings.

Restructured the corporate risk management program for real property, general liability and aviation insurance policies, decreasing the

overall costs by 25% .

Applied strong negotiation tactics and skills to complete contracts for the aggregate purchase and sale of $127.8 million of commercial

real estate.

Served as legal counsel and as a key staff member in the acquisition of five separate companies in three business sectors (resort

operations, technology and manufacturing), for a total purchase price of $36.3 million.

Served as legal counsel for six private charitable foundations with real property and hedge fund assets of $190 million and scheduled

annual gift donations to community programs and cancer research of $24 million.

• Provided strategic legal and business development advice for luxury 5-Diamond/5-Star properties, including Kiawah Island Golf Resort

in South Carolina, The Hermitage Hotel in Tennessee and The Jefferson Hotel in Virginia.

• Developed and implemented a highly effective, comprehensive program for early resolution of liability and workers compensation

claims, resulting in losses dramatically below corresponding annual loss-picks and reducing outside legal fees by 62%.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GENERAL COUNSEL - CCA Industries, Inc., Richmond, VA (2004-Present)

TEMPORARY CLAIMS ATTORNEY & LEGAL COUNSEL, LEASING DEPARTMENT - Landamerica Financial Group, Inc.,

Richmond, VA (2003-2004)

LEGAL COUNSEL & CORPORATE ASSISTANT - O’Connell & Associates, Williamsburg, VA (2003)

ATTORNEY - Wright Robinson Osthimer & Tatum, Richmond, VA (2001-2003)

Career Note: Additional employment experience as a Military Police Officer for the US Army.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Project Management

Actively liaise between internal management and outside counsel to oversee and steer legal operations for a broad spectrum of real

estate, business, and corporate law matters.

Manage all phases of major multi-million dollar litigation projects, including leading staff in conducting all phases of due diligence.

Review and negotiate sophisticated commercial contracts and agreements for real estate transactions, services, insurance (property,

casualty, workers compensation and aviation), banking, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and miscellaneous employment and

confidentiality arrangements.

Author deal memos and letters of interest for potential acquisitions on a worldwide scale.

Educate and update company presidents and internal corporate headquarter departments regarding case statuses and issues in both

litigation and transactional situations.

Identify and manage conflicts and potential conflicts with effective dispute resolution and support.

Legal Analysis

Contribute strong research and analysis skills in conducting comprehensive review and analysis of documents regarding real estate

and litigation matters.

Contain and manage risk by performing detailed cost-benefit analyses.

Support outside counsel with all aspects of litigation management and electronic litigation discovery, including interrogatories,

requests for productions, and depositions, as well as researching various issues, drafting and filing legal pleadings, and lead

counsel in mediations, arbitrations, and trials.

Advise companies undergoing mergers and acquisition and liaise between in-house corporate staff and outside counsel as well as

drafting, reviewing and negotiating various business agreements and contracts.

Monitor federal, state and local legislative and political affairs, and advise staff regarding proper possible responses and courses of

action.

Communication & Leadership

Train contract and junior attorneys in effectively locating, reviewing, and analyzing documents for issues relating to privileged

communications, breach of fiduciary duties, and contractual obligations.

Promote company growth and expansion by working with counsel for the seller to successfully negotiate the acquisition of

companies that contribute to revenue growth.

Recruit, train, and supervise a legal team of attorneys, paralegals, as well as track individual progress an ensure critical compliance

with internal policies, rules and regulations.

Proactively assist in all aspects for the preparation and review of several large government contracting bids for a family-owned defense

contracting business.

Interface with internal company presidents and external customers on a daily basis to build relationships to be an integral member of the

executive corporate staff.

EDUCATION & BAR MEMBERSHIP

Juris Doctor - University of Richmond Law

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology & Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice - University of Richmond; ROTC Scholarship

Active Member of the Virginia State Bar

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