Sales Real Estate
Resume:
LAWRENCE REINHOLD
**** ********* ***** - ******, ********** 91789
Office: 626-***-**** - Home: 909-***-**** - Fax: 626-***-**** - E-mail: **@***-*.***
CORPORATE COUNSEL
Over fifteen years experience practicing law in private practice and as in-house counsel. Admitted to the California State Bar, and to practice
before the US Tax Court, US Court of Claims, various US District Courts, US Bankruptcy Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
As Managing Attorney, I represent a broad spectrum of clients throughout Asia, Europe and the US including internationally recognized
scientists, journalists, Olympic athletes, musicians and artists, as well as small and large firms in industries such as import/export,
computer, restaurant, engineering, media, garment, research, manufacturing and real estate. I earned an international recognition for
outstanding service by meeting the needs of sophisticated international clients with advanced legal solutions for a broad spectrum of
immigration and business issues. This rich background is complemented by a Masters and Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND/TRANSFERABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Law Office of Lawrence Reinhold, A Professional Law Corporation 1994 - Present
Sole Practitioner/Managing Attorney
• Developed and implemented a successful management strategy and cost effective marketing material which resulted in the
practice growing and operating successfully for more than 15 years.
• Implemented cost effective push marketing strategy focused primarily on business contacts in the Chinese business
community, existing clients and their referrals. Demonstrated positive results (immigration case success rate better than 95%) led
by word of mouth referrals which in turn generated profits.
• Substantially increased profitability by reducing operating cost through payroll reductions and implementation of technology,
which increased productivity and quality of cases.
• Rendered legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices and other matters falling within the purview of
a Federal Government agency.
• Drafted, negotiated and examined contracts, other legal documents and otherwise made substantive recommendations.
• Successfully argued extraordinary ability of Olympic athletes leading to their obtaining permanent residency status in the US.
• Advised client/companies regarding establishment and structure of start-ups and re-organizations in various industries thereby
minimizing financial, liability and tax risks.
• Successfully argued the extraordinary ability of leading figure in Taiwan’s journalism profession - poet laureate, and other artists
leading to their obtaining permanent residence status in the US.
• Identified critical language in lease, which was detrimental to client thereby saving the client considerable expense.
• Drafted sales agreement and bill of sale for design concepts that allowed the client all rights to concept, including copyrights
and avoided potential litigation and related expenses.
• Reviewed corporate practices of a high litigation risk business and recommended changes which would protect the client from
lawsuits, including protecting personal wealth from corporate creditors.
• Reviewed organizational planning and recommended structural changes which saved client potential liability for payroll
expenses and litigation regarding income splitting.
• Successfully litigated breach of contract, and simultaneously defended client from creditors seeking damages for same damages
owed the client for which client was suing third party.
• Successfully defended production company in litigation, which would have cost loss of the business, plus personal liability for
significant damages.
• Negotiated an acceptable position for furniture company importing and selling furniture in the US that had been served with
a suit for injunction, temporary restraining order and order appointing receiver without which the company would have been
closed or operated by the Receiver.
• Saved foreign corporation that had formed a subsidiary in California from having to close due to INS not issuing nonimmigrant
status to the client’s president which would have cost client and its sole shareholder over $100,000 in capital and lost income, plus
market share.
• Successfully argued the extraordinary ability of research scientist leading to his permanent residency status in the US.
• Prepared and filed million dollar investor petitions with Immigration Service resulting in approval and creation of existing US
entity developing significant real estate project with initial capital of $12.2 million.
• Obtained Immigration Service approval for key design engineer involved in $1.5 billion dollar and $100 million dollar
construction projects arguing advanced degree and national interest.
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EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND/TRANSFERABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS (Continued)
• Prepared and filed million dollar investor case resulting in expansion of company with $12.7 million in sales before expansion,
to an estimated $30.4 million in sales within first year of expansion and $52.6 million in estimated sales within 4 years.
Southern California Laborers’ Trust Funds 1990 - 1994
Associate, In-House Counsel
A collective name for various trusts that collect fringe benefits owed the trusts as a third party beneficiary of Laborers’ Collective
Bargain Agreement. The trusts include pension, health & welfare, training, vacation, etc. These trusts hold, invest, pay out or process the
money paid into them by contractors signatory to the Laborers’ Collective Bargain Agreement for the benefit of union laborers.
• Created document management system which substantially reduced the time necessary to prepare repetitive legal and other
documents.
• Using specific skills in accounting and finance to successfully identify key documents prior to and during discovery which
were necessary to win/settle litigation.
• Utilized software successfully to sort data obtained through litigation which revealed patterns essential to winning/settling lawsuits for
fringe benefits and related damages.
• Successfully prosecuted fringe benefit litigation. Extensive experience litigating cases in state & federal courts through trial,
and before administrative agencies in the following areas: immigration and business including LMRA & ERISA, specifically suits
for damages & equitable relief; suits to foreclose mechanics liens; and suits to collect on stop notices, payment bonds, Miller Act
bonds and state contractors' license bonds. Handled all phases of litigation through trial, including representing clients in
arbitrations and at trial; preparing a high volume of written output in law and motion, particularly discovery and dispositive
motions. Virtually all cases were settled or processed to termination through default prove-ups or summary judgment motions.
• Created form which substantially reduced administrative and attorney time required to prepare Proof of Claim forms filed
in bankruptcy court regarding fringe benefit contributions and related damages.
• Successfully filed and defended claims in bankruptcy court.
PRIOR CAREER HISTORY
Law Offices of Kenneth S. Li, Associate 1990
John Harrison Wegge, Professional Law Corporation, Associate 1988 - 1989
Ernst & Young, Certified Public Accountants, Tax Consultant 1987 - 1988
Various Employers, Electrician 1979 - 1984
United States Marine Corps, Sergeant (E-5) Top Secret Security Clearance 1975 - 1979
• Assigned to various United States Embassies while attached to the United States Department of State, and other duties.
• Honorable Discharge
TEACHING
Chaffey Community College District 08/16/2004 - 07/27/2005
• Business Law Instructor: School of Business & Applied Technology -- Taught Business Law I
EDUCATION
Juris Doctorate and Masters of Business Administration, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law; Samford School of
Business, Birmingham, Alabama, 1987
Bachelors of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1984
LANGUAGES
Ability to speak, read and write German at the intermediate level
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the California Bar; Licensed electrician – Alaska
UNITED STATES CITZEN
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