Real Estate Executive

JEFFREY J. HOWELL, ESQ.

** **** ****** ****, ******* Beach, CA 92660 949-***-**** Email: ****************@*****.***

Legal, Management, Operations, Business Development, Product Development

Sustainable Building, Renewable Energy, Carbon Market, Cleantech

International Issues

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Attorney/Executive focused on sustainability and renewable energy issues

Results-oriented team player who leads by example in Management and Operations of

Legal Department of Fortune 500 company

Achieves strategic goals through effective decision making and implementing innovative

procedures with exceptional ability to understand human interactions, build rapport,

facilitate teamwork, manage conflict, train, and counsel

CORE COMPETENCIES

Leadership Project Coordination Negotiation Relationship Building

CREDENTIALS

LEED Accredited Professional U.S. Green Building Council, 2008

California Real Estate Broker, 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATE COUNSEL,

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Irvine, California, March 2006 Present

Manage special projects and serve as liaison between legal department and company

operations.

Founding member of visionary Green Advisory Team developing new products and

marketing approaches based on sustainable building certification and renewable energy

regulatory mandates.

Drafted business and marketing plan for proposed new company division

supported by convincing evidence and presented to Executive and C-Level

company executives

Drafted and presented numerous specific business opportunities based on

environmental services and products

Integrated sustainable initiatives into company operations

Participated in creation of marketing materials and programs for environmental

initiatives

Jeffrey Howell, Esq. Cell 949-***-****

Educated company employees through presentations at title and escrow training

conferences across California

Additional Experience:

Analyzed and resolved a countless variety of real estate title issues

Represented Fidelity companies in mediations and settlement conferences

Retained and managed outside counsel on dozens of real estate litigation matters

INSTRUCTOR, GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR

University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California, summer 2010

Environmental Law from U.S. and Global Perspectives

INSTRUCTOR, SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE PROGRAM,

University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California, winter 2009

Course Title: Legal Developments Concerning the Environment & Climate Change

Environmental, Energy & Economic Concerns

LEED Building Certification/Green Building Codes

International, Federal and State Regulations Kyoto Protocol/AB32

Emissions Trading Markets - Cap & Trade

Legal Standards & Future Trends

CONFERENCES

FEDERAL SUMMIT 2010, U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, DELEGATE, MAY 2010

Greening the Federal Building portfolio

Executive Order 13423 Funding for Scope 1,2,3 carbon emission reductions

NAVIGATING THE AMERICAN CARBON WORLD, DELEGATE, APRIL 2010

Post-Copenhagen policy landscape

Emerging technologies

Issues core to the development of a robust carbon market

FNTG WESTERN STATES TITLE TRAINING CONFERENCE, SPEAKER, MARCH 2010

Fidelity National Title Group sustainable initiatives

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL ESCROW TRAINING, SPEAKER, JAN-MARCH 2010

Fidelity National Title Group sustainable initiatives

USGBC GREENBUILD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO, DELEGATE, NOV. 2009

Main Street Green Approximately 30,000 attendees

LANGUAGES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Portuguese and Spanish - Fluent Broad experience in Latin America and Europe

Advocacy and Education Committees, U.S. Green Building Council, Orange County

Member, OCTANe, Fueling Innovation Development in Orange County

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