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LORETTA T. DIDONATO, P. O. BOX 58, Cedarbrook, NJ 08018 (609)405-

9183

e-mail: ***********@*****.***

Objective: Desire a Challenging Position as Attorney/Negotiator to Provide Legal Services in Contracts, Import/Export Law, Intellectual Property and Labor Negotiations and Litigation

A highly talented, knowledgeable and experienced negotiations consultant and attorney advisor in contract and labor law, providing unique combination of engineering, IP and labor negotiation skills. Expert in all aspects of Corporate Contracts and Labor negotiation; ensuring that various contractual obligations and negotiation entities of a company are follow American Arbitration and National Labor Relations Board basic corporate compliance requirements, which includes ongoing grievance adjudication, contract negotiation procedures, documentation and inter-company agreements for various vendors, associations and subcontractors.

Hold Active Department of Defense SECRET Clearance Summary of Qualifications: unique combination of engineering and computer science with legal skills for patent prosecution and labor relations and the following specific experience:

•Over 12 years of Legal Experience in alternative dispute resolution and contract negotiation.

•Immense knowledge of contract administration, government compliance, taxation, foreign military sales, space and international treaties, and corporate operating ethics.

•Demonstrated excellence in communication skills (verbal and written) for negotiating, presenting, resolving complex and controversial issues, and responding effectively to client/customer sensitive inquiries and complaints.

•Superb brief writing, research, complaint preparation and organizational skills, ability to handle multi-tasking and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

•Familiarity with prosecution of Intellectual Property Law patent acquisition.

•High intelligence, independence, imagination, enthusiasm, zeal for advocacy of clients, a strong sense of ethics and individual purpose, and the ability to lead and work effectively with clients and colleagues.

•Expert in software development, system engineering and computer tools, lawyer research tools, e. g. Lexis-Nexis and scientific applications, and equally efficient with administrative dashboards and computer tools for planning, scheduling and document preparation.

•Expert in use of electronic devices and computer applications with knowledge of implementing these for efficient use of technology for office and client administration as well as office tools: Windows, MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Lexis-Nexus, UNIX and other advanced Engineering tools available on request

•Executive dress and courtroom appearance professional. Professional Legal Experience

First Judicial District, Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court 2006 - 2008

Alternative Dispute Resolution Negotiation – Party Advocate Assist Commonwealth attorneys and Judges with pre-litigation negotiation of parties in advocacy of settlement; knowledgeable to resolve,contested administrative matters, notification, court proceedings and notices and provide alternatives to litigation; coordinate with outside counsel. Law Clerk to Judge Morton P. Krase, Municipal Court 2005- 2006

Federal Aviation Administration/Science Applications, LTD 2000-2006 Commercial Contract Attorney-Advisor

•Assist all departments in review of legal matters, including personnel, employee relations, and customer relations, as requested to do so.

•Carry out management responsibilities in accordance with the Company's policies, objectives, and applicable government laws and regulations.

•Review administration of foreign entities' agreements, procedures, accounting and corporate administration to ensure compliance with applicable laws and treaties.

•Ensure proper agreements, payments and settlements of group companies, as well as, proper statutory accounting for each group company.

•Responsible for the review and maintenance of inter-company relationships and agreements.

•Advised internal clients (Sales, Development, Purchasing, Product Management, Marketing and Logistics) on any kind of legal issue arising in connection with transactions and business proposals.

•Accounted for the timely and appropriate handling of various standard and non- standard agreements, taking into consideration applicable business, legal and technical issues.

•Drafted, reviewed and negotiated a wide variety of commercial contracts.

•Advised on product promotional activities and press material.

•Pro-actively notified and trained the business on (new) laws and regulations that affected them and provided them with tools to help them be compliant therewith.

•Responsible for FAA customer contract process.

•First point of contact for contracts of Yyles & Mark's foreign operations, with an emphasis on the US operation.

•Directed external lawyers where appropriate to ensure the best possible outcome for the business.

New Jersey Education Association Negotiation Consultant 1997-2000

•Designed, developed and presented training programs and seminars, principally for local associations and their bargaining units in contract negotiation and settlement, grievance adjudication and collective bargaining.

•Assisted with ideas and content for local association representative training.

•Assisted NJEA lawyers with technical and practical enquiries and provided deal support where appropriate.

•Proposed new legislation and other legal developments (e.g. the Minimum Salary Bill), identified practical implications School Board for implementation, commenting on legislative proposals (e.g. for Support Staff inclusion in bargaining unit and their working groups, provided appropriate internal training.

•Highlighted key issues to raise with parents, communities and the press and liaison with NJEA Public Relations for state and national Public Employee Action Fund (PACs).

•Drafted precedents (e.g. agreements and practice notes), and kept them updated in the light of any relevant developments.

•Prepared and contributed to briefings, updates, brochures and alerts for distribution internally to local, state and national bargaining units and externally to stakeholders, e. g. communities, parents and School Board members and their associations.

Education and Professional Certification

Engineering resume: 2008-Present available upon request Passed District of Columbia Bar Exam, 2006

District of Columbia School of Law, Washington DC, JD Villanova University, Philadelphia, M.A. Communications Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, BA Comp Sciences Experience with contracts and a broad range of contract types including, FFP, FPIF, FPAF, CPFF, CPAF, CPIF.

Familiarity with various different agreement types (Proprietary Information- Disclosure, Bailment, Teaming, Memorandum of Agreements) Current knowledge of MST policies and practices.

Knowledge of EVMS

Knowledge and working experience of Data Rights and Intellectual Property Proposal/Capture Experience

Commercial/Direct Commercial Sale Experience

Experience working competitive proposals.

Prior OCI identification and OCI mitigation experience. Experienced in preparation, implementation and modification of export/import license applications, technical assistance agreements, manufacturing license agreements and exemption/exception usage. Help ensure program compliance with terms and conditions of export authorizations. Expert in oral/written communication skills and the ability to research, interpret and apply complex government regulations, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations

(ITAR) and the Export Administrating Regulations (EAR). Experienced in export control background and strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage high- volume and multi-task activities within assigned time constraints. Demonstrated ability to work independently with general supervision. Conducted export/import compliance training of employees.

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