Legal Management and Finance

Daphne Evans

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Daphne Evans has been a Manager and Controller to law firms over 20 years including Fisher & Sauls, Zinober & McCrea and Butler Burnette Pappas in Tampa Bay, FL and Nixon Peabody's west coast offices of San Francisco, Palo Alto and Los Angeles. She is currently manager of a Scott Law Firm, a civil rights practice in san Francisco. Daphne has also been controller for various eCommerce companies, including HP/Snapfish.

In her spare time, Daphne has been a CFO advisor to various women based start-ups in the Bay Area such as FENIX, LLC, Prima Jiva, Les Petite Chefs, Innerrewards and is founder of Heaven's Door, a cancer foundation promoting support, beauty and self-esteem for women. Daphne believes in civil rights for women and counsels women suffering from domestic violence and cancer.

Areas of expertise and knowledge

- 20 years of executive management experience in law firms

- Legal Marketing and Client Relations experience since 1996

- Human Resources professional

- Prior accounting experience with PriceWaterhouse Coopers

- Strong financial and problem-solving skills; well rounded

- Excellent interpersonal, supervisory and team-building skills

- Solid written and oral communication skills

- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

- Excellent Computer experience (all Microsoft products; all versions of Quickbooks; Lawson,

Great Plains, Oracle, Mas90 and other accounting software packages

Career Profile

SCOTT LAW FIRM, San Francisco, CA June, 2011 to Present

Consultant: Firm Administrator& Accounting Manager

Corporate management of civil rights firm.

Operations, HR, marketing and financial responsibility including daily and monthly billings; processing financials of general and trust accounts, vendor management, marketing including web design and promotion of firm, recruiting and operational affairs; planning processes.

NIXON PEABODY, San Francisco, CA 2006-2008

Operations/Legal Finance Administrator

Management of finance and operations for west coast offices of Nixon Peabody: San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.

Increased billing for West coast by $40 million in first year, by management of billing processes, ensuring monthly billing activities met firm wide guidelines for timeliness and completion.

HEWLETT PACKARD/SNAPFISH

Operations Manager/Controller Consultant (04/2002-10/2005)

Directed financial management functions including development of monthly/quarterly financial statements, financial forecasts, and budgets.

Generation of monthly and FYE closing according to GAAP reporting and revenue recognition; accruals, prepaid maintenance agreements, sales tax, general journal entries, bank reconciliation and 571-L property tax reporting as well as financial planning and controls.

Financial lead with VP in merger and acquisition of Snapfish with HP in 2005 at purchase price of $300 million.

CHAPMAN & INTRIERI

Legal Administrator and Controller (05/2000-03/2002)

Operations, HR, marketing and corporate management, including budgets, expenses and financial affairs; planning process.

Provided guidance for physical facilities, office equipment, strategic and operational planning, staffing and benchmarking.

BUTLER, BURNETTE, PAPPAS, Tampa, FL 1996-2000

Legal Marketing and Professional Development Manager

Head of client relations for the firm including marketing and PR.

Corporate training and orientation of partners, associates and paralegals in building firm/client relationships specializing in quality billing and reporting compliance. Supervised secretaries and paralegals in firm-wide policies, procedures and billing practices

HR supervision of departmental staff in managing finance and accounting operations. Spearhead collections campaign, bringing in approximately 1 million in outstanding receivables within six months.

FISHER& SAULS, ZINOBER & MCCREA, Tampa, FL 1992-1996

Legal Administrator/Controller

Direct report to the partners on billing, collections and participate in management meetings.

Preparation of financial reports, developed budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan. Responsible for financial planning and controls, personnel administration, systems and physical facilities as well as identifying and planning solutions as the need arises within the firm.

PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS, Tampa, FL 1990-1992

Accounts Payable, and Senior Partners Expense Reporting

Financial analysis and reporting of payroll, time and expense of senior partners.

Timely, accurate, and complete financial information in support of PwC while controlling accounts payable.

EVANS ADVISORY SERVICES – OWNER, San Francisco, CA 05/2000 to Present

FENIX, LLC; Les Petit Chefs Academy. Prima Jiva, LLC; Northman Grove Arts Settlement –CFO Advisor (08/2011- Present) InnerRewards – CFO (05/2008-11/2008)

Direct all financial, business modeling and launching of corporations; partnered with CEO on major financial issues and company-wide strategies.

Participated as an active member of the corporate management team and responsible for the development and implementation of short and long-term strategic planning.

Education

Business Administration and Accounting, Bachelor’s - Florida Metropolitan University

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