Anna C. Wang
Attorney at Law
New York, NY 10010
212-***-**** (Home)
646-***-**** (Cell)
(86-131******** (Chinese Cell
ac3bcr@r.postjobfree.com
Admissions
State of Massachusetts, 2014
Active and in good standing
Legal Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
LL.M., IP Major, 2015
Massachusetts School of Law, Andover, MA
JD, 2014
Other Education
Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, New York, NY
Master of Public Administration
Emerson College, Boston, MA
Master of Arts, Performing Arts
International Politics Institute, Beijing, China
Bachelor of Arts, English
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Associate of Science, Fashion Management and Merchandising, Magna Cum Laude
Employment
01/2015 - Present: Attorney at Law, New York, NY
International business transactions; intellectual property consultation; legal liaison between U.S. and Chinese firms; immigration matters; and advice on how to setup legal branch offices in China.
11/2017 - 11/2017 Consilio Services, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Electronic document review project for an anti-trust matter. Other matters included government project bidding, joint venture, IP, merger & acquisition, and DOJ requests. Review issues included privilege: AC and work product, confidentiality, R&D, military cutting-edge technology, and sub-contracting. Review platform: Relativity.
06/2017 - 06/2017 Integreon, New York, NY
Contract Attorney
Electronic document review project for trademark infringement litigation in the telecommunication industry. Review issues included privilege, confidentiality, and responsiveness. Litigation involved trademark research and prosecution issues, secondary meaning, descriptiveness, and consumer confusion. Other matters included governmental regulation in the industry and financial issues including budget, profit comparison before and after the mark, marketing plans, and due diligence. International business and foreign customer services are involved. Review platform: Relativity. First level and QC review.
06/2017 - 06/2017 Consilio Services, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Electronic document review project for litigation and U.S. government investigation matters involving a major pharmaceutical company. Review issues related to new drug research, analysis, 3-phase testing, wash-out period, patenting, marketing, budgeting, financing, pricing, and applying for government approval. Other issues included joint ventures, R&D, IP, 10-K, 10-Q, and other business filings, corporate issues, and matters involving board of directors. Legal issues included antitrust, competition, monopoly, merger and acquisition, due diligence, privilege, attorney work product, IP privilege, government regulations by FTC, FDA among other agencies, licensing, JDAs, and other transactional matters.
Review responsibilities included first and second level reviews; issue spotting, tagging, finding key documents, analyzing document importance, and privilege calls. Review platform: Relativity.
05/2017 - 06/2017 TrustPoint International, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Chinese document review project for investigation and litigation matters involving a Chinese pharmaceutical company’s bribery, corruption, improper payments to Chinese government officials, falsification of workforce and business expenses, stealing money from its Japanese parent company, and covering up wrongdoings by management.
Review duties included issue spotting, reviewing for relevancy and privilege, and finding key documents for evidence and writing summaries as to their importance to the litigation. The project also covered external audits and Chinese government regulations in the pharmaceutical industry. Review platform: Relativity.
05/2017 - 05/2017 TransPerfect Staffing Solutions, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Chinese document review project for litigation matter relating to breach of contract; trade secret misappropriation; and interference with business relations; reviewing documents in Mandarin Chinese; instant interpretation to attorney in charge of the case side by side; issue spotting and analysis in light of cultural understanding and application of relevant U.S. laws.
08/2016 - 01/2017 Epiq Systems, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Electronic document review project for litigation matter. Responsibilities included first-level and second-level reviews; privilege reviews; redactions; Excel data charting; and others. Review platform: Relativity.
08/2016 - 08/2016: Strategic Legal Solutions, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Electronic document review project -- Reviewed legal documents, emails, and business correspondence, spot and tag legal issues, make judgment calls on responsiveness, privilege, and other issues. Review platform: Relativity.
07/2016 - 08/2016: Epiq Systems, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Electronic document review project -- Reviewed legal documents and business correspondence relating to 9/11 matters, insurance claims and coverages; spotted and tagged issues; and made judgment calls on responsiveness. Insurance law, environmental law, and contract law were involved. Review platform: Relativity.
12/2015 - 01/2016: Epiq Systems, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Electronic document review project -- Reviewed legal documents relating to corruption and internal investigations including spotting parking funds and corporate gifts, tagged issues, identified parties/players, and wrote comments. Review platform: Documatrix.
08/2015 - 09/2015: TechLaw Solutions, New York, NY
Attorney, Document Review
Electronic document review project -- Reviewed legal documents relating to a trademark infringement lawsuit, identified and tagged issues, analyzed and made judgment calls on privilege issues, wrote comments, and reviewed other reviewers’ work. Trademark law, discovery laws, and privilege laws were involved. Review platform: Lit iView.
06/2014 – 06/2014: Epiq Systems, New York, NY
Translator/Document Reviewer
Reviewed documents in traditional Chinese characters relating to a commercial dispute between Taiwan technology manufacturer and U.S. customer/purchaser. Translated the adversary party’s emails, business correspondence, invoices, and damage proposals from Chinese to English. US business law and discovery laws were involved.
08/2003 – 07/2007: Unforgettable, New York, NY
Business Owner/Business Developer
Built the business from scratch, designed its website, and developed the business. Financed and budgeted the business and strategically planned its development. Researched, designed, developed, sourced, produced, shipped, marketed, and sold gift products. Managed import and customs agents, travelled oversees, visited, and exhibited at trade shows, wrote business and grant proposals, and managed the business.
10/2000 - 07/2003: MetLife Financial Services, Inc., New York, NY
Registered Representative
Specialized in financial analysis and planning, budgeting, asset allocation, risk management, investment portfolio management, marketing, business presentations, sales, and compliance; supervised trainees and telemarketers as well as other supporting personnel; and marketed MetLife Bank products, such as CD and Money Market. Received President’s Conference Club award, 2001 and other corporate awards.
05/1993 - 12/1999: AXA Advisors, New York, NY
Registered Representative
Handled financial analysis and planning, asset allocation, risk management, marketing, sales, compliance reports, and customer relations. Awarded several corporate performance awards.
Chinese Experience
The State Pharmaceutical Bureau of China, Beijing, China
English Interpreter/Translator
Interpreted at international conferences, accompanied foreign delegations and U.N groups on visits to local pharmaceutical factories, wrote business correspondence to foreign clients on behalf of the bureau director, translated trade show brochures, and traveled for business purposes.
Certificate
Vienna VIS Moot Court -- International Business Arbitration program, Cardozo Law School, 2015.
Foreign Language
Native Mandarin Chinese, both written and spoken; both traditional and simplified characters.
Other Skills
Legal writing and researching skills; excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills; business development skills; and strong interpersonal skills.