LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Success Academy Charter Schools, New York

Legal Counsel, February 2016 – Present

As a key member of SA’s network advisory team, I advise various departments on general and education/charter school law, draft memoranda, prepare and assist in delivering trainings, draft policies and procedures, facilitate conflict resolution, and conduct other traditional in-house legal counsel functions.

FTI Consulting, Inc., New York

Attorney, October 2014 – January 2016

Provide electronic discovery litigation support and trial preparation in Antitrust, RMBS, CMBS, contract, and white-collar matters; participate in document processing and productions, including document review quality checks; provide expertise in determining predictive coding models; proficiency with Ringtail Document Mapper, Relativity, Concordance, and other review software

Latham & Watkins LLP, New York

Associate, October 2010 – June 2014

General commercial litigation: advise public and private companies in government investigations, including assisting in-house counsel in responding to requests for information; represent companies and individuals in white collar criminal investigations; research and draft risk analysis reports in antitrust and competition probe; complex securities, shareholder derivative, and alleged class actions; intellectual property disputes; bankruptcy adversary proceedings; managing and participating in large scale document reviews; litigations arising out of commercial real estate transactions; employment actions; debt capital markets experience; RMBS/CMBS document review and management experience; co-author article on ethics and professional responsibility issues; and several pro bono matters to include advising international human rights organization on the creation of an innovative social enterprise from its inception to product launch, including forming the company, drafting financing agreements, and providing general legal counsel

Representative experience: first chaired a settlement conference in a criminal matter before the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, New York, NY; first chaired asylum appeal before United States Immigration Court, New York, NY; second chaired an appeal before the Department of Veterans Affairs, Buffalo, NY; settled multiple contract disputes

The Honorable Andrew S. Effron, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Washington, DC

Summer Law Clerk, May 2007 – August 2007

Granted secret security clearance; prepared bench memoranda for Chief Judge Andrew S. Effron; drafted opinions and reviewed draft opinions from other chambers; discussed and recommended potential case outcomes

PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

Malionek, R. and Cantrelle, K. (October, 2013). Read Before Whistleblowing: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know, The Corporate Governance Advisor, 22(1), 14-18

Seider, M. and Cantrelle, K. (January, 2011). Can we use indubitable equivalence to sell their collateral for cash based on a judicially determined fair market value and take away their right to credit bid? - Presentation at The American College of Bankruptcy Seminar, Austin, Texas

EDUCATION

Universiteit van Amsterdam Law School, The Netherlands

LL.M. International and European Law: European Union Business Law, 2010

Amsterdam Merit Scholarship; Thesis: “Freedom of Contract: Within the EU, Not So Free”

Southern University Law Center, Louisiana

Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2009

Class Rank: 13 of 112; GPA 3.5368/4.0

Southern University Law Review, Editor; National Conference of Law Reviews, Inc., 2009 Conference Editor; Trial Advocacy Scholarship; Chancellor’s Award; Contracts Teaching Assistant; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

Excelsior College, New York

Bachelor of Arts, Music, 2006

GPA 3.4/4.0

Louisiana State University, Louisiana (transferred to Excelsior College)

Music, Clarinet Performance, 1999 2003

TOPS Tuition Scholarship; Dean’s List; LSU Honors College Council President; Honors College Advocates; LSU Tiger Marching Band; LSU Symphony Orchestra; Baton Rouge Concert Band

BAR MEMBERSHIP & ACCREDITATION

New York 4867784 (2010); Department of Veterans Affairs (2012)

HONORS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Section; Lawyers of Color, 2013 Hot List Honoree, Eastern Region; QUO, 2011-2013 Governance Director; Greenwich Village Orchestra, clarinetist; A.S.R. Nereus “Club Acht” Alumni

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Army Europe Band and Chorus, Germany

Non-Commissioned Officer, March 2003 – July 2006

Basic Training Soldier Leader of the Cycle; soloist and principal clarinetist; supply and operations coordinator, managed $1.5 million in mission essential assets

Primary Leadership Development Course, Germany

Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Participant, 2005

Honor Graduate; Commandant’s List; top team

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