ALYSON DRAPER, JD, MBA, DTH

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RESUME

EXPERIENCE

GENERAL COUNSEL • APF INDUSTRIAL, NORTH SALT LAKE, UTAH • JANUARY 2011 - OCTOBER 2021

• Strategic counsel to CEO and owners regarding managing union shop which built heavy commercial construction and provided industrial maintenance for heavily regulated industries such as mines and power plants (business was sold).

• Reviewed, structured, and wrote agreements for construction trades as well as mezzanine and project financing, complex subrogation and subordination agreements, and venture capital. Wrote contracts for various business deals.

• Managed review and discovery for cases referred for litigation.

• Interfaced with OSHA, Workers Compensation, and other federal and state agencies on issues of regulatory compliance.

• Worked through issues encountered by any business which relies on a union for its labor.

• Performed due diligence for project approval processes.

• Managed legal and managerial disputes with subcontractors.

• Reviewed problematic employee and contractor performance for disposition.

ALYSON DRAPER, ATTORNEY AT LAW 1996-Present

Currently licensed to practice and in good standing with the Utah State Bar, UBN 7509. Eligible for bar license reciprocity in any state with reciprocity with Utah. Eligible to practice with existing bar license under various state in house counsel rules. New York Bar license in progress.

• Solo practitioner attorney with large practice engaged in civil, commercial, and domestic litigation as well as transactional work.

• As a very young attorney, single handedly represented plaintiff and won Ward v. TimeWarner/AOL, an employment

discrimination case.

• Transactional work focused most heavily on real estate, land development, and construction law. Included commercial leasing, landlord/tenant, and water law (which is a major issue in the desert West), as well as employment and labor law.

• Developed land use strategy for new hotel in New England leveraging the market for tourism due to availability of recreational cannabis.

• Mediated and structured settlements for business and private clients. Restructured client assets and debt for financing, as well as bankruptcy planning.

• Maintained large labor and employment practice representing both employers as well as employees and independent contractors. Advised employers on human resource policies, hiring, and employee and contractor terminations.

• Advised clients on employment background checks, financial planning, and credit repair under FCRA and FDCPA.

• Advised clients on financing options for real property development and construction financing.

• Assisted corporate and private clients in corporate strategic risk management, sales and marketing regulations, and media relations.

• Performed due diligence for real estate development and construction clients as well as advised on financing options.

• Advised clients on getting land development projects approved by municipalities and attended hundreds of municipality city council and land use planning commission meetings for purposes of obtaining land use and business development approvals.

• Performed due diligence and cost/financing analysis for municipality seeking to buy and develop more water rights and water treatment and distribution systems.

• Maintained a continual book of pro bono civil rights cases as well as other cases against state and municipalities, including §1983 cases which required defeating governmental immunity, as well as other 1st, 4th, and 6th, and 14th Amendment cases which were overwhelmingly successful. Received the largest employment discrimination settlement paid out by the state and the largest non-spinal cord injured spine injury settlement paid out through that time by Workers Comp.

• Successfully defended corporations and municipalities against such civil rights, housing, and employment discrimination claims listed above, saving one municipality over $1M on one case alone in potential judgments for prima facie police and judicial wrongdoing.

REAL ESTATE BROKER/AGENT

For ten years prior to and during law and business schools, top producing real estate broker/agent from very first year in practice. Specialized in single family home building and land development, as well as landlord/tenant leasing and property management strategies. Provided market research for builders.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY ADJUNCT AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Taught university courses on real estate finance, business law, construction and construction and land development law, employment law, OSHA, and real property transactions and disputes. JURIS DOCTOR • BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

J. REUBEN CLARK SCHOOL OF LAW

J. Reuben Clark School of Law is a top 25 law school. Finished in top 25% of class while simultaneously completing law degree and a two- year MBA in three years.

MBA (TWO YEAR, FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE) • BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY •MARRIOTT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

The Marriott School of Management is a top 25 business school.

• Graduated Beta Gamma Sigma, top 3% of graduates of business schools nationwide.

• Taught Real Estate Finance for two years while finishing my BYU degrees, culminating ten years as a licensed real estate broker. DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY•CHAPLAINCY •2022 • UNIVERSITY OF THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY

Chaplaincy is a counseling specialty focusing on serving those in crisis.

• This degree required developing competence at a master’s degree level in psychology and counseling skills.

• These skills readily convert to law practice and business, as they are useful for targeting and resolving psychological, emotional, and psychosocial barriers which prevent dealmaking, settlement, and resolution of disputes in mediation or litigation, as well as recognizing and preventing labor and employment psychopathology which can disrupt an organization. GPA 4.0

DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY (PsyD) CANDIDATE MAY 2024 •

GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION

• Knowledge improves my counseling skills as both an attorney and a chaplain.

• For business and law practice, this converts to enhanced skill in understanding impasses to successful deal negotiation, transaction management, labor and employment problems, and disposition of business and legal disputes. GPA 4.0

SOCIAL MEDIA,

LEADERSHIP, AND

COMMUNITY

SERVICE

DR. ALYSON DRAPER CLINICAL CHAPLAIN, (NON-RELIGIOUS) •2022 – PRESENT (ON DEMAND VOLUNTEER)

• Life is based on Service to Others.

• Work with those of any or no religion, as chaplaincy is no longer a counseling specialty limited to spiritual care and now focuses on counseling those in crisis and immediate need.

• Converts to business and legal expertise in understanding organizational and individual employee’s psychological issues which impact organizational function and individual performance.

• Built an online organization serving 13,000+ people that focuses on changing lives for the better.

• Website performs consistently above the 94th percentile in top performing websites on the GoDaddy platform.

• Maximized the potential of online marketing presence and attracting new clients or customers to a business through service to the community and positive product placement.

• Demonstrated ability to use social media to provide strategic marketing adaptable to any business.

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