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Corporate attorney

Location:
Corte Madera, CA
Salary:
120
Posted:
November 07, 2023

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Bojana Rnjak *** Corte Madera Town Center #*** Corte Madera, CA 94925

415-***-**** ad0xho@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, CA

Juris Doctor, May 2005

•Member of the California Bar in good standing since 2005

University of California Los Angeles,

Bachelor of Science, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, June 1998

•Thesis: “The Effects of Cyclic AMP on T-Cell Surface Expression of CCR5.”

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Seventeen years of diversified experience working for major law firms and high-profile clients in pharmaceutical, health, and beauty industries. Experience in commercial litigation, real estate, trade secret appropriation, pharmaceutical patent infringement, and compliance cases, among others. In addition, four years of transactional legal experience including contract drafting, contract negotiations and analysis, and collaboration with sales, marketing, and business teams. Knowledge of several foreign languages.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Putterman Yu Wang, San Francisco, CA October 2016 – July 2023

Contract Attorney

Drafted Requests for Production of Documents, Requests for Admission, and Interrogatories among others; conducted legal research on various issues related to commercial litigation, trade secret misappropriation, real estate, and litigation procedures; performed document review and analysis for responsiveness and privilege on various topics; identified key documents that contributed in securing a favorable outcome for clients; performed QC on reviewed documents and managed document review teams; made correct privilege calls on potentially privileged documents; created logs of privileged documents; assisted legal teams in all aspects of document production including coordinating tasks with vendors.

UOMA Beauty, San Francisco, CA October 2020 – May 2023

Contract in-house counsel

Reviewed, negotiated, and drafted business contracts including sales agreements, distributor agreements, licensing agreements, marketing agreements among others; provided recommendations on to update and improve contract clauses; negotiated agreements with high-profile companies securing favorable terms for clients; advised clients on legality of commercial transactions; collaborated and advised company’s executives on business and legal matters based on experience and legal research.

Milani Cosmetics, San Francisco, CA August 2019 – September 2020

Trademark and corporate counsel

Negotiated and drafted confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, supply agreements, distributor agreements, marketing agreements and related transaction documents in beauty and health care setting while assuring that legal risks are minimized, and business efficiency is maintained; prepared and filed trademark applications with the USPTO; conducted comprehensive searches on TESS; drafted responses to Office Actions; filed extensions and Statements of Use.

Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA December 2015 – January 2016

Contract Attorney

Reviewed and analyzed documents in Serbian and English related to contract law and federal compliance; entered contractual terms data into data entry template; created log of related documents; conducted advanced database searches using Relativity software; reviewed and analyzed potentially privileged documents and assisted team in the production process.

Goodwin Procter, San Francisco, CA August 2014 – October 2014

Contract Attorney and Project Manager

Performed review of confidential documents in Croatian for responsiveness and privilege in a patent infringement case involving a high-profile client; created a document review plan with the legal team; conducted QC review of relevant and privileged documents and supervised team’s progress.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher, San Francisco, CA March 2014 – July 2014 Contract Attorney

Performed review and analysis of documents for a high-profile pharmaceutical client related to patent infringement, contracts law and business litigation, in both Serbian and English; identified important contractual terms in each document and report findings to lead attorneys; created log of important documents; performed quality control second level review; assisted legal team in preparation for key witness depositions.

Hogan Lovells, San Francisco, CA March 2010 – June 2010 Contract Attorney

Performed review and analysis of confidential documents for responsiveness and privilege in a commercial litigation case; evaluated excel spread sheets containing a variety of business data; conducted complex database searches for relevant documents; created log of privileged documents.

Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, CA March 2006 – January 2009 Contract Attorney

Reviewed and evaluated documents for responsiveness and privilege in a patent infringement case involving two major pharmaceutical companies; assisted legal team with interpretation of relevant scientific documents which contributed to a successful outcome of the case for the client; created log of privileged documents; reviewed and evaluated documents for responsiveness and privilege in commercial litigation cases.

San Francisco Superior Court, Law and Motion, San Francisco, CA January 2005 – May 2005

Judicial Extern to the Honorable Ronald Quidachay and James Warren

Researched and analyzed various legal issues in the areas of civil procedure, toxic tort, landlord-tenant, and real property among others; assisted in drafting Statements of Decision and Memoranda of Law; wrote briefs and made recommendations to the judges on pretrial motions, such as motions to stay action, motions to strike, and motions for summary judgment; briefed the judges in preparation for hearings; drafted orders for the judges’ rulings.

San Francisco Superior Court, San Francisco, CA June 2004 – August 2004

Judicial Extern to the Honorable Anne Bouliane

Researched and analyzed civil and criminal law issues including wrongful terminations, unfair labor practices, copyright infringement, and civil rights violations; participated in all phases of jury trials, such as motions in limine, voir dire, in-chambers conferences, sentencing, settlement conferences, and discussions of jury instructions; assisted in drafting Statements of Decision and Memoranda of Law; briefed the judge in preparation for hearings.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Dr. Jerome Zack Laboratory – UCLA, Los Angeles, CA November 1997 – June 2002

Staff Research Associate

Conducted research on the development of HIV vaccine including establishing the role of dendritic cells in the development of immunity; performed research on the effects of norepinephrine on HIV replication; developed clinical research on T-cell homeostasis and its role in persistent fatigue in breast cancer survivors; employed various laboratory techniques such as gel electrophoresis, enzyme assays, PCR, flow cytometry, cell culture, and cell isolation using magnetically charged beads.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in Serbian and Croatian, Proficient in Russian and French.



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