Associate Attorney

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Carnes Warwick, PLLC, Raleigh, NC February 2020 –present

Associate Attorney

Provided superior legal services to business owners by developing formation documents, expanding intellectual property portfolios and consulting on manufacturing and fundraising ventures.

Provided health care compliance services for telemedicine and virtual counseling clients.

Implemented virtual client development initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Settled multiple disputes in the pre-trial litigation phases with the goal of preserving client resources and facilitating prompt resolution.

West Academic Publishing Inc., Raleigh, NC April 2019–present

Legal Education Account Manager: Mid-Atlantic Region

Providing superior customer service to full-time tenure track law faculty, adjunct faculty, and ancillary business partners affiliated within territory of 26 law schools

Spearheaded diversity and inclusion initiative by drafting mission statement and leading monthly after-hours education sessions across all teams.

Deploying consultative and solutions-oriented sales efforts to increase adoptions of textbooks in a robust catalog

Generating leads for software and subscription products based on meetings with law library directors and associate deans

Inspired financial teams to implement alternative payment methods such as installment-lending for storefront.

Axiom Global, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC August 2018–March 2019

Associate I, Financial Services Documentation

Embedded with global investment banking client’s General Counsel Office to provide contract negotiation services

Negotiated amendments, annexes, and schedules for bilateral derivative and equity trading agreements

Served as a trusted advisor to sophisticated internal business clients while managing multiple high priority assignments

Drafted master Customer Agreements within the Prime Services business to ensure Credit Suisse has an enforceable security interest per US and Global Bankruptcy codes, complies with SEC regulations, and satisfies pertinent ERISA exemptions

SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC February 2018–May 2018

Legal Services Intern - Corporate Affairs

Managed governance issues for global SAS subsidiaries by drafting and reviewing instruments that confer authority on executives to bind the company, implement a global corporate credit card rollout, and comply with international anti-money laundering laws

Researched best practices for cross-border data transmission (GDPR) compliance and tailored recommendations to SAS business model

Revised template for engaging outside counsel assistance, while protecting the integrity of SAS proprietary and confidential information

Facilitated HIPAA compliance planning for SAS PHI footprint on behalf of Chief Privacy Counsel

LEGAL EXTERNSHIPS

Chiesi USA, Cary, NC January 2017–May 2017

Legal Extern to the Office of Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Drafted and reviewed commercial contracts to ensure that they protect the integrity of the supply chain and product line

Revised templates for services agreements and confidentiality agreements to reflect the culture and business interests of the company

Conducted post-merger integration due diligence on proprietary materials

North Carolina Hospital Association, Cary, NC August 2016–November 2016

Legal Extern to the Office of the General Counsel

Drafted an amicus brief in support of a member hospital defending an enforcement action in federal district court

Advised member hospitals on ability to recover payment of benefits as an out-of-network provider with respect to ERISA's exemption and standing provisions

North Carolina Department of Justice: Medicaid Investigation Division, Raleigh, NC May 2016–July 2016

Legal Extern for the Offices of Civil and Criminal Enforcement

Developed legal arguments in federal and state False Claims Act cases against Medicaid providers and entities

Conducted discovery by document review of potential evidence in order to establish the government’s burden of proof

EDUCATION

Campbell University School of Law, Raleigh, NC May 2018

Juris Doctor

Honors: Dean’s Excellence Scholarship; Old Kivett Negotiation Competition: Spring 2016, Top 4 Teams; Spring 2017, Second Place;

Activities Student Bar Association: 2016-2018 Student Representative; Business Law Association-Events Coordinator; Elizabeth Edwards Foundation: Mentor to Wake County High School Students, North Carolina Bar Association Campbell Law Student Representative

GPA: Top 25% Spring 2017, Fall 2017

Book Awards: Health Care Compliance and The Law (Summer 2016), Global Corporate Compliance (Fall 2017)

Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC May 2018

Master of Science in Public Health

Focus Area: Quantitative Analysis and Health Administration

GPA: 3.87, magna cum laude

Honors: Phi Kappa Phi Initiate: Interdisciplinary Honor Society

Capstone: Can integrated provider networks reduce Medicare spending and improve patient outcomes in diabetics?

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC August 2012

Bachelor of Arts: Public Policy and Exercise Sport Science

Activities: Co-founded Global Brigades, now the largest student-led international service organization at UNC; Presented undergraduate research at national and international conferences with university funding and assistance

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

North Carolina State Bar, Licensed Attorney in Good Standing

No. 53755, NC 10th Judicial District (Wake County)

North Carolina Bar Association

YLD – Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair

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