NKERUWEM ESSIEN-UDOM: ** Bryant St. N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002: 202. 848-9041 (C): 202-***-**** (H): *****@***.***
Experienced Legal Professional, with Corporate, Legislative, and International Management Accomplishments .
EDUCATION:
Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C.
Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ) Dec. 1991.
University of Calabar, Nigeria
Bachelor of Laws, degree. LL.B. (Hons) June 1986.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Contract Legal Professional: Compliance, Due Diligence, E-Discovery Document, Privileged, and Attorney Work Product Reviews.
TransPerfect / Omnivere / Clutch Group / Legal Source/ Hudson Global. Washington, DC. 05/05 – Present
TransPerfect: Financial Accounting, and Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Document and Privileged Review. (Relativity)
Omnivere: Wholesale Power and Energy supply and distribution, Pricing Malfeasance. (Relativity – Redaction Review)
Clutch: Manufacturer’s Product Defect and Physician Liability (HIPPA) Document, Privileged and Attorney Work Product Review. (Kroll)
Kellog, Huber: Foreign Exchange Banking Malfeasance Class Action – (Relativity).
McGuire, Woods: Document, Privileged, Attorney Work Product Review in Banking, Mortgages, Loan Modification, Foreclosure,
Class Action. (Relativity).
Kirkland & Ellis: Drug Pricing Pharmaceutical Litigation – (Documatrix).
Bredhoff & Kaiser: Patent Infringement, Cease & Desist in Anti-Dumping and Countervailance.
Cadwalader, Wickersham: Federal Corrupt Practices Act, Multinational Offshore Acquisition Review. Wrote reports and memoranda.
Collier, Shannon: Patent Infringement, Priority of Invention, and Secrecy in Petrochemicals.
NASD/SPARKS: Hearings Examiner for the listing & delisting of Companies on NASDAQ Stock Market. NASD Market Place Rules 2000.
ECO GREEN SERVICES, LLC Chesapeake, VA 4/10 – 03/16
Consultant Director: New Business Development & Human Resources Management & Recruitment.
Directed Pre and Post Incorporation, Compliance and Due Diligence. Introduced new business development strategies for Domestic and
global expansion. Directed the company's legal affairs, corporate and contract negotiations, transactions, and implementation. Drafted Board
of Directors Minutes and Articles of Association. Negotiated Contracts, and drafted Memoranda of Understanding (MOU’s), Drafted
Statement of Work (SOW), Request for Proposals (RFP), Bid Proposals. Liaised with Private, Public, and Governmental Entities. Introduced
Public Private Partnership’s (PPP) option which significantly increased revenues. Managed Human Resources, and Staff Recruitment.
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC. 09/04 – 05/05
Office of Hon. Donald M. Payne
10th District of New Jersey
Congressional International Fellow
Point person 2004 Darfur Genocide Crisis, and Caribbean Hurricane Relief effort. Directed liaising with Congressional offices, the Conflicts Security Advisory Group, the International Crisis Group, the National Black Leadership Round Table, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the New Jersey Assembly advocating the Policy of Divestment of United States Public Pension Funds from companies engaged in business with Sudan. Drafted, and orally presented Divestment testimony before the New Jersey Appropriations Committee which passed overwhelmingly.Congressional, Policy and Economic contributor at the Council on Foreign Relations and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
SKILLS: Document, Attorney Work Product, and Privileged Review; Compliance and Due Diligence; Transactional experience;Corporate & Regulatory Compliance; Policy, Research & analysis, Alternative energy resources; Contract negotiation; Legal drafting, and Research. HIPAA; Privacy Redactions; Lexis; Westlaw; Law Case; Edgar; Cite-Checking; Blue Booking; Relativity; Documatrix; Kroll; Summation; Concordance, iCONECT, Microsoft Office. I work well independently, and as a member of a team.