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Richard C. Wingate

Summary

Business oriented General Counsel with extensive in-house experience at international Fortune 500 technology companies. Proven leader with strong analytical skills and practical business acumen. Emphasis on Employment law, Internal Investigations, HR Counseling, e-Discovery and Legal Operations, Litigation Management of Commercial and Discrimination/Employment cases as well as counseling clients on Advertising, Antitrust, Commercial Contracts, DOE/EPA regulations, Intellectual Property & Product Liability matters. Six Sigma Greenbelt.

Experience

Rick Wingate Consulting-Scarsdale, New York NY: 2019 to Present

General Counsel (Part-time) BP Air Corp. -Queens, NY: 2019 to Present

VP and General LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : 2004 to 2019

General Counsel: 2004-2008

- Built first US Legal department

- Developed first legal policies re employment/HR matters, contracts, advertising ; provided first antitrust and harassment training

North American Regional General Counsel : 2008-2011

- Developed North American Compliance Program with Global Team

- Supervised U.S., Canada and 3 Legal Teams in Mexico

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Vice-President and General Counsel : 2011-2016

- Developed team from 5 people to 11

Vice-President Human Resources : 2015-2016

- Managed a department of 25 HR professionals while also General Counsel :

- Instituted new benefit programs & improved talent acquisition

- Reduced Employment/HR litigation risk with enhanced management training

VP Compliance & General Counsel: 2016-2019

-Managing Compliance Function in addition to combining Mobile Legal Team into US Legal Team increasing team to 16

Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ : 1985-2004

Attorney: 1985 -1990

-Counseled B2B businessess

Counsel : 1990-1995

- Counseled Broadast and Pro-video divisions

Senior Counsel: 1996-2004

- Counseled several Consumer Products Divisions and Retail team.

Pan Atlantic Group, White Plains, NY : 1983-1985

Counsel :

- First in-house attorney at Reinsurance Management firm; built small team that saved over 20% from prior years spend.

Chevron USA New Orleans, La. & Perth Amboy, NJ : 1979-1983

Land Attorney : 1979-1981

Staff Attorney: 1981-1983

Additional Achievements:

2008-09 Board Member: International Association for Contract and Commercial Management; Member since 2004

2008 Committee Member: Audit Committee: International Association for Contract and Commercial Management

2008 Presenter: Corporate Counsel Exchange

2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014 Presenter: Rising Executives Summit

2006 Panel Presenter: American Bar Association National Meeting

2002-2007: School Board Nominating Committee; Chairperson, Scarsdale, NY

2001-Present: Volunteer Firefighter Company 2 Scarsdale, NY

2011-2015-WESFACCA Board Member and Anttrust Committee Chair

2018 Panel Presenter International Law Journal November NY Meeting

Education

Tulane University School of Law JD 1979

Rutgers College, Rutgers University BA 1976

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