Real Estate Security Clearance

PAUL MCDANIELS

*** ****** ******, *** * ● Boston, Massachusetts 02215 ● 203-***-**** ● *********************@*****.***

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to Practice Law in New Hampshire & Massachusetts.

EXPERIENCE

Attorney-Advisor, United States Army National Guard, Massachusetts, November 2023- Present

Demonstrate ability to provide guidance, counsel, and support to senior officials and subordinate organizations on

complex and diverse contracting and general law issues, including employment law and litigation.

Able to provide options for resolving contract issues across the entire life cycle

Experience in fiscal law, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Ethics

Possess secret security clearance

Act as the main legal advisor in Massachusetts regarding prevention and litigation of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the national guard

Act as trial counsel (prosecutor) of military justice in the commonwealth of Massachusetts while in secondary role as a judge advocate(“JAG”)

Counsel, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, March 2019 – November 2023

Negotiate and draft payoff agreements, purchase agreements, settlement agreements and assignment agreements, leases and other legal documents with lenders, title insurance companies, and development companies.

Act as counsel for residential and commercial title insurance claims filed for properties located throughout New England

Perform claim management including coverage determinations, hands-on direct title curative solutions, and litigation management from owners and lenders in commercial and residential properties

Apply facts, legal principles, statutes, and case law to the insurance policy provisions to determine coverage, necessary documents or legal court actions required to resolve issues

Retain and manage outside counsel for title curative litigation and monitor case progress and completion, including case strategy, review and revisions of pleadings, document production, and discovery, initial review of the loan documents and settlement files from various agents, claim resolution and termination determination, and initial evaluation for appeal process if appropriate

Advise corporate clients of recommended courses of action within legally permissible and cost-effective parameters within the context of available coverage provided by policies.

Attorney, TAC Law Group/BH Legal Services/Special Counsel, Boston, MA March 2018 – March 2019

Advise senior management on cost-effective legal decisions related to documents regarding Real Estate Transactions, Zoning and Permitting, Tobacco Litigation and Investigations, Patent Litigation, Anti-Trust Issues, and Financial Services Litigation

Develop legal strategies for Major Banks, Lending Institutions, and Real Estate Companies, & Fortune 500 compa nies.

Review thousands of documents to formulate legal strategies for Major Banks, Lending Institutions, and Real Estate Companies, & Fortune 500 companies.

Associate, Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP., Pawtucket, Rhode Island, July 2017 – February 2018

Handled hundreds of real estate matters, reviewed thousands of complex documents, and acquired experience in areas

such as title searches, deeds, evictions, and landlord and tenant matters.

Represent institutional lenders in hearings, argue motions in court, negotiate settlement agreements in favor of insti-

tutional lenders, and won numerous decisions in favors of clients.

Counsel clients on investor and agency regulations and guidelines and the applicable provisions of national settle-

ments involving banks and servicers to ensure timely compliance with regulations, statute, agency guidelines.

Advise major banks across the country on asset management and risk arising out of commercial and residential trans-

actional real estate matters.

Associate, Harmon Law Offices P.C., Newton, Massachusetts, November 2015 – June 2017

Represent commercial banks, finance companies, and other institutional lenders throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire with a focus on foreclosures, handling foreclosure cases from start to finish. Provide legal services on a wide variety of issues encompassing real property law, ranging from title searches and loan closings, to foreclosures and evictions.

Advise major banks across the country on asset management and risk arising out of mortgage loan transactions and

mortgage loan servicing activities.

Represent institutional lenders in hearings, argue motions in court, negotiate settlement agreements in favor of institutional lenders, and won numerous decisions in favors of clients.

Counsel clients on investor and agency regulations and guidelines and the applicable provisions of national settlements involving banks and servicers to ensure timely compliance with regulations, statute, agency guidelines, and national settlement standards.

Handled hundreds of real estate matters, reviewed thousands of complex documents, and acquired experience in areas

such as title searches, deeds, evictions, and landlord and tenant matters.

Project Attorney, American Tower Corporation (ATC) Boston, Massachusetts, March 2015 – November 2015

Collaborated with a team of project attorneys on the integration of a Verizon Wireless acquisition deal made by ATC.

Worked with ATC's internal legal team to track ownership of real property by analyzing real estate documentation such as deeds, leases, assignments, easements, and titles.

Analyzed licensing agreements, master lease agreements, third-party agreements and commercial contracts, and integrated the documents into Siterra and Oasis software platforms.

Reviewed licensing and zoning agreements between multiple companies and municipalities, and performed research in federal databases in order to resolve zoning issues and ensure federal government compliance.

EDUCATION

University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, New Hampshire

Juris Doctor, May 2014

Activities: Black Law Students Association, Member, 2011-2014; ABA Law Student Division, Treasurer, 2012-2014

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Bachelor of Arts, History, September 2009

Activities: University of Connecticut Law and Business Society, Member, 2007-2009

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