Attorney/Director

PATRICK JACKSON

**** ******* ***** • Pearland, Texas 77581

281-***-**** (Home) • 210-***-**** (Cell) • ********@*****.***

Versatile, highly accomplished attorney and business executive with over 20 years’ experience establishing, managing, and growing profitable companies – particularly in healthcare and related industries. Combine academic and professional background in operations management, law, and medicine to deliver superior legal, financial, marketing, management, and relationship-building skills. Analytical and decisive, able to make smart decisions in fast-paced, high-stress environments. Effective manager, able to instill in employees a sense of ownership and accountability. Areas of expertise include:

Strategic Planning • Financial Management / Budgeting • Negotiation • Organization

Sales / Marketing / Promotions • Communication / Writing • Web Design: Layout / Content

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OPTIMAL HEALTH HUB, Pearland, Texas • 2005-Present

Medical Director: Established a small, start-up operation that grew to become a profitable and widely respected private practice utilizing natural and alternative medicine modalities.

Major Accomplishments:

• Coordinate all aspects of operations – planning, budgeting, staff management, marketing, and advertising. Established protocols for client intake / treatment and other daily processes.

• Keep abreast of industry trends, legalities, continuing education / training, and technological advances in order to provide customers with the latest, most up-to-date treatment options available. This includes offering distance healing modalities and a newly redesigned Web page.

• Promote natural medicine at the international level through involvement in advocacy organizations and at the state level, by writing and lobbying legislation.

LAW OFFICES OF PATRICK JACKSON, Houston, Texas • 1991-Present

Attorney: Handled all aspects of starting up and managing a general civil law practice specializing in real estate, eminent domain, litigation, contracts, and corporate matters.

Major Accomplishments:

• Service the needs of clients through superior mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution, consultation, and litigation. Excel in achieving workable compromises. Won up to $1M settlements for clients.

• Serve as Corporate Counsel to entrepreneurial enterprises and other client companies handling employment, litigation and intellectual property issues.

THE FAMILY PHARMACY, La Porte, Texas • 1986-2008

Director / Co-Owner: Oversaw/created marketing, sales, advertising, budgeting, and legal services for this community pharmacy specializing in compounding custom-made medications; for a time, managed the compounding lab and functioned as Chief Technician. Hired and supervised up to 9 employees.

Major Accomplishments:

• Transformed a struggling pharmacy into a highly profitable operation, as evidenced by steady growth in volume, revenue, profitability, and staff.

• Managed smooth operations by developing and implementing standard operating procedures and employee manuals. Also contributed to the design of an efficient compounding lab.

• Established a thriving consulting practice that ultimately became Optimal Health Hub (above).

• Created a sense of ownership, accountability, and camaraderie among employees that led to improved employee retention.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Naturopathy • Pan American Institute • Nevis, West Indies

Diploma in Homeopathy • Westbrook University • Albuquerque, New Mexico

Juris Doctor Degree • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications/Journalism • University of Houston •

Houston, Texas

Extensive Professional Development / Continuing Education Coursework

Many Years Volunteer Experience with Non-Profit Organizations

LICENSURES / CERTIFICATIONS

State Bar of Texas •

World Organization of Natural Medicine Practitioners

AFFILIATIONS

Texas Health Freedom Coalition – Steering Committee, Legal Committee

World Organization of Natural Medicine Practitioners

Sovereign Medical Order Knights Hospitaller

Nambudripad’s Allergy Research Foundation

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