Legal/IT

BRIAN A. ROBERSON, J.D.

*** ******** **. ********* ****, TX 78148 ● 832-***-**** ● *****.*.********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Enthusiastic, result-oriented law graduate with a solid business and information technology experience. Extensive experience and diverse background brings strong desire to conduce effective problem solving along with a high aptitude for learning the laws and procedures. Strong analytical and strategic planning skills to aide both growing and established firms and organizations to meet their goals. An articulate self-starter of high integrity and commitment to accountability offers the following legal skills gained from law school:

Legal Drafting

Effective Issue Identification

Thorough Legal Research / Analysis

Professional Knowledge

Litigation Skills

Counseling and Advising Skills

Communication Skills

Negotiation and Advocacy Skills

Organizational Awareness and Commitment

Leadership and Collaboration (as President of Social Affairs for BLSA)

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER, Houston, TX (08/05 – 12/07)

Doctor of Jurisprudence

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA (08/97 – 08/00)

Bachelor of Business Administration

Primary Major: Computer Information Systems Secondary Major: Business Economics

HOPE Scholar

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PARALEGAL (06/08 –10/09)

Stock Building Supply, Raleigh, NC

Assisted general council with various corporate legal matters including the following primary duties:

• Managed the corporate maintenance of Stock’s subsidiaries, ensuring all corporate documents (minutes, resolutions, bylaws) are prepared, reviewed and filed in a timely manner;

• Assisted with dissolving, merging, restructuring and incorporating Abbott's U.S. subsidiaries;

• Prepared Powers of Attorney and Delegations of Authority related to Stock and subsidiaries;

• Fulfilled discovery requests;

• Updated database, electronic filing system and minute books;

• Collaborated with other legal group on multi-disciplinary projects, including mergers and acquisitions; and

• Performed benchmarking and research as requested by attorneys;

• Developed and implemented systems and processes related to corporate governance and securities compliance;

• Identified and addressed any deficiencies found and make recommendations for process improvements;

• Drafted legal memoranda and prepared case summaries, legal correspondence, and form complaints

LAW CLERK (01/07 – 12/07)

Law Offices of Dennis Spurling, Esq., Houston, TX

Assisted supervising attorney evaluate cases filed with the Court. Examined briefs, case records and legal authorities applying legal analysis to perform essential job functions:

• Prepared case summaries for supervising attorney and conducted extensive legal research;

• Drafted petitions, motions, and case briefs for various clients that were filed in federal and state courts, including Texas court of appeals and the Louisiana Supreme Court; and

• Served as point of contact and leader in acclimating incoming law clerks.

COMMISSION SYSTEMS MANAGER (02/05 – 08/05)

Trinsic Communications, Tampa, FL

Managed commission payment data for a leading business communication provider through the execution of monthly commission reports with proprietary batch programs

• Reconciled commission accounts for sales agents and business partners; and

• Applied detail intensive data analysis with both Microsoft Access and Excel.

E-BUSINESS DEVELOPER (02/04 – 10/04)

Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union, Tampa, FL

Developed and modified customer service-oriented Visual Basic .NET and ASP .NET applications

• Conducted use requirement meetings with targeted departments; and

• Demonstrated ability to listen and identify issues or problem areas to execute prompt solutions

Effectively distilled end users needs into manageable development components.

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER (11/01 – 05/03)

Edwards Fine Foods, Norcross, GA

Led development in the development life cycle of the bar-coding system used for processing the production of pies in the main production plant. Supervised and trained end users on newly created applications

• Led a team of co-workers on the design and implementation of factory – wide production process;

• Solved routine problems, using knowledge of Visual Basic, Active Server Pages, HTML, XML, Microsoft Access, Excel, VB Script, and JavaScript;

• Substantially improved the efficiency of pie production by 20%; and

• Applied fundamental practices and procedures in documentation of software development.

CONSULTING ANALYST (10/00 – 09/01)

Accenture, Atlanta, GA

Applied different technologies and processed design work for various businesses. Gained exposure to diverse clients, business issues, and people, in team-oriented environments Highlights of client engagements included the following:

• Performed Value-Targeting and Category Optimization for Home Shopping Network;

• Optimized product categories for the Home Shopping Network through in depth access database;

• Defined assortment optimization methodology for electronic retailer;

• Identified category attributes for assortment plan;

• Developed in JD Edwards environment for furniture retailer Dekor; and

• Programmed in Oracle using PL/SQL with C code, applying programming fundamentals and development standards within the Retek Merchandising System.

FORMS DEVELOPER (09/99 – 09/00)

Peregrine Corporation, Atlanta, GA

Created and edited e-commerce related documents (Purchase Orders, Advance Shipping Notices, Invoices, etc.) through EDI coding manipulation.

• Led teammates on various cross-functional projects resulting in detailed root cause analysis executive presentations on internal critical efficiencies;

• Communicated and informed members of resources to develop awareness of organization’s goals and objectives;

• Maintained excellent member relations; and performed form development consistently at 90% accuracy, obtaining several company incentives.

TELLER (10/97 – 05/99)

Bank of America, Atlanta, GA

Processed customer transactions during peak times of banking activity. Provided management with effective solutions to improve customer service.

• Professionally articulated to client customers with congenial personality and product confidence; and

• Assisted consumer bankers in the selling or creation of new and additional customer accounts.

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