Functional Skills
Litigation Support
Risk Management
Commercial Due Diligence
Tax Preparation
Operations Management
Marketing Analytics
Brand Strategy
Business Operations
Business Continuity
Business Planning
Compliance and risk
Crisis Management
Contract Pricing / Negotiation
Compensation Strategy
Compensation Design
Software Skills
Adobe Creative Cloud
Sector Experience
Business Services
Consumer Goods
Media & Entertainment
Technology
Transportation & Logistics
Experience
The Bosses' Lawyer
Legal
Principal Attorney
8/2018 - Present
• Draft and negotiate master services, licensing, SaaS, and supply-chain agreements for clients in healthcare,
technology, and professional-services sectors
• Act as outside general counsel advising small businesses on entity structure, compliance, contracts,
employment, general-liability exposure, and intellectual property.
• Negotiate and draft commercial-lease agreements, licensing agreements, and other high-value contracts.
• Build employer-employee infrastructures, handbooks, wage-hour policies, employment and severance
agreements, across multiple regulated industries
• Prepare policies and procedures for businesses in highly regulated industries
• Draft various agreements such as service, independent contractor, non-disclosure/non-solicitation/non
competition agreements
• Manage business acquisitions from start to finish, including drafting and negotiating Letters of Intent (LOIs) and purchase agreements
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence to assess legal risks, fina
technology, and professional-services sectors
• Act as outside general counsel advising small businesses on entity structure, compliance, contracts,
employment, general-liability exposure, and intellectual property.
• Negotiate and draft commercial-lease agreements, licensing agreements, and other high-value contracts.
• Build employer-employee infrastructures, handbooks, wage-hour policies, employment and severance
agreements, across multiple regulated industries
• Prepare policies and procedures for businesses in highly regulated industries
• Draft various agreements such as service, independent contractor, non-disclosure/non-solicitation/non
competition agreements
• Manage business acquisitions from start to finish, including drafting and negotiating Letters of Intent (LOIs) and purchase agreements
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence to assess legal risks, fina
Karimi Law Group
Legal
Of Counsel
9/2014 - 12/2018
• Collaborate with colleague to prepare litigation strategies in employment and medical malpractice cases
• Independently manage caseload and all corresponding tasks
• Draft pleadings, discovery requests and motions, as well as corresponding responses and replies
• Draft and orally argue contested motions in both State and Federal Courts
• Appear for arbitrations, mediations, and administrative hearings
• Successfully resolve complex civil litigation claims through settlement negotiation
• Independently manage caseload and all corresponding tasks
• Draft pleadings, discovery requests and motions, as well as corresponding responses and replies
• Draft and orally argue contested motions in both State and Federal Courts
• Appear for arbitrations, mediations, and administrative hearings
• Successfully resolve complex civil litigation claims through settlement negotiation
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Legal
Litigation Services Counsel
5/2015 - 8/2018
• Conduct case law, interested and involved party (including judges, potential arbitrators, opposing counsel,
etc.) research and analysis related to prospective and active litigation; prepare corresponding memoranda
• Collaborate with firm associates and partners regarding appropriate litigation strategy after conducting necessary research
• Advise associate attorneys and partners regarding Illinois and local civil procedure
• Review attorney briefs and other filings for accuracy, completion, and compliance with applicable rules of the relevant venue; collaborate with attorneys to ensure compliance with all applicable rules
• Manage one of the firm's litigation support departments and collaborate with other such departments to
improve efficiency of litigation and other practice groups
• Evaluate and create policies and procedures necessary to improve efficiency of firm practice areas with an
emphasis on litigation, and present to firm management; manage firm risks
• Draft depa
etc.) research and analysis related to prospective and active litigation; prepare corresponding memoranda
• Collaborate with firm associates and partners regarding appropriate litigation strategy after conducting necessary research
• Advise associate attorneys and partners regarding Illinois and local civil procedure
• Review attorney briefs and other filings for accuracy, completion, and compliance with applicable rules of the relevant venue; collaborate with attorneys to ensure compliance with all applicable rules
• Manage one of the firm's litigation support departments and collaborate with other such departments to
improve efficiency of litigation and other practice groups
• Evaluate and create policies and procedures necessary to improve efficiency of firm practice areas with an
emphasis on litigation, and present to firm management; manage firm risks
• Draft depa
Grant Schumann, LLC
Legal
Associate
1/2011 - 8/2013
• Drafted and orally argued pleadings, contested motions and responsive briefs, such as motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, complaints, answers, motions in limine, motions for reconsideration, motions to exclude evidence, and appellate briefs at the State and Federal Court levels
• Drafted Statements of Positions, Verified Responses, and other documents and pleadings connected with
discrimination, harassment, and retaliation charges; propounded written discovery and responses
• Assisted in all stages of trial as second chair, including the preparation of pre-trial motions, proposed pre-trial orders, jury instructions, trial briefs, proposed voir dire, and post-trial motions
• Prosecuted and defended civil actions before administrative agencies such as the Chicago Commission on Human Rights, the Chicago Police Board, the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Deposed witnesses and defended party and witness de
• Drafted Statements of Positions, Verified Responses, and other documents and pleadings connected with
discrimination, harassment, and retaliation charges; propounded written discovery and responses
• Assisted in all stages of trial as second chair, including the preparation of pre-trial motions, proposed pre-trial orders, jury instructions, trial briefs, proposed voir dire, and post-trial motions
• Prosecuted and defended civil actions before administrative agencies such as the Chicago Commission on Human Rights, the Chicago Police Board, the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Deposed witnesses and defended party and witness de
Krohn & Moss, Ltd.
Legal
Associate
10/2009 - 1/2011
• Drafted pleadings, contested motions, dispositive motions and responsive briefs, including motions for
summary judgment and successful appellate level briefs utilized in the training of recently hired associates and law clerks
• Orally argued contested motions and represented plaintiffs at arbitration hearings
• Conducted case evaluations and client intake interviews; evaluated, prepared, and presented clients and experts for depositions
• Assisted in settlement negotiations and trial preparation by preparing pre-trial materials pursuant to pre-trial orders
summary judgment and successful appellate level briefs utilized in the training of recently hired associates and law clerks
• Orally argued contested motions and represented plaintiffs at arbitration hearings
• Conducted case evaluations and client intake interviews; evaluated, prepared, and presented clients and experts for depositions
• Assisted in settlement negotiations and trial preparation by preparing pre-trial materials pursuant to pre-trial orders