Greater Hartford
Results-oriented attorney with significant litigation experience and excellent advocacy skills. Proactively avoid and solve problems, with excellent conflict resolution, risk management, negotiation, advocacy, research, and writing skills. Adept at handling significant responsibility and working both independently and in a team. Eager and quick to learn with excellent initiative. Licensed to practice in New York and Connecticut. Specialties: automotive, compliance, risk management, due diligence, litigation, legal research, government relations, discovery requests, client relations.
Hoffman BMW, Hoffman Toyota, Hoffman Honda, Hoffman Nissan, and Hoffman Collision Center West
Assist in all aspects of the day to day duties that encompass Service, Parts and Body Shop operations. Collaborate with the Fixed Operations Director in all areas of fixed operations, including efficient and profitable Service, Parts and Body Shop departments. Help ensure operation of the departments at maximum production; controlling costs, building loyal clientele, maintaining good employee relationships and strong CSI ratings, setting and obtaining sales objectives, and minimizing risk. Ensure people and processes are in place for the ultimate customer experience.
Represent Automotive Group and its various corporate operations. Practice focused mainly on manufacturer franchise issues, vehicle finance, regulatory complexities, insurance laws, tax laws, buy/sell agreements, and employment law. Supervise implementation of compliance programs related to finance and insurance procedures. Advise in accordance with various federal and state laws and regulations including truth in lending, consumer protection, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act. Monitor Federal Trade Commission regulations to ensure compliance and transparency. Due diligence review of corporate policies and training procedures for employees.
Attorney in Venable's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Anti-Corruption Group. Assist clients on compliance and pre-transaction due diligence matters. Draft client's privilege log in response to discovery requests from opposition. Manage client's e-discovery process in preparation for production with the Department of Justice.
Represent federal home loan bank against other banks in litigation regarding the purchase of mortgage-backed security certificates. Analyze the sale of bank security certificates collateralized by residential mortgages. Develop factual narrative of Examination Reports filed by the Federal Finance Housing Agency. Account for adverse changes in credit quality, market prices, and liquidity for debt securities. Analyze the plaintiff bank’s Risk Management Policy that was used to review potential purchases of mortgage-backed securities.
Supervise and train attorneys and support staff responsible for document review and privilege log drafting. Create and implement document review procedures. Case matters include: antitrust and health care law, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, patent infringement, international trade transactions regarding embargo countries and government contracts. Conduct intense review of documents for Davis Polk LLP, Crowell Moring LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP in response to discovery requests by the Department of Justice. Assist healthcare company in their ongoing internal investigation about possible violations of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
Engage in various aspects of the discovery process as attorney for the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Litigation Practice Group. Conduct privilege review of documents in response to discovery requests. Experience with litigation support applications (i.e. Attenex, Concordance, Discovery Radar, iConect and Stratify) and other associated e-discovery tools. Draft memoranda in preparation for depositions of expert witnesses. Search repository database for documents to prepare witnesses and to answer productions requests. Direct legal research of various potential issues in pharmaceutical industry to inform clients of possible exposure to lawsuits. Drafted memoranda regarding client interests, including one which examined and monitored media coverage of a case and its resulting effect on the litigation. Consistently received commendations and positive work reviews.