General Counsel

General Counsel — Apex Corporate Solutions

Chicago, IL | January 2024 – Present

• Manage corporate governance for 4 subsidiaries, coordinating quarterly board meetings, drafting minutes, and filing 100% of compliance disclosures ahead of deadlines.
• Draft and negotiate 85+ high-value commercial agreements annually, including SaaS service agreements, vendor contracts, and licensing pacts, saving $140,000 in costs.
• Supervise a team of 3 legal professionals, implementing a centralized contract repository system that reduced draft-to-execution turnaround cycle times by 22%.
• Lead regulatory compliance programs across 4 departments, conducting quarterly internal audits that resolved 12 policy deviations prior to external inspection.

Corporate Counsel — Vertex Business Systems

Chicago, IL | June 2020 – December 2023

• Reviewed and revised 120+ vendor agreements, partner contracts, and non-disclosure documents yearly, mitigating legal risk exposure across 5 separate departments.
• Managed intellectual property portfolio consisting of 18 active trademarks, preparing and submitting filings to the USPTO with a 100% first-time approval rate.
• Collaborated with Human Resources to design and deliver compliance training programs for 450+ employees, decreasing internal policy violations by 35% in 2 years.
• Assisted with litigation preparation for 3 commercial disputes, coordinating document discovery and reducing external litigation services billing fees by 14%.

Corporate governance, Regulatory compliance, Contract negotiation, Risk mitigation, Dispute resolution, Intellectual property, SEC reporting, Employment law, Commercial drafting, Board relations, Policy drafting, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), USPTO filings, DocuSign, SimpleLegal, CSC Navigator

Centralized Contract Lifecycle Management Migration

Role: Legal Lead

Tools: SimpleLegal, DocuSign, Slack, Microsoft Teams

Directed migration of 3,500 legacy agreements to a modern digital CLM platform, reducing overall document search and retrieval cycle times by 40%.

Regulatory Compliance Alignment Initiative

Role: Compliance Director

Tools: Excel, SharePoint, Zoom, CSC Navigator

Led internal review of 4 major business operations, identifying and updating 12 regulatory procedures to ensure total alignment with local state guidelines.

• Active Member of Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) (2020)
• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) (2022)

• Professional Memberships: American Bar Association (Corporate Counsel Division)
• Publications: Co-author of 2 articles on emerging corporate compliance regulations in legal journals (2023, 2025)
• Availability: 4 weeks notice