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Over the course of three years, I completed five consecutive employment contracts working in Warsaw, Poland with two local partners who initially protested, during my interview, my hiring by the managing partner based in Düsseldorf, Germany
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Supervised teams of attorneys and secretariesĪs the firm’s only American lawyer, in a firm of over 200 attorneys, I anticipated and tactfully addressed potential conflicts between the goals of international clients, my German firm, and our US clients' ethical and industry standards along with my own duty to comply with US ethical and professional rules Revised clients' standard contracts to comply with international treaties and national laws Structured and established companies and Polish branch offices along with all pertinent documents Prepared and revised English/German/Polish versions of a major German bank's standard suretyship agreement, distributor agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and project financing agreements Revised master contract for multimillion-dollar bank loans to a Polish shipyard to construct 7 ships Korean company in a multimillion-dollar automobile plant joint venture and an American company purchasing assets of a multimillion-dollar Polish cement company Prioritized and organized complex concepts and priorities in order to clearly, creatively, and tactfully communicate them to coworkers, clients, judges, and jurors while demonstrating tolerance of others and respect for legal and ethical ambiguitiesĮstablished time- and money-saving procedures and practices within the OAG and TxDOT Negotiated and mediated litigation and contract disputes for OAG and TxDOTĭrafted pleadings, contracts, legal opinions, proposed legislation, administrative rules and agency policy all in compliance with the relevant law and client goals within critical time deadlinesĮffectively advised and worked with other OAG divisions, TxDOT, and other state and federal agencies and cities with prudent judgment, high-energy, and integrity Responsible for appellate work required on my cases, including research, brief writing and oral argument before state and federal appellate courts Managed the work of 10 attorneys and 6 secretaries on administrative and construction casesĪssisted and trained new attorneys and paralegals for administrative, state, and federal litigation Successfully litigated hundreds of administrative hearings
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Supervised five co-counsel in their first trial Successfully litigated seven jury trials, six as lead and supervising counsel
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Lead counsel for complex litigation involving, but not limited to, highway and building construction and maintenance, eminent domain, environment, oil and gas, illegal advertising, and right-of-way encroachment before administrative, state, and federal courts in bench and jury trials