Senior Counsel, US Pharma Specialty Care And Oncol
GSK
07.2021 - Current
Serve as lead strategic and legal counsel for multiple brands and departments across several different disease states.
Partner cross-functionally to provide in-depth substantive advice on both promotional and non-promotional initiatives to Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access and Regulatory Affairs concerning a broad range of legal, regulatory and compliance issues.
Identify and anticipate risks and devise appropriate business-oriented solutions to support and enhance commercial strategies.
Resolve complex problems ranging from applying new FDA regulations to litigation prevention by utilizing legal expertise and dispute resolution skills.
Created an automated Smart Sheet system to show business leads the full range of assets in need of legal review that is being subsequently adopted company-wide for all products.
Counsel, Information Governance
GSK
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<li>Lead the Legal Risk Management Team and conducted quarterly presentations to the Legal Leadership Team and General Counsel for the Risk Management Compliance Board.</li>
<li>Lead contracting with outside vendors to meet aggressive schedule for staffing, copying, scanning, and production of millions of pages of documents in worldwide Zantac litigation.</li>
<li>Led the project to update and simplify the Global Retention Schedule while managing the budget and supervising outside counsel and consultants.</li>
<li>Advised in-house attorneys and business colleagues on institutionalizing best practices and evolving strategy related to technology, privacy laws, and information preservation.</li>
<li>From 2019-2020, supervised the Senior Manager of Information Governance and Heritage Archivists. Devised and implemented plan that improved productivity of the team with reduced headcount.</li>
<li>Selected for 2020/2021 Legal Emerging Talent Cohort.</li>
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07.2019 - 06.2021
Lead the Legal Risk Management Team and conducted quarterly presentations to the Legal Leadership Team and General Counsel for the Risk Management Compliance Board.
Lead contracting with outside vendors to meet aggressive schedule for staffing, copying, scanning, and production of millions of pages of documents in worldwide Zantac litigation.
Led the project to update and simplify the Global Retention Schedule while managing the budget and supervising outside counsel and consultants.
Advised in-house attorneys and business colleagues on institutionalizing best practices and evolving strategy related to technology, privacy laws, and information preservation.
From 2019-2020, supervised the Senior Manager of Information Governance and Heritage Archivists. Devised and implemented plan that improved productivity of the team with reduced headcount.
Selected for 2020/2021 Legal Emerging Talent Cohort.
Attorney, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs
The Edison Electric Institute
05.2018 - 03.2019
Advised member companies (including all major electric companies in over 90 countries) on a wide range of corporate matters.
Drafted and negotiated a variety of contracts, including those involving products, non-disclosure, consultants, IT and other commercial services.
Advised General Counsel on legal issues ranging from foreign tax obligations to conflicts of interest.
Acted as primary legal liaison to IT and other internal departments in a cross-functional team to initiate corporate compliance with recent global privacy and data information security regulations.
Federal Law Clerk
United States District Court Judge Michael J. Newman (formerly Magistrate Judge)
09.2016 - 08.2017
Honed superior oral and written communication skills by researching, discussing, and drafting numerous published opinions, including orders on motions to dismiss, discovery disputes, and summary judgment for cases involving contract, insurance, and employment matters.
Negotiated and problem solved to assist in achieving multiple mediation settlements.
Education
Juris Doctorate - Certificate in Dispute Resolution
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
01.2016
Studied European Union Law, Studied US/UK comparative legal ethics
St. Anne's College, University of Oxford
01.2014
Bachelor of Arts -
Denison University
01.2012
Volunteer Experience
GSK, 2021, Mentor with Disability Mentoring Program partnering with National Federation of the Blind.
The Children's Home of Cincinnati, 2018, Researched ways to protect charity's $70 MM endowment from potential liability and wrote extensive memo counseling CEO, CFO, and Chairman of the Board on setting up endowment as separate 501(c)(3).
Certification
• 11/16, Ohio Bar • 07/17, Uniform Bar • 10/18, IAPP Privacy Program Management Training • 03/19, Certified Information Privacy Professional United States (CIPP/US) • 02/26, IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Training
Timeline
Senior Counsel, US Pharma Specialty Care And Oncol
GSK
07.2021 - Current
Counsel, Information Governance
GSK
07.2019 - 06.2021
Attorney, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs
The Edison Electric Institute
05.2018 - 03.2019
Federal Law Clerk
United States District Court Judge Michael J. Newman (formerly Magistrate Judge)
09.2016 - 08.2017
Juris Doctorate - Certificate in Dispute Resolution
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Studied European Union Law, Studied US/UK comparative legal ethics
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