Elisa Wesche

Experience

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  PwC

  Aug 2005 - Sept 2006

  Auditor

  Carried out risk-based audit programs for publicly traded and privately held corporations. Performed audit testing and analysis of evidence to form opinion. Navigated complex financial reporting and internal control environments.

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  United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2012

  Law Clerk

  Two-year federal clerkship for U.S. District Court Judge. Drafted legal opinions, conducted research, and analyzed legal issues and evidence to resolve motions and support federal judge during hearings and trial. Wide range of civil disputes including matters relating to constitutional issues, breach of contract, employment, and state and federal regulations.

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  Robinson Curley & Clayton, P.C.

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2016

  Attorney

  Outside counsel for the federal regulator of depository institutions. Developed expertise in analyzing the reporting of assets subject to significant judgment, including application of regulatory guidance, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS). See additional experience related to Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel, P.C. (VAB) (above); recruited to that firm as its first associate attorney along with active cases. Commercial litigation of business torts, breach of contract and employment matters, including legal research, litigation strategy, drafting pleadings, dispositive and discovery motions, and damages analysis. Show less

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  Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel, P. C.

  Jul 2016 - Feb 2023

  Senior Attorney

  Outside counsel to federal regulator of depository institutions: - Investigate and litigate professional liability claims relating to directors, officers, and professionals who caused losses to insured depository institutions to recover funds via pre-suit settlement and litigation; - Review and analyze financial statements, transactions, reporting, and underlying data, complex private securities, and auditor workpapers to develop facts, identify claims, and quantify damages and anticipated recovery; - Research regulations, audit and accounting standards, and applicable law to identify meritorious and cost-effective claims; - Prepare memoranda and reports summarizing findings, applicable law, analysis, risks, and recommendations for closing claims, and pursing pre-suit settlement litigation for meritorious and cost-effective claims; and - Work directly with accounting, auditing, and damages experts. Commercial litigation before state, federal, and bankruptcy courts for business torts, breach of contract, and employment matters, including research, drafting pleadings and substantive motions, and conducting all phases of discovery, including depositions, written discovery, and eDiscovery. Outside counsel to Fortune 500 professional services firm for over five years, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts to achieve business goals and legal objectives for sophisticated, high-dollar and volume domestic M&A division, providing local counsel consultation, and identify alternative legal strategies to promote client relationships. Show less

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  Western Union

  Feb 2023 - now

  Director, Counsel, North America Business Legal Affairs