Experience

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  Law offices of alexander m. schack

  Mar 2008 - Nov 2012

  Attorney/law clerk

  • Composed motions and pleadings for complex state and federal antitrust, unfair business practice, and intellectual property litigation.• Compiled, analyzed, and presented relevant intellectual property and corporate documents for multi-state class action involving monopolization and concerted conduct. Contributed to the successful opposition of Walker Process, anti-SLAPP, and Summary Judgment attacks to the class claims. • Drafted portions of an Opposition to Summary Judgment for one of California's largest cases (In re: 2007 San Diego Wildfires Litigation), which prompted Sempra Energy to withdraw their motion.• Prepared several demand packages resulting in settlements up to $975,000.• Generated discovery and meet and confer letters in a nationwide class action involving price-fixing and supply restriction claims against major integrated producers of corrugated products.• Performed a technically specialized search within millions of documents utilizing e-Discovery methods. Show less

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  College of micronesia-fsm

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Adjunct professor of law

  • Instructed Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Legal Writing for the Trial Counselor program.

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  Office of the attorney general, state of pohnpei

  Mar 2013 - May 2014

  Assistant attorney general

  • Prosecuted and defended all levels of proceedings on behalf of Pohnpei’s executive branch of government including civil rights, employment, tort, and contract disputes.• Assisted Prosecution Department with complex criminal cases including homicides and human trafficking.• Drafted published Attorney General Opinions, legislation, executive orders, contracts and other legal instruments as requested by executive officials. • Advised the Governor, Department of Education, Department of Treasury and Administration, Department of Public Safety, Registrar of Corporations and other executive Departments on legal matters pertaining to their respective duties.• Developed dozens of discovery, pleading, and motion templates to expedite litigation, and designed intra-network computer server to house them. Show less

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  Supreme court of guam

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2016

  Research attorney

  • Prepared bench memoranda in advance of oral arguments.• Drafted orders and opinions.• Proofread and edited orders and opinions.• Verified citations and authorities for form and substantive accuracy.• Routinely assigned the most challenging cases due to background in complex litigation and ability to meet internal deadlines. Many of these cases involved several thousand page records on appeal.• Engaged in significant personal interaction with all Supreme Court of Guam Justices. Show less

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  United states courts

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  Judicial clerk for the honorable chief judge francis tydingco-gatewood

  • Prepared bench memoranda for civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases in advance of oral arguments.• Participated in bench conferences with Chief Judge.• Managed court docket and matters under advisement.• Drafted decisions and orders for judicial review.• Generated presentations for the Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement and Roundtable Discussion with the Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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  Resources legacy fund

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2020

  In-house attorney

  • Ensured compliance with applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations, as well as internal governance documents, for a 501(c)(3) with a $59 million annual budget.• Prepared training, memoranda, and oral briefings advising the Board of Directors, senior management, and employees by assessing relevant legal authorities and balancing risk associated with governance as well as international, state, and local labor and employment, ethics, intellectual property, privacy, real estate, regulatory, and campaign finance issues.• Oversaw hundreds of transactional matters, and drafted, reviewed, and negotiated agreements with state agencies, SaaS vendors, consultants, grantees, funders, and real estate contracts.• Facilitated board meetings by preparing agendas, resolutions, and minutes and maintained virtual corporate records. Show less

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  California energy commission

  Oct 2020 - now

  • Negotiated the State of California’s largest grant ($31M) benefiting a Tribal government.• Prepare Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rulemaking and application documents, including the application that secured CPUC approval of the CEC's Electric Program Investment Charge Proposed 2021-2025 Investment Plan ($592M).• Serve on the Tribal, Disadvantaged Communities, and Equity team for the Chief Counsel's Office.• Review and draft solicitations and resulting agreements, create necessary terms and conditions and documents as appropriate, and ensure compliance with laws such as the California Environmental Quality Act, Information Practices Act, Public Contract Code, State Contracting Manual (competitive requirements and exemptions), Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise requirements or exemptions, and conflict of interest laws.• Facilitate federal national laboratories awards, develop subaward terms for federal awards, and negotiate Cooperative Research and Development Agreements with federal agencies.• Provide legal advice to the CEC Commissioners and staff on design and implementation of renewable energy programs, including establishing Guidelines for the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program ($922M) and the Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program ($80M).• Analyze proposed legislation including the Climate Innovation Program (enacted, $500M), and address comments from the Governor’s Office, Legislature, Department of Finance, and staff. Show less

  • Assistant Chief Counsel, Transactions Unit

    May 2023 - now

  • Senior Attorney

    Oct 2020 - May 2023