Linda Lattimore

Experience

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  U.S. Attorney's Office

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1986

  Chief of Major Fraud Section

  First-chaired numerous trials including counterfeit, firearms, tax, and bank and securities fraud. Set up and implemented Medicare/Medicaid Task Force ultimately prosecuting the largest ambulance company in Texas and the first hospital kickback case in the country which was reported in the Wall Street Journal and The Great White Lie by Walt Bogdanich.Served as member of the Economic Crime Council Operations Committee which consisted of Fraud Section Chiefs of largest offices across country. Set up and coordinated first Immigration Fraud Task Force which led to development of six similar task forces in major cities across the United States and HUD/VA/FBI Task Force when housing economy began to fail in Houston.Responsible for training program for all new federal prosecutors in the criminal division in Houston and lectured on Medicare fraud; Received "Younger Federal Lawyer Award" by the Federal Bar Association in 1985. Show less

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  Comdata

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1990

  Associate General Counsel

  Established legal department for this former client in the electronic funds transfer business. Managed 150 outside law firms in corporate and litigation matters. Conducted negotiations involving real estate leases and purchases across the U.S., and international and domestic acquisitions. Oversaw regulatory maintenance of 20 corporations. Prepared, reviewed, and handled administration of various company contracts and other legal issues arising from the daily operation of the corporation and its subsidiaries. Today Comdata is owned by FLEETCOR, Technologies. Show less

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  First City Bancorporation, Texas

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  Vice President & Senior Attorney

  Managed substantial caseload of 750+ lawsuits in Texas. Contributed significantly towards the workout of the bank's largest credit (25% of the bank's portfolio) documented and collateralized in Spain requiring extensive and continued travel to Europe to assist with the debt recovery of $140 million of assets. Stayed on transition team after bank failed and was taken over by FDIC.

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  Mosbacher Management Company

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Vice President; General Counsel & Secretary

  Managed legal affairs of more than 20 companies with a focus on Mosbacher Energy Company, an independent oil and gas company with numerous operations internationally. Conducted extensive contract negotiations in South America with major energy companies. Provided counsel in real estate acquisitions and their commercial development in the Houston area, and various ventures in Mexico related to transportation.

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  Law Office of Linda Lattimore

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1999

  Attorney and Business Consultant

  Counseled various companies such as Telmex/Sprint in start-up or growth phase, including creating their legal departments and proper infrastructure. Engaged in strategic planning with directors and management to attain goals within legal framework. Supervised litigation activities and took steps towards prevention of litigation. Handled contract administration, investor relations, assessment of insurance needs, and real estate management. Legal interface with Human Resources when necessary.

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  Telmex USA

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  General Counsel

  Established legal department and managed entire range of legal affairs for the American subsidiary of one of the largest privately held companies in Latin America. This included managing real estate, compliance, litigation, contract, HR, immigration and call center matters. As a senior executive, worked closely with business clients and interfaced heavily with parent company and affiliates in Mexico and Latin America, conducting more than 40% of work in Spanish.

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  Law Office of Linda Lattimore

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2006

  Attorney and Business Consultant

  Global business counselor, attorney and interim General Counsel assisting start up and midsize companies in design and implementation of their business strategies, funding and corporate compliance issues. Founded and created infrastructure for Women's Global Network during this period.

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  Women's Global Network, Inc.

  Oct 2006 - Dec 2014

  Founder and President

  The Women’s Global Network is a community of business women who offer support to each other and to women in developing nations around the world. The vision of WGN is to develop a worldwide presence and to provide members access to a solid global network of dynamic women. WGN has branches in San Diego, Irvine, San Francisco, Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio and through its microfinance program has assisted at least 1000 women in 6 developing nations. Most recently, WGN launched the first global directory of women's organizations with the intent to offer services globally and to assist in aligning these organizations for more effective results as they advocate positive change. Show less

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  Dresser Inc

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2010

  Associate General Counsel

  First attorney on location in one of Dressers largest business segments, Dresser Wayne. As lead attorney for global operation, job included extensive international travel to offices throughout Europe, Asia and South America to globalize and centralize legal department function. Practice included heavy contract preparation and management, litigation oversight, merger and acquisition documentation and due diligence, HR interface and any other legal requirements of the business.Created first automated global contract management system at Dresser with process controls and archival history of all global contracts. Asked to roll across all Dresser business segments as department's primary initiative. Show less

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  WGN Global Fund

  Jan 2012 - now

  Founder and Executive Director

  The mission of WGN Global Fund, 501(c)(3), (formerly Women's Global Network, a women's business organization) is to support women who, because of socioeconomic circumstances, would not otherwise have the education or skills to create a business and to educate the next generation of young professional women about social enterprise as a vehicle for change.

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  INOVA Geophysical

  Jan 2012 - Oct 2013

  SVP, General Counsel, Corp Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer

  Created legal department providing templates, systems and processes, corporate compliance and global training programs, departmental intranet site, budgets and staffing, etc. Offered legal support and commercial risk assessment to senior management and board of directors of global company with offices in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Involved in strategic initiatives, entity management, tax and intellectual property matters, IP patent portfolio and litigation management. Direct sales support including contract negotiation and implementation (customers, suppliers, real estate, technology licensing, marketing/advertising ) Managed external counsel in all locations working closely with parent companies (BGP and ION) to achieve targeted goals. Show less

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  Hess Corporation

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  Assistant General Counsel

  Retained by Hess to act as legal lead and liason with internal departments and external counsel for major internal corporate restructure. After restructure finalized, provision of additional support to Global Supply Chain including training, negotiation of global master agreements with largest vendors, creation of policies and procedures for streamlined vendor flow.

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  Cross Sector Inc.

  Jun 2015 - now

  Founder and President

  Cross Sector Inc. is a community and educational platform, by and for socially responsible business. Cross Sector Institute provides training for companies interested in creating vibrant sustainability programs and accredited classes (CLE) for attorneys directed to new and challenging issues facing both their clients and their own practices in a world demanding social responsibility. Solutionaries Academy offers personal development programs for individuals interested in finding work that is both emotionally satisfying and financially rewarding. Show less