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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Paralegal Assistant

Responsibilities:

  • Directly assumed full responsibility for continuing all legal work required on civil case lawsuit for three years and assisted litigation of case in court via jury trial following official legal counsel’s reluctant but forced withdrawal as counsel of record from civil case due to plaintiff’s reduced and also dire financial status. Continued to assist the plaintiff who assumed “plaintiff pro se” status on civil case.
  • Assisted litigation of WPA civil case complaint for five years in every way required ranging from writing and filing motion pleadings containing highly credible arguments in opposition to Defense Counsel’s to coordinating and conducting witness depositions under oath and more up to beginning and duration of one week long litigation of civil case by jury trial in court, the jury’s rendered decision, and conclusion of the case.
  • Handled tremendous legal assistance responsibilities based on extensive working knowledge of local joint D.C. and federal government and private sector judicial protocols, legislative initiatives, policies and procedures, personnel rules, and special legislation pertaining to a broad range of subjects from employment and education to standard roles, authority and protocol for both successful communication with high level elected and appointed government and private sector officials and strong professional ability to determine, analyze, compile, and well prepare written documentation of complex and extensive facts.
  • Conducted extensive case subject related legal research at Library of Congress and local Confidential universities’ law libraries, composed, typed and filed proposed motion pleadings and summarized evidentiary documents for the court’s review and consideration regarding ordered approval or denial, maintained copies of all court filings, sought and filed evidence documents requested by the court, monitored and maintained court deadlines and requested court extensions for document filings and hearings, and established congenial, close professional communication and relationship with presiding judge and his law clerk, and other staff within the judge’s chambers.
  • Achieved good preparation and handling of an important WPA civil case bringing it to courtroom litigation by jury trial.
  • Attended all courtroom hearings, met court’s deadlines to prepare and file well organized, fully credible, plausible and persuasive motions; written and oral presentations of highly reasonable, logical, and persuasive arguments, explanation of credible hard factual and circumstantial evidence, preparation for deposition questioning of witnesses under oath; and ongoing assistance provided to forward civil case.
  • Based on acquired working knowledge and command of legal terminology, legal research, case facts, good relations with presiding judge and regular access to his staff in chambers, consistently over three years prevailed in successful opposition to Defense Counsel’s repeated and subsequent failed attempts via failed court pleadings to have Plaintiff’ case dismissed.
  • Performed and exhibited high above average development and presentation of all written and oral arguments in general and in pre - trial status hearings before the court, in deposition questioning of potential witnesses, potential jurors, and in presentation of compelling oral arguments, maintenance of respectful courtroom manners and demeanor, and overall performance, which was commended by the Superior Court of the Confidential presiding judge of the Plaintiff, Pro Se’ case at the conclusion of jury trial litigation.

Assistant Manager/ Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Following unsolicited recruitment, temporarily accepted offer of interesting Assistant Manager/Consultant position with a NYC-based high-end jeweler at Dulles International Airport to assist company in brand introduction, marketing, and sales in the DMV area;
  • Supported Store Manager in all aspects of shop management operations, fiduciary responsibilities, and provided professional fine jewelry industry knowledge and sales training expertise to both Store Manager and part-time sales staff, as a result of my prior private specialty retail business background;
  • Successfully introduced and well-marketed longtime Jewelry Designer Confidential ’ highly distinguished jewelry-line to thousands of traveling international and domestic customers; and
  • Consistently awarded monthly bonuses for being top best in customer service and achieving store’s highest volume monthly sales well beyond all other staff including the Store Manager.

Small Business Owner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Following highly successful professional work in executive office assistance, administration, and marketing communications management for high-level officials of public service agencies and private sector organizations, developed business plan and launched successful home-based, international gemstone jewelry business from life-long hobby of personal study and great interest in gemology and the multitude of different gemstones mined worldwide.
  • Developed small profitable business selling unique, foreign gemstone jewelry to customers I personally cultivated. Researched and contacted jewelry artisans and wholesale jewelry houses in many foreign countries worldwide and successfully established business relationships to whole sale buy and sell unique, exotic gemstone jewelry.
  • Selected, bid on, and successfully negotiated bulk quantity wholesale gemstone jewelry product purchases and prices including all shipping and insurance costs. Based on expert knowledge of precious and semi-precious gemstones’ respective individual metaphysical energies, different shapes, sizes, cuts, and clarity all largely unknown by the general public, very quickly achieved public interest and escalated customer sales test evidenced by rapid profitable sales of initially low volume inventory investment prior to later inventory expansion and increasing sales.
  • Achieved 50 percent increase in sales of gemstone jewelry purchased wholesale from talented foreign artisans worldwide within six months of start-up via distinctive marketing strategy focused on providing all potential customers unknown information and education about the different energy benefits of different gemstones.
  • Original plan to maintain and significantly expand business and closed business due to negative impact of several major factors ranging from business having been subjected to wrongful, unrecoverable financial loss to increased international product, shipping, and other prohibitive financial costs along with an annually declining customer base negatively impacted by job loss, still sluggish USA economy, increased costs of living and less disposable income for luxury jewelry item investments.

Director, Office of Communications and Public Affairs

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

  • Directed large government agency office of communications and public affairs including marketing all programs, managing media relations, and bearing management oversight responsibility for a 24/7 social service information call center. Effectively positioned large agency as top leader of the most highly visible and successful marketing communications, media relations, targeted and general public information in city government.
  • Annually developed and effectively executed broad, comprehensive, creative, and highly successful marketing communications plans, campaigns, budgets, managed professional and administrative personnel, and directed all print and online publications including web site content, advertising campaigns, media relations and special events.
  • Ensured all stakeholders’ knowledge, respect, and support for the agency’s achievements made via its numerous public social service programs providing assistance to vulnerable population groups citywide.
  • As a top senior manager directly serving the agency’s director and deputy director appointed by the mayor, daily advised these executives and their general counsel, senior administrators, and program managers on all matters pertaining to public and media communications. Reviewed, developed, recommended, scheduled and prepared executives’ and mayor’s participation in all agency public events including writing event briefings, itineraries, speeches, talking points, legislative public testimonies, media quotes, bi-weekly project status reports, and also managed creation of annual reports outlining achievements of agency’s programs and public communication.
  • Consistently achieved major goals and effectively managed 21-person team of professional public affairs specialists, community outreach specialists, call center advisers, and administrative staff. Established effective joint public communication partnerships with private sector peers at large companies to coordinate, manage, and achieve challenging public knowledge goals.

National External Affairs Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Orchestrated effective external and internal public relations, marketing communications, and special events to increase national public awareness and promote the corporation’s mission and accomplishments in city neighborhood communities nationwide.
  • Cultivated important alliances and partnerships with major private corporations and, via Confidential ’ nationwide network of nonprofit residential and community developers, frequently provided Confidential ’ corporate partners significant opportunities for positive, high-visibility public and media relations.
  • Closed partnerships with two major insurance companies building their confidence in Confidential ’ communications and marketing division’ value-added marketing communications.
  • Orchestrated effective nationwide marketing and media coverage of Confidential ’ annual “National NeighborWorks Week” including media coverage of Washington Mutual Bank’s activities in Seattle, Washington as major partner and sponsor.
  • Managed, coordinated, and produced Dorothy Richardson Resident Leadership Awards ceremony in New Orleans, LA effectively securing New Orleans city mayor’s and key business leaders’ participation as well as media coverage of awardees by 10 major newspapers nationwide. Showcased Confidential ’ Executive Director as keynote speaker at major event in Nashville, TN achieving local, regional, and national media coverage.
  • Coordinated and managed major press conference and reception at National Press Building in Washington, D.C for important California-based financial institution and partner effectively securing terrific national media coverage.
  • Received Confidential bonus award in 2000 for excellent performance.

Founder/Consultant

Confidential, Wash., DC

Responsibilities:

  • Developed marketing communications plans, publications, PR and media campaigns, and special events tailored to showcase and increase business for small to larger private non-profit and for-profit businesses.
  • Increased and supported maintenance of targeted and general public awareness, clients, funds and general overall business growth.
  • Assisted small companies in the business solutions sector via marketing efforts to more successfully compete for and win multi-year, multi-million dollar government contracts.
  • Effectively assisted community-based economic development corporations to increase public awareness of achievements by 75% within 2 months and enhanced professional image of a life insurance and financial services firm increasing its client base by 30% in less than 6 months.

Public Information Officer

Confidential, Wash., DC

Responsibilities:

  • Served the Office of the Director of the Confidential and D.C. Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA) Board of Directors as high-level manager directly reporting to both Confidential agency director and RLA board chairman. Directed and managed all operations of the Confidential ’ Office of Communications and Public Affairs in the Office of the Director ranging from development of comprehensive creative strategic communications plans encompassing all publications, media relations strategies, crisis communications, online information, all special events, management and processing of Freedom of Information Act requests, and more.
  • Managed, supervised, and evaluated staff of 12 professional and administrative personnel. Bore management oversight of Confidential ’s and RLA’s extensive housing and commercial development library. Developed Confidential ’ communications office annual budget, managed and oversaw office contracts and procurements. Performed all other duties and responsibilities whenever needed and required by Confidential agency director ranging from daily review and preparation of director’s proposed written responses to correspondence, safe file maintenance of important confidential correspondence and all other document, development, maintenance, and ready accessibility of required reports, writing briefings and recommended decisions, coordinating creation and review of audio-visual power point and all other kinds of information presentations, and directly representing agency director or deputy director at any meetings or special events upon request.
  • Served as spokesperson for both Confidential and RLA agencies and bore direct responsibility for key contacts, scheduling, written briefings, talking points, speeches, press releases, other publications, and all other information and meetings advance prep work for Confidential agency director, RLA board chairman, elected officials, community leaders and media invited to participate in the agencies’ press briefings, conferences, public testimonies, and all other special events.
  • Achieved positive external and internal public images for both agencies prior to under daily fire, negative spotlight, and bore responsibility for Confidential and RLA together becoming the most well-known, highly visible, high profile and dynamic D.C. government agencies within local government. Worked and thrived exceedingly well both under daily pressure and in required on-call essential employee 24/7 accessibility for and to agency director, mayor, mayor’s executive staff, other cabinet members, local elected officials, key community leaders, and the media.
  • Well publicized and marketed 20 private single-family residential/multi-family housing, public land, mixed-used, commercial and economic development loan programs. Substantially improved Confidential ’s and RLA’s public image by creatively and effectively attracting citywide targeted stakeholders’, media’s, and general public’s interest in the District’s ongoing urban redevelopment and renewal projects via dynamic planning and government incentive loan programs, other special initiatives, public request for proposal solicitations for public land and real property development, and effective management coordination and publicizing of community meetings citywide on development of private affordable and market rate housing, public land, commercial and economic development projects, and planned development zones to achieve joint partnerships with and support from local developers, community-based neighborhood organizations, and D.C. neighborhood residents.
  • Achieved high-profile marketing Confidential and RLA agencies to the public, created strong brand identities for both entities via strategic development and use of attractive, attention-getting logos, publication cover designs, creation and installments of real property and land signs on all District real estate projects, distribution of agency promotional resources, and strategic management of media coverage and interviews. Effectively garnered and promoted participation of hard-to-book, executive-level federal government and private sector officials at agencies’ major special events.
  • Produced and distributed well-received, effective external monthly newsletter to key stakeholders citywide including local and federal government officials, community-based organization, and private for-profit developers and other business leaders, which profiled proposed new exciting and status updates of launched projects via successful joint government and private sector partnerships, all pertinent progressive achievements, and upcoming events.

Communications Chief

Confidential, Wash., DC

Responsibilities:

  • Monitored public information officers’ and agencies’ pertinent information output to targeted stakeholders citywide and the general public. and increased effectiveness of agencies’ public communications directly tied to the mayor’s overall economic development platform, policies, legislation, and programs.
  • Improved overall performance and effectiveness of 11 local government economic development agencies’ public information offices as a result of communications analysis and execution of recommended changes the agencies made in their communications with both targeted and general public.
  • Provided media relations training and media interview preparation to the mayor, deputy mayor for economic development, and to the directors of economic development agencies. Improved quality and effectiveness of agencies’ written materials for public dissemination by daily review and editing.
  • Reviewed, evaluated, and made recommendations on all agencies’ annual public communications achievement plans. Received, reviewed, determined, and competitively approved for top consideration all agencies’ best high profile special event opportunities to submit for scheduling mayor’s and deputy mayor for economic development’s participation.
  • Determined and selected mayor’s and deputy mayor’s economic development speaking engagements and participation in other initiative special events. Wrote mayor’s and deputy mayor’s briefings, speeches, talking points, certain confidential correspondence, and also served as communications advance and spokesperson for both at all of their scheduled public and private sector economic development related speaking engagements and events.

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