LEGAL SUMMARY: 2019 AV Preeminent® Rating. Business transactional attorney with an entrepreneurial spirit and significant business, legal and senior management leadership experience. Experienced drafter and negotiator of multi-party, complex commercial transactions involving technology, software, hardware, telecommunications and real estate acquired through leasing or purchasing through issue/dispute management process, entity formations of privately owned LLCs, Corporations and Partnerships and the merger and acquisition documentation related to each. Skilled with vendor and client relationships, legal research utilizing web-based legal research tools, intellectual property strategy, and corporate law, including litigation / outside counsel management. Excellent verbal, written, computer literacy and interpersonal skills, experience supporting contract negotiation and the ability to convey deal points, legal issues, opportunities, challenges with well reasoned positions clearly and concisely through all levels of an organization or industry. EDUCATION: J.D. - South Texas College of Law, Houston Texas, 1988 B.B.A. - Finance/Economics, Baylor University, Waco Texas 1984 LICENSES: Attorney, admitted May 1989 and in good standing Texas Bar Association