 American Immigration Lawyers Association |
| Summit County Builders Association |
| Youth Exchange Officer for the Summit Rotary Club |
| Summit County Chamber of Commerce |
| Frisco Chamber of Commerce |
| Teach civil litigation for paralegals at Colorado Mountain
College |
| Teach trial advocacy and coach mock trial team at Summit
High School |
| Copper
Resort Chamber |
| As
an Assistant US Attorney in the Northern District of California,
prosecuted businesses for violation of federal laws, including
environmental and international laws. |
| Helped
establish joint ventures with Russian textile mills to facilitate
the sale of textiles and garments worldwide. Assisted with
purchase and modernization of textile mill. |
| Extensive
experience working with US companies in the former USSR,
including ten months living in Kazakhstan on a USAID project. |
| Drafted
and negotiated contracts for participation of Russian officials
and factory directors to attend the MGL management training
school in Trevose, PA. Lectured to Russians on commercial
Law and contracts, and coordinated all conferences, including
several large conferences for the textile industry. |
| Directly
responsible for managing all litigation for a US based company
with extensive interests in Russia, including litigation
regarding the sale of Russian-made textiles. |
| Developed
and implemented public education and public relations campaigns
for several USAID sponsored contractors in Almaty, Kazakhstan
dealing with the transition to a market economy, including
conferences, seminars, TV and radio programming, news, bulletins,
press releases, research surveys and articles, USAIF PE specialist
II. |
| As
a USAID Legal Specialist II, worked with the ARD/Checchi
Rule Law consortium in Central Asia to deliver a training
program for prosecutors and judges on economic crimes. |
| Developed
and delivered training programs to governmental officials
in Bosnia on economic reforms. |
| Delivered
lectures to lawyers, judges and prosecutors in several Central
Asian capitols on the US Criminal Justice System for the
Academy of Educational Development /NIS Educational Training
Project (AED/NET). |
| Speaker
at numerous conferences and meetings on the topic of Doing
Business with Russia and/or the USSR, including the Russian-American
Chamber of Commerce, American Conference Institute, University
of Pennsylvania Foreign Policy Research Institute, and several
Rotary Clubs. |
| Established
the first joint venture between an American company and a
private cooperative in the Ukraine, and drafted joint venture
documents, which have become a model for companies seeking
similar ventures. Helped organize production and management
of this venture, and worked with local authorities on legal,
accountant and other business issues that arose. |
| Helped
establish an international business services center at Sheremetyevo
International Airport in Moscow offering international telecommunications,
translation, event planning and office services to international
business-people in Russia. |
| Extensive
experience writing business plans and proposals for government
funded projects. |
| Provided
consulting services to US companies of different sizes (including
Ingram Cactus and FMC) seeking to locate joint venture partners
or enter the Russian market. |
