Lawyer Resume Examples

Associate Attorney — Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago litigation firm with insurance defense and civil trial practice

Jun 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

• Drafted motions, discovery responses, and coverage research memoranda across a portfolio of 14 active insurance defense and civil matters, with on-time filings in 14 of 14 during the first year.
• Prepared 11 case law and regulatory research summaries on Illinois statutes, recent case law, and administrative guidance in Westlaw and LexisNexis, used by attorneys in claim evaluation and settlement discussions.
• Standardized file checklists and maintained matter records in iManage and state e-filing folders, reducing missing-document follow-ups from 6 per month to 2.
• Drafts pleadings, discovery requests, subpoenas, and legal memoranda under attorney supervision, tracking filing deadlines and coordinating records collection with clients and outside parties.

Corporate Counsel — Health Catalyst, healthcare data and analytics software company serving hospitals and health systems

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Negotiated a high volume of commercial agreements, closing 96 contracts in 12 months across provider, digital health, and vendor relationships, leading redlines on SaaS, MSA, BAA, DPA, NDA, and procurement terms.
• Updated standard BAA and security addendum language with fallback clauses and HIPAA guidance in Ironclad, cutting average legal review time on privacy-heavy deals from 9 business days to 6.
• Partnered with security and procurement on third-party diligence for higher-risk vendors, completing 28 vendor legal reviews with zero missed launch dates.
• Advised sales, product, security, and procurement partners on contract risk and healthcare data use terms, proposing practical alternatives to move deals to signature.
• Built quarterly reporting on negotiation trends and contract cycle time in Ironclad and Excel, identifying 3 recurring redline issues that informed playbook updates.
• Supported incident-response and internal policy workstreams on healthcare data handling, revising 5 internal policy documents in one compliance cycle through research on HIPAA and state privacy requirements.

Associate — Foley & Lardner LLP, international law firm with healthcare and technology transactions practices

Aug 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Drafted and negotiated customer and vendor agreements for healthcare and software clients, handling 41 executed agreements over 20 months across MSA, SaaS, licensing, NDA, and SOW terms.
• Prepared HIPAA and privacy issue summaries tied to implementation and data-sharing terms, supporting 17 matters involving business associate agreements and data use restrictions using Westlaw and LexisNexis research on HIPAA, state privacy rules, and customer redlines.
• Created reusable clause language for information security and audit provisions by compiling fallback language from prior negotiations, cutting first-draft turnaround time by 2 business days for partner review.
• Advised clients on commercial technology and healthcare agreements, supporting negotiations, diligence, and regulatory issue spotting for transactions and customer implementations.

Senior Counsel — Westlake Corporation, a publicly traded chemicals and building-products manufacturer

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

• Lead commercial, product liability, employment, and regulatory matters end to end for U.S. operations, setting strategy from pre-claim assessment through resolution across 32 active matters in the most recent full year.
• Reset outside counsel staffing, budgeting, and reporting expectations in Legal Tracker using phased budgets and strategy reviews, cutting average monthly spend variance from 18% to 7%.
• Direct preservation, discovery, and eDiscovery workflows in coordination with IT, HR, and compliance, standardizing legal hold steps to cut average document collection kickoff time from 10 days to 6 days.
• Negotiated settlement, supply, and services agreements tied to disputed operational issues, resolving 9 matters without trial in one 18-month period through case assessment, mediation preparation, and contract drafting.
• Advise operations, HR, procurement, compliance, and executive leadership on disputes, investigations, and contract risk, including reserve recommendations and reporting cadence with business leaders.
• Built quarterly legal risk presentations for 4 operating groups, translating matter status, exposure, and emerging OSHA and supply-chain issues into business-focused recommendations for plant and executive leadership.

Senior Associate — Bracewell LLP, Texas-headquartered law firm with litigation and energy-industry practices

Jan 2017 – Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Led discovery and motion practice on a multi-party supply contract dispute, managing review and production of 84,000 documents through Relativity workflows, coordinated custodian collection plans, and deposition preparation.
• Managed pleadings, discovery, witness preparation, and motion practice for commercial and regulatory disputes, serving industrial, energy, and manufacturing clients in state and federal forums.
• Prepared mediation and settlement analyses for commercial and employment matters, developing exposure assessments, damages summaries, and client-facing recommendation memos, supporting resolution of 11 matters before trial over 4 years.
• Built matter status and budget trackers for partner and client reporting, standardizing update templates in Excel and coordinating case-team inputs, improving on-time monthly reporting from 70% to 95%.
• Coordinated client teams, experts, and outside vendors through mediation, hearings, and production deadlines.

Associate — LyondellBasell, a global chemicals manufacturer

Jul 2014 – Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Reviewed 46 agreements and dispute files in a 12-month period for plant operations and procurement, summarizing indemnity, limitation of liability, and delivery-risk terms for supervising counsel.
• Coordinated responses to litigation holds and subpoena requests, collecting records from 7 business functions with zero missed response dates in the final year while maintaining custodian lists and tracking deadlines.