PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Attorney
Gromet & Associates, Irvine, CA September 2005-November 2007
Associate Attorney. Represent clients in the acquisition, disposition and development of real property assets, including,
without limitation: (i) negotiating and drafting letters of intent, option agreements, purchase and sale agreements and other
related documents required in connection with the acquisition and disposition real property assets; (ii) title and land survey
review and negotiating the form and content of land surveys and title insurance policies; (iii) financing; (iv) entity formations;
(v) tax-deferred exchanges; (vi) property tax disputes, coordinating the payoff, assignment and assumption of existing loans;
(v) drafting easements and such other related documents in connection with the development of real property; and (vi) drafting
governing documents for common interest developments.
Staff Counsel
State Compensation Insurance Fund, Santa Ana, CA May 2004-August
2005 Lead defense counsel for several hundred workers’ compensation cases. Responsibilities included managing the legal
defense of each case from inception through completion which included, but was not limited to: (i) working closely with claims’
adjusters and insured employers to obtain relevant factual claim information in order to determine legitimacy of claims and
to monitor expenses related to issues of fraud; (ii) all phases of pre-trial discovery including preparing and arguing motions
and taking depositions; (iii) performing legal research and analysis of relevant workers’ compensation legislation,
statutes, regulations and case law; (iv) researching medical terminology, conditions and treatment protocols; (v) drafting
insurance coverage opinions and drafting legal memoranda; (vi) negotiating settlement of cases with claims’ adjusters,
opposing counsel and lien claimants; and (vii) litigating cases as to validity of claim, causation, extent of permanent disability
and necessity for medical fees.
Attorney, Land Use Planner
SDS Wireless, Southern California and Ohio June 1999-August 2000 AFL
Wireless, a Division of Alcoa, Irvine, CA February2002-March 2004 Compass Telecom Services, Lake Forest, CA March 2004-October
2004 In-house counsel and land use planner for turnkey vendors, representing telecommunications carriers in developing their
network infrastructure, which included, but was not limited to: (i) legal analysis and review of property acquisition documents
(such as ground leases, site agreements and easements); (ii) title and land survey review; (iii) providing legal assistance
for the negotiation of site lease agreements and modifications thereto; and (iv) advising carriers with regard to zoning regulations
and requirements, variances, specific plans, historical structures, endangered species, the California Coastal Act, the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), conditions of approval and vested rights in connection
with procuring land use entitlements and environmental clearances, attending architectural review board hearings, planning
commission hearings and city council hearings on behalf of telecommunications carriers.
MEMBERSHIPS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
State Bar of California, State Bar of Connecticut (currently inactive),
and State Bar of New York
Conference of Delegates of California Bar Associations
Newport Harbor Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association
EDUCATION
California Western, School of Law, San Diego, California
Juris Doctorate, May 1998 (Cumulative GPA: 82.52/95.0)
University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut
Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, May 1995
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts, May 1993
