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ALEXANDER TSAO

Los Angeles,USA

Summary

Professional and prepared business leader with solid foundation in entrepreneurship and strategic planning. Recognized for ability to drive organizational success through innovative thinking and effective team management.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Founding Partner

H & H Law Group, PC
01.2023 - Current
  • Founding partner of H & H Law, which is a digital firm providing transparent, highly efficient, and cost predictable legal services to frontline business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs
  • Served as lead developer to design the firm’s digital environment, built on Salesforce, which integrates OpenAI, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Stripe technologies
  • Through H & H Law’s digital platform, we serve as on-demand outside counsel to businesses in various industries, handling matters ranging from employment/labor, contracts, real estate, corporate governance and formation, vendor conflicts, partnership disputes, operational scaling, regulatory compliance, technology implementation, and personnel training, amongst other things

Adjunct Faculty

Loyola Marymount University
01.2023 - Current
  • Adjunct Professor of Legal Environment of Business, a required course for both Business majors and Business Law minors
  • Engaged in course development, program design, student training, and academic review/evaluation

Principal/President

15 De Novo, Inc.
01.2018 - Current
  • Currently serves as the head of a small technology start-up focused on the legal technology space, where we are dedicated to finding ways to increase access to justice and inclusion within the sphere of top-tier legal services through technology implementation
  • Developed an industry changing technology platform known as ClaimTrack, utilized for efficiently opening and managing personal injury claims, improving client engagement and participation, and increasing transparency for all relevant parties
  • Developed the first on-demand and trackable, pain/mobility therapy platform for general use within the negligence/victim advocacy related legal fields

Shareholder/Partner

Venerable Injury Law
01.2014 - Current
  • Lead a team that handled thousands of personal injury cases, from claim opening through litigation, via a separately branded subsidiary practice of Venerable – Counselors at Law, PC
  • Maintained a 97.4% win/loss percentage while representing firm clients in obtaining over 100 million dollars as compensation for pain and suffering related to their personal injury matters
  • Named as one of the top 100 civil plaintiff attorneys by The National Trial Lawyers and maintains an AVVO rating of 10, the maximum numerical rating, due to case results and years of dedicated practice

Managing Partner

Venerable – Counselors at Law, PC
01.2010 - Current
  • Co-founder and acting managing partner
  • Served as lead litigator on numerous complex business and real estate litigation cases totaling tens of millions of dollars in dispute
  • Served as outside general counsel to a large real estate company involved in residential and commercial real estate projects, as well as the financing transactions related to those projects
  • Managed the legal functions of a start-up technology company operating within the on-demand education space, facilitating an eight-figure revenue growth over five years and supporting its transition to becoming an acquisition ready organization
  • Served as outside general counsel to one of the largest ethnic public relations, lobbying and campaign consulting firms in the State of California, preparing them for future acquisition by, and eventual merger with, an industry collaborator

Senior Associate/Finance, Real Estate & Corporate Transactions

Alston & Bird, LLP
01.2007 - 01.2010
  • Served as a senior associate handling complex real estate and corporate transactions in connection with the acquisition, disposition, financing, and leasing of improved and unimproved real property assets, as well as due diligence investigations related to those transactions, for a wide array of clients
  • Served as legal counsel to BP/BP West Coast Products, LLC, for the operation and maintenance of its DOFO Loan Program, as well as on other business-related real estate issues, including the acquisition and sale of gas facility sites (also known as the BP Divestment Project)
  • Served as part of outside counsel for the California State Judicial Branch, retained to transfer title and operation of over 450 court facilities in what was (at the time) the largest single real estate transaction in state history

Judge Advocate/Military & Operational Law

United States Marine Corps
01.2004 - 01.2007
  • Served as Trial/Government Counsel in over seventy General Courts-Martial and Special Courts-Martial for various offenses of the Uniform Code of Military Justice including rape, robbery, assault, fraud/forgery, larceny, assault/battery, drug possession/use, child endangerment, DUI, adultery, conspiracy, and desertion
  • Litigated over 80 cases in Federal Magistrate’s Court, Beaufort County, as the Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Parris Island Division
  • Served as a Civil Law Attorney and the Chief Civil Law Attorney for Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, providing legal services/counsel to the Commanding General, his staff, and all the units within his command and control
  • Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for service as Chief Civil Law Officer and Military Justice Officer, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.

Associate

Law Offices of Arnold G. Regardie
01.2003 - 01.2004
  • Served as co-counsel on several high-profile, class-action and complex litigation cases involving Fortune 500 companies and governmental agencies such as Bank of America, First USA, Bank One, New York Times, the California State Controller’s Office, and the California Department of Conservation
  • Handled complex contract administration for corporate clients, including contract drafting, review, and negotiation with representatives from various Fortune 500 companies involved in client projects

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Pepperdine University
Los Angeles, CA
12.2022

Juris Doctorate - undefined

Loyola Law School
Los Angeles, CA
05.2003

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Pepperdine University
Los Angeles, CA
05.2000

Skills

  • Process optimization leadership
  • Innovation management
  • Business leadership
  • Content development strategy
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Corporate governance expertise
  • Organizational design
  • Employee relations and engagement
  • Client acquisition strategies
  • Revenue development

Affiliations

  • Member, State Bar of California (2003)
  • Member, United States District Court for the Central District of California (2003)
  • Member, The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100
  • Member, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Member, Asian Business Association
  • Chair, California Veterans Board, California Department of Veterans Affairs (2013-2014)
  • Member, California Veterans Board (Appointed 2011; Senate confirmed 2012; 2011-2014)
  • Broker, California Department of Real Estate
  • Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)

Timeline

Founding Partner

H & H Law Group, PC
01.2023 - Current

Adjunct Faculty

Loyola Marymount University
01.2023 - Current

Principal/President

15 De Novo, Inc.
01.2018 - Current

Shareholder/Partner

Venerable Injury Law
01.2014 - Current

Managing Partner

Venerable – Counselors at Law, PC
01.2010 - Current

Senior Associate/Finance, Real Estate & Corporate Transactions

Alston & Bird, LLP
01.2007 - 01.2010

Judge Advocate/Military & Operational Law

United States Marine Corps
01.2004 - 01.2007

Associate

Law Offices of Arnold G. Regardie
01.2003 - 01.2004

Juris Doctorate - undefined

Loyola Law School

Master of Business Administration -

Pepperdine University

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Pepperdine University

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