Angela Pelaez
Spring,Texas
Summary
To provide effective and timely legal support in an array of transactional and commercial contract matters. My collective professional experience provides me with the legal and consulting skills to be able to be a self-starter who knows how to tackle challenges and find solutions to help ensure business partners meet business goals and milestones, while at the same time maintaining legal compliance. I will contribute my legal, management, analytical, team-centered, and problem-solving skills to assist in accomplishing important business goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
In-House Attorney
Elementia USA, LLC
02.2022 - 03.2024
- In my most recent in-house attorney position, I played a pivotal role in meeting the day-to-day contracting needs for 14 affiliated entities involved in the manufacturing of building materials and cement
- I have gained experience in managing, drafting, negotiating, and advising on an array of contracts including master supply, goods, software as services and other services agreements, utility easements, non-disclosure agreements, insurance policies, leases, construction, warehousing, and general vendor agreements, to name a few
- In addition to managing the contract cycle, I have adeptly overseen outside counsel and insurance brokers in an array of contract and risk mitigation matters
- My experience and professional skills will help find practical and timely solutions to everyday business challenges to enable business success.
Part time Legal Consultant
Lighthouse Consulting, LLC
02.2021 - 01.2022
- Help launch Lighthouse Consulting, LLC (“Lighthouse”), a forensic accounting company, by preparing the formation documents with the Secretary of State to ensure compliance with State requirements
- Review all independent contractor agreements and provide revisions and feedback to delineate Lighthouse’s interests, rights, and obligations in a clear manner
- Draft and organize contract language for engagement contracts between Lighthouse and clients to clarify fee arrangements, project scope, and all standard contract clauses such as limits on liability, non-disclosure assurances, indemnification, and choice of law among others.
Managing Consultant
Navigant Consulting
03.2013 - 01.2018
- Manage and execute projects related to the eDiscovery life cycle to identify relevant data pursuant to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) or Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) regulatory and legal requirements
- Perform quality control review to ensure proper production of documents to the DOJ and SEC by legal teams
- Track and report metrics to leadership and clients to ensure progression of projects
- Supervise appropriate junior employees, vendors, and contract attorneys to ensure the success of eDiscovery projects
- Assist attorneys in search term review and application over data to cull and identify documents
- Provide training to necessary personnel such as contract review attorneys and junior staff
- Create review workflows to help batch and review documents
- Clear and concise communication with enterprise partners to understand project goals and scope.
Legal Analyst
Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP
09.2010 - 04.2013
- Manage eDiscovery projects, namely analyze data and create review metrics to ensure proper and timely execution of data review by contract attorneys
- Assist counsel in creating workflow plans to accomplish varying goals, including the legal destruction of data pursuant to regulations and the client’s contract obligations; assist partner in developing compliance framework for major U.S
- Bank
- Coordinate with processing vendors to ensure proper delivery and storage data in the review platforms
- Participate in proposal writing to help implement eDiscovery objectives
- Manage attorney reviewers and help them troubleshoot technical issues
- Manage the launch of firm’s eDiscovery intranet website used for training firm attorneys
- Perform legal research regarding eDiscovery issues to prevent spoilation of data.
Education
Juris Doctor of Law -
Albany Law School
Albany, NY05.2008
Diplôme Juridique de Droit Européen et Internationale -
Paris X-Nanterre Université
Paris, France07.2007
B.A. - International Studies and French
Austin College
Sherman, TX05.2001
Skills
- Ability to apply legal background to navigate through cases, laws, and regulations texts and prepare memoranda
- Ability to learn new procedures quickly and develop processes to achieve desired results
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point; Time Matters Software, Quicken, Westlaw, and Lexis-Nexis search engines
- Knowledge of Smartsheets, DocuSign, and Microsoft Teams
- Languages: High proficiency in Spanish and basic French
Affiliations
- Member: New York Bar Association
- Association of Corporate Counsel
- American Bar Association
Timeline
In-House Attorney
Elementia USA, LLC
02.2022 - 03.2024
Part time Legal Consultant
Lighthouse Consulting, LLC
02.2021 - 01.2022
Managing Consultant
Navigant Consulting
03.2013 - 01.2018
Legal Analyst
Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP
09.2010 - 04.2013
Juris Doctor of Law -
Albany Law School
Diplôme Juridique de Droit Européen et Internationale -
Paris X-Nanterre Université
B.A. - International Studies and French
Austin College
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