Cassia Carr

Collaborate with the Mayor and multiple business lines in the city’s 4,000 employee organization to manage the budget and provide infrastructure and life services to citizens.

Wins:

Negotiated collective bargaining agreements with Police and Fire, saving the City thousands in legal fees

Worked with the finance department to manage complex regulatory compliance of federal and state grants

Strategized with all city departments to advocate before the City Council for historic pay raises to meet staffing demands

Support the Supply Chain and Real Estate businesses with all general legal inquires and contracts; manage outside counsel for litigation disputes

Wins:

• Drafted new master service contracts and led effort to train 3,000 company employees and outside parties on the new contracts
• Reduced outside counsel spend by $15k-$30k per year

Draft non-profit and for-profit corporate documents; represent small businesses in all day-to-day transactions

Wins:

• Drafted several employee handbooks
• Represented a client in a social media defamation suit

Research and draft bankruptcy and business litigation pleadings; draft master service agreements

Wins:

• Won motion en limine before the Louisiana district court in multi-million dollar negligence suit
• Amended and reinstated a master service agreement with decades of amendments in support of a multi-million dollar sale of an oil refinery

Lead team to implement sales targets and plans in each store by strict deadlines

Wins:

• Led team of 20 the exceed sales targets each year
• Gained responsibility from upper management to recruit in the upper midwest