Tricia D’ambrosio Woodward
Oceanside,CA
Summary
Dynamic attorney with extensive experience at TDW Law, specializing in legal risk mitigation and contract negotiation. Proven ability to enhance client relations and develop policies that drive compliance. Adept at legal research and fostering student engagement as an adjunct professor, empowering future leaders in business law and ethics.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Attorney
TDW Law
06.2011 - Current
- Provide legal services to numerous small businesses and nonprofits from startup, work to minimize ethical and legal risks including drafting incorporation documents, service agreements, compliance issues, employment matters, marketing strategies, performing mergers and acquisitions to build small business into a larger corporation, and advising on regulatory issues.
Adjunct Professor/CBIT Dept Lead Faculty
University of Phoenix
01.2017 - 12.2024
- Instruct in business law, ethics, legal compliance, philosophy, contracts; all courses share a focus on how legal and ethical decisions affect a business with the interplay between the two issues.
- Provides overview of tort, contract, criminal, property, regulatory, employment, and investment law.
- Assisted students in achieving completion of learning objectives.
- Mentored students in the development of their research skills and critical thinking abilities.
Assistant General Counsel
Unibui
10.2016 - 12.2023
- Represent Silicon Valley tech startup handling formation, foreign entity registration, and a variety of contracts such as software user and privacy agreements, investor contracts, stock purchase documents, employment contracts, and master services agreements.
- Provide feedback and risk assessment for contract with the California Community College Foundation to facilitate onboarding 114 community colleges to the Unibui software platform.
Adjunct Professor
University of Saint Katherine
08.2018 - 12.2019
- Teach business law and various writing courses.
- Business course had detailed focus on contract issues, including UCC, liquidated damages, and various enforceability issues.
- Business risk management and avoidance played a key role in discussions while looking at regulatory compliance, contractual protections, tort and property law matters, and employment law best practices.
Attorney Fellow
Amvets Legal Clinic
02.2013 - 09.2014
- Found Military Sexual Assault division with focus on advocacy, public awareness, and policy reform.
- Provide training for National Guard, present on national veteran’s radio show, and participate as part of a small group of advisors who worked monthly with high-ranking members of the Department of Defense.
Adjunct Professor
San Diego University for Integrative Studies
02.2013 - 09.2014
- Educate students in Business Law, International Business Law, and Employment and Labor law courses.
- Instruction addressed foreign treaties and their affects on business, regulatory law, US and foreign employment laws, civil laws across the globe as they relate to businesses, and other general business and labor issues.
Adjunct Professor
McMillan Academy of Law
07.2012 - 03.2014
- Teach contract law and tort law to law students, with a focus on real world application and risk mitigation.
Education
MBA - Business And Nonprofit Organizations
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA05.2024
Juris Doctorate - Child And Family Law
California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA12.2010
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa05-2006
Skills
- Legal research
- Contract negotiation
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk assessment
- Policy development
- Client relations
Hobbies and Interests
- Hiking
- Cooking
- Reading
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Adjunct Professor
University of Saint Katherine
08.2018 - 12.2019
Adjunct Professor/CBIT Dept Lead Faculty
University of Phoenix
01.2017 - 12.2024
Assistant General Counsel
Unibui
10.2016 - 12.2023
Attorney Fellow
Amvets Legal Clinic
02.2013 - 09.2014
Adjunct Professor
San Diego University for Integrative Studies
02.2013 - 09.2014
Adjunct Professor
McMillan Academy of Law
07.2012 - 03.2014
Attorney
TDW Law
06.2011 - Current
MBA - Business And Nonprofit Organizations
Azusa Pacific University
Juris Doctorate - Child And Family Law
California Western School of Law
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership
Azusa Pacific University
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