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Valerie Macris

Sandy,Utah

Summary

Dynamic legal professional with proven expertise in legal research and contract drafting, honed at VFI Corporate Finance and DaCorsi Placencio PC. Excelled in streamlining communication, mitigating risks, and leading complex negotiations. Skilled in legal writing and fostering cross-border transactions, achieving swift resolution of disputes through arbitration or mediation, saving time and costs. Demonstrates exceptional leadership in managing teams and training departments on legal compliance.

Due to necessity, learned HR laws and obtained SHRM -CP to assure that both company and its employees were operating within legal mandates.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Corporate Counsel/ General Counsel/ Vehicle Titles

VFI Corporate Finance
02.2011 - 03.2024
  • Established effective communication channels between legal department and other business units for prompt resolution of matters.
  • Proactively identified potential areas of liability through risk assessments protecting the organization from cost; -reviewed proposed edits by customers to standard contract forms and determined which of those would be acceptable
  • Provided training sessions on Human Resources, drafted company HR Manual and addressed other legal topics to various departments within the company.
  • Crafted and distributed internal employment agreements contracts.
  • Coordinated internal investigations to address allegations of employee violations of company policies.

Associate Attorney

DaCorsi Placencio PC
02.2001 - 01.2011
  • -Primarily defended property damage and personal injury claims for one of the largest convention services providers in the Las Vegas market. Many of these were very high dollar value matters and/ or involved serious injury.
  • -Reviewed and drafted pleadings; drafted and responded tp written discovery requests, took deposition testimony; drafted/responded to and argued motions
  • - Hired and managed support staff.
  • - Arranged for sub-rosa investigation of plaintiffs.
  • - Hired expert witnesses.
  • - Attended on site accident scenes and other on-site observation of equipment involved in accident.
  • - Due to an over-burdened court system, nearly all matters were handled through private arbitration or mediation. Matters were resolved more swiftly and at lower cost than through the courts.
  • - Essentially anything and everything to take a case matter

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Utah, Dept of Psychology
SLC, UT

MBA -

Univ of Utah College of Business
SLC, Utah

J.D. - Law

University of Utah. S J Quinney College of Law
Salt Lake City, UT
05.1987

Skills

  • Legal Research
  • Legal writing
  • Cross-border transactions
  • Contract drafting
  • Managed litigation and customer bankruptcy
  • Wide range of writing/ creating

Additional Information

Personal: I raised three children, mostly as a single mother. I love gardening and everything outdoors!

Timeline

Corporate Counsel/ General Counsel/ Vehicle Titles

VFI Corporate Finance
02.2011 - 03.2024

Associate Attorney

DaCorsi Placencio PC
02.2001 - 01.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Utah, Dept of Psychology

MBA -

Univ of Utah College of Business

J.D. - Law

University of Utah. S J Quinney College of Law

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