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Professional Experience
ExperienceYears
Civil Trial Attorney , Darnall & Associates, PLLC2000-Current
Serve as managing member for Civil Trial law firm based in Texas and Idaho
CEO, BNI2007-2008
Served as managing member of real estate syndication company Responsible for all legal matters and structuring investment programs
Special Counsel to CEO, Barclays2006-2007
Served as Pro Tem GC Responsible for all legal matters regarding $1.2 billion protfolio and restructuring and refinance of $400mm in commercial debt Worked with Fortress, Goldman Sach, Grammercy and a myriad of commercial lenders to restructure debt
Deputy General Counsel , DDRS2004-2006
Supervised 16 attorneys and more than 20 paralegals and legal staff Managed all legal matters for a real estate investment company that owned more than 3,000 tenants in 250 commercial properties with 2,000,000+ square feet of office, retail and industrial space. Responsible for all legals matters including, acqusitions, due dilligence,finance, property management, litigation, corporate structuring, syndications and compliance with securities and tax laws, property management
Trial attorney , Sandra Bullock v. DCI2004-2004
Trial attorney for high profile construction defect case
Executive VP and General Counsel , BK Four, Inc. 2000-2004
Served as GC for investment company based in Las Vegas.
Associate attorney , Phillips & Akers, PC1999-2000
Civil Trial attorney for Kroger, Dillards and various "big box" retailers
Asst. Vp. , Target Corporation 1984-1999
Education
SchoolFocusDegreeYear
TexasLawJ.D.1999
Texas State University - Texas State University-San MarcosMBA1996
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Texas State University - Texas State University-San MarcosPublic Administration MBA (1996)1991
Honors: Suma Cum Laude
Texas State University - Texas State University-San MarcosCriminal Justice B.S.1989
Honors: Cum Laude
Professional Affiliations
PositionYears
Member , Idaho State Bar2009-Current
Member, Texas State Bar2000-Current

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Centralized Justice in Middletown AmericaMay, 1996

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