Hi, I'm Arleesia McDonald. Welcome to my profile!
Arleesia McDonald's Bio:
Arleesia McDonald's Experience:
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Associate Attorney at Russel G. Winick & Associates, P.C.
April 2003 - January 2013Litigation: - First chaired 500+ bench trials and arbitrations in various types of civil disputes with a success rate exceeding 80%. - Practice areas include commercial litigation, foreclosure defense, management-side labor/employment, landlord/tenant, intellectual property issues, real estate, and even contractual entertainment law issues. - Extensive motion and discovery practice. - Retained and cost effectively managed local counsel. Business Transactions: - Efficiently managed firm's small business division, and assisted clients with incorporation, organization, corporate governance, and government compliance issues. - Maintained awareness and analyzed the effects of various regulations on clients' businesses. - Effectively assisted commercial real estate clients with zoning issues, property tax appeals, and property violations. - Regularly conducted and negotiated corporate mergers and acquisitions, business purchases and sales, including, but not limited to, commercial real estate purchases and sales. - Skillfully drafted and negotiated an extensive list of commercial documents including but not limited to, commercial leases, various licensing agreements, labor contracts and policies, restrictive covenants, distributor, vendor, consulting, sales, and service agreements.
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General Counsel at Top MMA
January 2013- Skillfully address all legal and regulatory matters for company's various lines of business. - Effectively represent the company and its subsidiaries in courts of law. - Efficiently review, draft and negotiate all contractual matters including software licensing agreements, vendor, and sales agreements, and assist with the acquisition and/or leasing of real estate. - Directly assist Human Resources department with the company's mixed status work force. - Retain and cost effectively manage outside counsel.
Arleesia McDonald's Education:
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The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
1999 – 2002JD -
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1995 – 1999BFAConcentration: Acting/Theatre Management -
Amos Alonzo Stagg
1993 – 1995
Arleesia McDonald's Interests & Activities:
Theatre; Sports; and Travel
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