JONATHAN P. WILKINSON, ESQ.
168 Stratham Heights Road, Stratham, NH 03885
(H) 603-418-8077 (C) 617-909-2551
Email: jwilkinson@legaldomain.net

Member, Massachusetts Bar (2000), New York Bar (2000)
New Hampshire Bar licensing pending

WILKINSON LAW OFFICES, PC, PORTSMOUTH, NH
Managing Director and Attorney (03/05 to Present)

Handled all legal and operational matters for the start up of a new law firm. The firm, which provides a variety of legal and title services in five states, quickly grew to an annual volume of more than $1 million in revenue. Currently responsible for all corporate legal functions, risk management, and compliance as well as handling a variety of client matters.

Prepared corporate formation documents and business registrations and obtained all licenses for the firm.Developed the firm's risk management guidelines and procedures. Notable Achievement: After more than a year of operation, the firm did not have a single claim of any type filed against it.
Handle client matters such as contract drafting, review and negotiation; corporate formations and amendments; licensing assistance; and dispute resolution. Notable achievements: (1). Assisted a private party in a land sale with a national retail chain. Obtained a $200,000 increase to the final sale price and negotiated additional contractual conditions to protect the client's interests. (2). Assisted a team of investment property owners in negotiating a settlement and drafting a settlement agreement with a property management firm. (3). Assisted two investors in setting up an LLC, creating a partnership agreement, purchasing property, and obtaining financing for a commercial and retail development.
Oversee day-to-day operations, including payroll, finance issues, vendor relations, and employee matters.
Established procedures to ensure compliance with various employment regulations, including the FMLA, FLSA, COBRA, and EEOC regulations.
Manage all client trust accounts. Notable Achievement: In the firm's first year nearly 10,000 transactions were run through the firm's trust accounts without a material error.

GEOFFREY B. GINN & ASSOCIATES, PC, NEEDHAM, MA
General Counsel (10/04 to 03/05)

Responsible for all corporate legal functions for a seven office law firm specializing in residential real estate services.

Prepared all licensing applications and business registrations for the firm. Notable achievement: Identified numerous licensing and registration violations and successfully brought the firm into compliance without penalties.
Researched numerous real estate legal issues and directed staff based on findings.
Developed risk management guidelines and procedures for the firm and supervised the firm’s Compliance Officer.
Worked closely with the firm’s insurance broker and carriers to review and revise the firm’s insurance portfolio during a period of significant firm growth.
Assisted and guided the firm’s management on all aspects of employment policies and employee relations. Notable achievement: Completely revamped the firm's procedures for hiring new employees, including drafting new policies for advertising and interviewing, creating new employee document packages and employment agreements, and implementing a new employee background check system. Established procedures to ensure compliance with various employment regulations, including the FMLA, FLSA, COBRA, and EEOC regulations.
Provided extensive in-house legal education to the firm’s employees, on practice of law matters, maintenance of client confidentiality, and insurance coverage issues and limitations.
Advised the firm’s attorneys on matters of ethics, confidentiality, and professional responsibility.

MALCOLM PIRNIE, INC., WHITE PLAINS, NY
Assistant Counsel and Attorney (6/00 to 10/04)
Law Clerk (1/99 to 6/00)

Responsible for wide range of corporate legal functions for this $250-million industry leader providing environmental engineering and consulting services with more than 45 offices nationwide.

Commercial Contracts:

Drafted and negotiated client, vendor and subcontractor agreements, both domestic and international, covering joint ventures and corporate teaming; confidentiality; software licensing; and employment contracts. Worked closely with business teams and senior business leaders to resolve complex contractual issues and negotiate terms and conditions into final contracts. Notable Achievement: Firm was selected for two multimillion-dollar projects contingent on strict conflict of interest agreements requiring the firm to terminate more than $2 million in agreements with other clients. Successfully negotiated and drafted more targeted conflict of interest procedures allowing firm to maintain all existing agreements while commencing the two new projects.

Litigation/Negotiation/Conflict Resolution:

Worked with in-house legal staff and outside counsel on litigation matters including customer insolvencies, commercial/contract disputes, employment issues, and personal injury and workers’ compensation claims. Notable Achievements: (1) Successfully negotiated favorable resolution of a multiparty dispute involving a $1.2 million project halted midway with $400,000 owed to firm. Project was successfully completed and $400,000 was released to firm. (2) Phone and data services provider billed firm over $100,000 in erroneous charges. Performed review of contractual terms and personally negotiated with vendor to have entire claim dropped.
Supervised production of electronic data/information pursuant to discovery requests, and assisted in developing policies and procedures for streamlining electronic production.

Compliance

Served as primary legal reviewer for hundreds of proposals submitted annually by the firm. Notable Achievement: Failure to comply with strict legal requirements can result in automatic disqualification costing tens of thousands of dollars per disqualification. While in this role, the firm never had a disqualification.
Reviewed new client projects for compliance with the firm's strict conflict of interest policy.
Conducted review and analysis of all political contributions made by the firm to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations.

Intellectual Property:

Drafted policies protecting the firm's trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
Advised the firm's ultra violet (UV) water treatment technology implementation team on patent law and provided defensive strategies to avoid patent litigation often associated with UV technologies.
Assisted project teams with various intellectual property matters. Notable Achievement: Developed a license agreement for a sophisticated in-house computer-based financial model that became widely used by clients.

Legal Assistance for Property Transactions:

Provided legal assistance to environmental engineering and consulting teams on all phases of property transfers, including investigations and clean-ups of contaminated sites, assistance with negotiations with regulatory agencies and due diligence for property purchases and mergers and acquisitions.
Assisted clients and project teams with zoning and permitting issues.

Legal Research:

Provided extensive in-house legal education to the firm’s employees on engineering licensing matters maintenance of client confidentiality, and insurance coverage issues and limitations.
Provided legal support to project teams on issues involving environmental laws, municipal bidding and construction laws, building codes, OSHA regulations, and federal and state Freedom of Information Acts.

EDUCATION

JD, Pace University School of Law, White Plains, NY, 1999
Honors: Dean’s List, Fall 1997 and Spring 1998

BA, Social Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1994