lauren parker

* Complete due diligence activities to secure commercial industrial properties, like manufacturing/warehouse facilities, located across the United States, by coordinating and tracking the review of due diligence materials with third-party vendors. * Analyze real estate transactions for legal issues and risks, preparing recommendations for solutions and following up on post-closing items. * Draft new leases, lease amendments, lease, lease abstracts, and loan abstracts. * Review condemnation materials and coordinate with governmental contractors and lenders to complete condemnation proceedings. * Guide lease negotiations via brokers to achieve company goals when leasing out facilities. * Draft estoppels to comply with lender and joint venture partner standards. * Communicate with outside counsel, third-party vendors, lenders, lenders’ counsel and sellers’ counsel to organize information, negotiate open issues and simultaneously complete multiple transactions in a fast-pace environment.

Researched and updated the Judge’s materials for her annual presentation at the new judges seminar. -Assisted pro se petitioners in filing emergency orders of protection. -Helped create the civil union ceremony for use in Kane County. -Performed pre-trial and other complex judicial research.

* Participated on discovery and contract review teams, each with a distinct objective. Industry and tasks varied by engagement. Tasks involved analyzing documents for relevance, to risk analysis of corporate contracts; proficient in Relativity and Autonomy. * Contract analysis for Fortune 500 companies. Analyzed commercial contracts related to the sale of subsidiaries. * Proficient in Relativity.

* Composed initial civil litigation plans and budgets for preliminary case analysis. * Drafted amended complaints, specific and standard written discovery, pre-trial motions and responses to written discovery and motions for dismissal. * Researched case concepts, principles, state and federal laws * identified applicable rules and facts, and recommended working solutions * prepared expert witness summary reference documents. * Abstracted complex medical records and discovery documents * created verified medical specials tables. * Appeared for case management conferences.

* Supported the Regional Property Managers and Senior Counsel for the Pacific Sierra and Hawaii Regions handling tenant-side issues for over 600 stores. * Managed and resolved complex and routine legal issues that arose after the acquisition of properties. * Analyzed contracts, leases, reciprocal easement agreements, and other legal documents in connection with property management issues like conflicts with neighboring business owners or utility companies. * Negotiated landlord/tenant disputes and license agreements. * Performed legal clearance reviews to facilitate the construction process of remodeling existing retail locations. * Drafted temporary license, easement and environmental access agreements and lease amendments. * Resolved time-sensitive, high-risk matters such as governmental violations, defaults, SNDA and estoppel requests in collaboration with other teams.