Experience

The Pollock Firm, LLC, Bryn Mawr PA                                                                                                                        March  2020 – Present

• President and owner of Intellectual Property, Trademark, and Copyright work.
• Intellectual Property, general practice, liability, corporations.

Finjack, LLC/The Pollock Group, LLC                                                                                                                        January 2015 – Present

General Counsel

• Review, complete and manage all  legal documents and contracts for company
• Assist in compliance with current applicable guidelines, laws, policies relating to services rendered
• Review and  asses various investment offerings and services on behalf of company
• Legal Research on behalf of company
• Prepare and file any necessary Intellectual Property filings, such as Trademarks
• Engage with clients and oversee company management
• Directly Handle any legal claims or issues
• Review insurance claims, policies for proper protocols/application

Catholic Health East, Newtown Square PA                                                                                                  February 2008 – January 2014

Manager II, Litigation

Successfully manage caseload of 275-350 General Liability & Professional Liability claims in DE, NJ, NY, FL, PA, and GA for large health system.

• Supervise case assessments from initial reporting until disposition.
• Evaluate claims for class, liability, and establish indemnity reserves. Monitor claims continuously for reserve accuracy.
• Prepare and present case summaries, risk management issues and recommendations for improvement to executive committees for case authority and review on quarterly basis.
• Prepare quarterly reports summarizing claims activity, trials, high exposure claims, and risk quality initiative programs.
• Assign and manage outside counsel for each claim in suit and set expense reserves.
• Manage and oversee case defense strategies for all lawsuits.
• Negotiate and resolve claims with claimants & opposing counsel pre-suit or for early resolution accomplishing indemnity and expense savings.
• Attend mediations or other required court appearances.
• Review and approve all invoices for legal expenses and attorney’s fees resulting in decreases in legal expense costs in high exposure venues.
• Process necessary state reporting requirements for settled claims and suits.
• Work closely with hospital risk, legal and clinical staff in each venue in overseeing the management of incidents, claims and lawsuits.
• Identify trends and appropriate quality improvement/risk management opportunities at the local hospital/facility level determining future activity and recommending corrective action as needed.
• Plan and enact risk management quality initiative pilots and programs at hospitals, including Web Based Diagnosis System, Simulation Technology, and Adverse Event Disclosure program. Establish metrics and responsible for review and evaluation of product effectiveness at local level, as well as system wide.
• Complete audit of system wide credentialing practices, bylaws, and policies.

Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen & Young, PC, Philadelphia PA                                                                            July 2005 – February 2008

Associate Attorney, Civil Litigation

 Civil Litigation experience in Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Toxic Tort, Construction Defect and other General Practice matters.

• Responsible for handling all aspects of litigation and preparing cases for trial, including investigation of claims, preparing all necessary pleadings, formulation of defense strategies, taking and defending depositions, retaining expert witnesses, meeting and interviewing clients, as well as key witnesses.
• Assist in trial preparation by drafting and filing necessary pre-trial pleadings and motions (including Preliminary Objections, Answer and New Matter, F.R.C.P.12(b)(6) motions, Motion for Summary Judgment, Motions in Limine, Trial Briefs, Voir Dire, Points for Charge, Witness and Exhibit Lists, Pre Trial Memorandums, Settlement Conference Memorandums).
• Perform legal research to assist in preparation of necessary pleadings and trial preparation to advise trial counsel.
• Participate in all aspects of trial preparation including research and preparation of expert cross examinations and potential challenges in expert credibility.
• Prepare Pre Trial Case Analysis Memorandums for clients to assess defense strategies, potential verdict, liability and settlement.
• Coordinate with local counsel, In-house counsel, and nationwide counsel in litigations filed in other jurisdictions and worked with other company officers to ensure consistency for all filings on behalf of the client company.
• Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer, LLP, Norristown PA                                                                           November 2003 – July 2005

Associate Attorney, Civil Litigation

• Civil litigation experience in Medical Malpractice and Insurance Defense.
• Independent attorney who managed own caseload of 25-30 files and prepared all files for trial.
• Responsible for handling all aspects of litigation from case inception through trial. Assist in trial preparation by drafting and filing necessary pre-trial pleadings.
• Assisted in preparation of case appeals, including post trial motions, briefs, appellate briefs and response briefs to Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.  Prepared appellate brief, argued in Superior Court and prepared response brief for Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Bethea v. Philadelphia AFL-CIO Hospital Association, 871 A.2d 223 (Pa.Super. 2005) (Opinion by Beck, J).
• Responsible for preparing witnesses for depositions, deposed multiple plaintiffs and fact witnesses, and attended depositions.
• Obtained expert reviews and review of necessary expert reports and testimony. Prepared challenges to expert witnesses.

McGuire Woods Law Firm, Richmond, VA                                                                                                             Sept 2003 – November 2003

Contract Attorney

• Substantial electronic document review using Virtual Partner consisting of relevancy and privilege issues.
• Review of contracts for relevancy in large corporate litigation case.

 References available upon request.