Resume

• 2008

  California Southern University

  Irvine

  CA

  Online instructor for Contracts I & II and Master of Science in Law Contracts and International Law classes for California Southern University School of Law’s long distance program; prepared Contracts Law final exams; created a Contracts review course for the First Year Law Student Exam; established guidelines for MSL research papers. Law School representative for WASC and DETC accreditation committees. Faculty Senate member. Profiled in CalSouthern’s newsletter

  “Legal Affairs: A Conversation with Faculty Mentor Mathilde Genovese”

  March 31

  2014 (http://www.calsouthern.edu/content/blog/legal-affairs-a-conversation-with-faculty-mentor-mathilde-genovese/).

  Mentor/Professor

  California Southern University

• 2003

  Attorney

  Transactional and intellectual property practice including the negotiating

  drafting and reviewing of a broad range of contract and corporate documents including domestic and international supplier

  distribution

  consignment

  sales representation

  confidentiality

  restricted stock

  commercial leases

  licensing and technology

  software development

  franchise

  subcontract

  development

  joint venture

  nondisclosure

  management

  employment

  independent contractor and work for hire agreements; collaborate and coordinate with outside counsel; trademark and copyright protection; intellectual property and forensic accounting audits; due diligence investigations; HIPAA privacy and security issues; arbitration and mediation; appellate briefs; UDRP disputes. Contract writer for Bloomberg LP’s Intellectual Property Law Report. Clients include health care

  medical

  technology

  manufacturing

  beverage

  cinema

  entertainment

  engineering and real estate companies.

  Attorney

  Queens College

  CUNY

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Political Science

  University of Miami School of Law

  JD

  Law

  Franklin Pierce Law Center

  LLM

  Intellectual Property

• Trade Secrets

  Contract Negotiation

  Appeals

  International Commercial Law

  Trademarks

  Copyright Law

  Intellectual Property

  Start-ups

  Due Diligence

  Litigation

  International Law

  Licensing

  Alternative Dispute Resolution

  Corporate Law

  Arbitration

  Commercial Litigation

  Lecturing & Public Speaking

  Transactional Law

  Joint Ventures

  Research

  Writing & Editing

  Genovese

  Licensed in CA

  FL

  GA and IL. Post-legal studies at Harvard Law School. Practice focuses on transactional and intellectual property matters. \n\nLegal career began as a trial attorney with the NLRB and the FLRA. Moved to Hong Kong (HK) and practiced immigration and intellectual property with Baker & McKenzie. Recruited to serve as general counsel for a conglomerate with the largest foreign investment in China and business interests in Asia

  Europe and the U.S involving finance

  manufacturing

  entertainment

  agriculture and tourism. Formed a consulting company in HK focused on trade and investment in HK & Vietnam. Served as Of Counsel to Tilleke & Gibbins ROP (“T&G”) devising investment and exit strategies for companies investing in Vietnam; served as T&G’s Vietnam Resident Director and Chief Strategist. After earning an LLM

  worked for a major Hollywood studio handling clearance

  copyright

  anti-piracy

  split rights

  licensing and international royalties.\n\nLectured extensively on a broad range of legal and business issues including (1) guest speaker on doing business in HK from 1988-1991 for The Institut Superieur de Gestion

  (2) guest speaker at USC’s annual APBO Conference from 1990-1995

  (3) co-instructor

  Negotiation of Intellectual Property and Business Matters and Cross Cultural Negotiations at FPLC in 1999. Since 2008

  faculty member for CalSouthern Univ. School of Law’s long distance JD and MSL programs teaching Contracts and International Law.\n\nServed two terms as APCAC Chairman

  the lobbying arm of the 18 AmChams in the Asia Pacific

  and six terms as APCAC Vice Chairman for Trade. Active in the Italian American Lawyers Assoc. in LA and was a member of the Board of Governors for four years. Inspiration for Susan Weber

  the heroine portrayed in Nelson DeMille’s New York Times bestselling novel Up Country.\n\nSpecialties: Negotiates a broad range of transactional agreements. IP practice focuses on trademark and copyright protection

  licensing

  domain name disputes and IP audits; wrote for Bloomberg LP’s IP Law Report. Conducts due diligence investigations and handles mediation proceedings; prepares appellate briefs. Clients include manufacturing

  medical

  entertainment

  home health care

  engineering and real estate development companies.

  Mathilde