LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Current:

Chief Business Officer & General Counsel Powell Recovery Center, Inc.

• Leading business and financial officer for this leading narcotic addiction treatment facility that reinvests in the City and some of its most at-risk populations, and provides government funded innovative treatment to those in current addiction and those in lifelong recovery. 200+ Employees, 400+ Patients. Led company from insolvency to producing a 10% margin on over $20MM in revenue. March 2013 to Present.

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Sole Practitioner, July 2012 to Present. Practicing white-collar criminal defense, corporate litigation, construction law and appellate law, and advising small business clients.

Past:
Vice President/General Counsel
JPB Enterprises, Inc./JPB Partners, LLC/JP Bolduc

• Chief Legal Officer to this boutique private equity fund/real estate developer; work on appeals mergers & acquisitions, contract negotiations, financial transactions, comprehensive control and performance of litigation, corporate governance, deal structure and government contracts. Advise former Fortune 100 CEO and Under-Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Nixon, Ford & Reagan.

January 2006 to July 2012.

Chairman of the Board of Advisors

Stronghold Advisors, LLC
• Chairman to a Board of Advisors, including many distinguish leaders in industry, technology,

government contracting, and healthcare, advising this boutique investment banking firm

through one of the toughest markets in history. January 2007 to September 2011.

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Senior Litigation Partner

Coover, Barr and Tiedemann, LLC
• Practiced administration, ERISA, family law, construction law & procurement law with

focus on minority contractors, litigation, appellate law, Pro bono constitutional law and criminal defense practice; numerous trials/hearings (bench and jury) completed. February 2002 to January 2006

Assistant Attorney General

State of Maryland, Procurement/Contract Litigation
• Represented Maryland DOT agencies in technology and construction procurement and bid

disputes with large and small contractors in hearings, trials, and appellate argument; monitored and litigated performance and payment bond claims; investigated minority contractors’ corporate boards, fraudulent structuring, company control and officers’ duties in certification disputes. October 2000 to February 2002

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Partner

Tiedemann and Stesch, LLC
• Managing partner of litigation practice focused on family matters, civil and business litigation,

contract disputes, appellate law, and employment conflicts; also practiced criminal defense. Represented disability insurers in ERISA claims litigation and mediation.

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Appellate Judicial Clerk - The Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., Associate Judge

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
• Responsible for writing judicial opinions for the Judge, (now retired from the Court of

Appeals of Maryland); wrote opinions covering a wide-spectrum of subjects including family law, corporate matters, director fiduciary duty, criminal law, constitutional law, civil procedure, domestic matters, and estate law, subject, of course, to the Judge’s edit/approval.