Aubrey Poppleton

Georgia-admitted attorney with litigation support, legal drafting, and regulatory experience, grounded in years of commercial construction management Former construction project manager responsible for company legal matters and concurrent healthcare construction projects, including multimillion-dollar engagements. Interested in developing a construction litigation practice that draws on firsthand industry experience.

Regulatory Attorney & Director of Legal Operations - The FDA Law Solution, LLC - Atlanta, GA

(2026-07)

• Advising compounding pharmacies on multistate licensure, sterile processing, USP requirements, including inspection readiness, and general compliance.
• Advising supplement companies on supplement regulations, advertising substantiation, and NAD/NARB challenges and appeals.
• Cosmetic labeling & claim review; MoCRA compliance.

Project Manager - Premier Construction Services, Inc. - Aiken, SC

(2023-01 - 2026-07)

• Managed 10 to 15 concurrent multifaced commercial construction projects for a general contractor, primarily in healthcare facilities, ranging from tenant renovations to multimillion-dollar builds.
• Served as the company’s primary legal resource on contractual issues, dispute resolution, and risk mitigation strategy.
• Drafted and negotiated master agreements, construction contracts, subcontracts, work authorizations, and nondisclosure agreements.
• Managed the full project lifecycle from reviewing plans, conducting take-offs, estimating projects, preparing bids, conducting value engineering meetings, and preconstruction through permitting, submittals, material procurement, scheduling, inspections, and closeout. Attended bi-weekly construction progress meetings; resolving issues in real time with project engineers, architects, owner’s representatives, and subcontractors.
• Processed change orders, pay applications, reviewed lien waivers, and performed general project accounting using Procore, Autodesk Build, Smartsheet, Sage Contractor, and PlanSwift.
• Developed firsthand knowledge of how construction disputes arise, how project records become evidence, and how contract terms allocate risk once a dispute begins. OSHA-30 certified.

Contract Attorney - Electronic Discovery & Litigation Support - Washington, DC / Baltimore Metropolitan Area

(2015-12 - 2023)

• Performed electronic discovery and document review for litigation matters involving products liability, antitrust, patent infringement, shareholder derivative claims, employment discrimination, environmental protection, and other disputes.
• Reviewed documents for responsiveness, privilege, confidentiality, and litigation issues; conducted redactions, issue identification, and quality control using Relativity and Kroll.
• Assignments through legal staffing and discovery providers included matters for Arnold & Porter, Jones Day, Weil Gotshal & Manges, King & Spalding, Seyfarth Shaw, Kellogg Hansen, and other firms.

Law Clerk - Whittaker & Associates - Rockville, MD

(2015-06 - 2015-08)

• Drafted preliminary motions, including motions for summary judgment and supporting affidavits; prepared interrogatories, document requests, supplementation letters, motions to compel, mechanics’ liens, complaints, and orders.

Law Clerk - The Law Offices of Bruce A. Johnson Jr., LLC - Bowie, MD

(2014-12 - 2015-05)

• Drafted civil and criminal motions, complaints, demand letters, and settlement offers; assisted with client intake, trial exhibits, guardianship petitions, expungement requests, and medical malpractice matters.

Legal Assistant / Legal Extern - U.S. House of Representatives: Committee on Energy and Commerce

(2013 - 2013)

Additional legal experience also includes Committee on Homeland Security (Legal Extern, 2013); Office of Representative Ralph M. Hall (Legal Extern, 2012–2013); Committee on Science and Technology (Congressional Intern, 2009).

• Conducted legal and legislative research, drafted memoranda and hearing materials, and supported committee proceedings.

Juris Doctor - The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (2014-05)

Bachelor of Arts - Government and Politics - University of Maryland, College Park (2011-08)

Additional study - Charleston School of Law (2011 - 2012)

Additional study - Political Science; Law and Society and Communication - Purdue University