Bev Spo

Highly analytical and client-centric licensed attorney (NY and NJ), businessperson and zealous advocate with more than twenty years of experience. Has successfully served as a general counsel, a strategic partner and an AmLaw 20 firm senior litigation and insurance associate. Work has focused on general litigation, labor and employment, health care, insurance and real estate matters.

Extensive experience with research and writing, oral and written discovery (including taking and defending depositions), document drafting and interpretation, negotiations and settlements. Possess medical, financial and technology backgrounds, robust problem solving skills, resourcefulness, a can-do attitude, and a passion for learning and improving

Business Consultant and Legal Advisor

• Chief office administrator, deputy chief of staff and/or general counsel who advises entities on business and legal matters, which entails extensive research, analyses and writing on issues pertaining to labor and employment, health care, insurance, real estate and myriad other subjects
• Interacts directly with C-suite executives, clients, employees, independent contractors and vendors
• Reviews, interprets and negotiates a variety of contracts concerning fees, employment conditions, settlement terms, lease and sales provisions, etc.
• Drafts and reviews memoranda, demand letters, opinion letters, briefs, discovery and other legal documents
• Prepares for, and attends, hearings
• Develops litigation strategy
• Prepares witnesses for depositions and trial, and reviews transcripts
• Negotiates with vendors and others
• Has contributed towards substantially increased revenues, lower expenses, reduction in litigation, improved risk management, and enhanced relationships with employees, contractors, clients and vendors

General Counsel and Advisor to the CEO, COO and Senior Vice President - COMPASSIONATE CARE HOSPICE AND HOME CARE - Westampton, NJ company was sold

• Oversaw all legal matters concerning a health care provider with approximately eleven hundred employees in eleven states
• Performed research and drafted documents concerning matters relevant to the company's legal and business matters
• Made appearances and arguments before courts and administrative tribunals
• Provided advice to the CEO, COO, senior management and human resources departments regarding contracts, insurance, compliance, financial and labor and employment matters, including but not limited to, employment contracts, severance agreements, insurance coverage and NDAs, procurement of insurance, accounts receivable and payable, hiring and termination of personnel, compliance with the FMLA, ADA, FLSA, Title VII and CEPA, etc.
• Worked on cross-functional teams jointly overseeing corporate staff, billing staff and human resources
• Spoke at large and small group meetings
• Advised and trained many staff members
• Significantly improved relations with employees, vendors, insurers and other entities
• Developed, implemented and streamlined processes, which contributed to a multimillion dollar increase in collections, decreased expenses and improved risk management
• Received merit-based bonus compensation

Summer Associate, Associate and Senior Associate - DEWEY & LEBOEUF - New York and New Jersey former AmLaw 20 firm - it is now defunct

• Litigated matters involving breach of contract, health care, insurance coverage, pharmaceutical, products liability, labor and employment, real estate, corporate, insurance coverage and antitrust law in cases ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars
• Counseled clients, negotiated settlements, supervised teams of attorneys from discovery through trial, wrote briefs, took and defended depositions and prepared and presented motions and other arguments in courts and administrative tribunals
• Successfully defended and prosecuted approximately one hundred cases
• Researched case law and drafted legal pleadings, memoranda, opinions, and other documents
• Also worked on transactions and regulatory matters
• Received merit-based bonus compensation

Reviewer for the Admissions Committee of the Wharton School MBA Program and SEAS Engineering Masters Programs - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - Philadelphia, PA

SEAS is current

• Review and provide commentary and ratings regarding graduate student applications
• Interviewed candidates living abroad, and served as a graduate school admissions representative at an undergraduate college fair

Insurance Actuarial Analyst and Financial Analyst - INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE and MORGAN STANLEY - New York, NY former

BSE, BAS - Management and Technology Program (Finance from the Wharton School and Applied Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Science) - University of Pennsylvania

MD - Medicine - NYU School of Medicine

JD - Law - St. John's University