Florida State University College of Law Tallahassee, FL – May 2017
Juris Doctor (J.D.) In Law
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL – May 2014
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) In History and German
Florida Bar (Bar #1002213)
German – Advanced – Florida State University
English – Fluent – Native
Spanish – Beginner – Private Study
Portuguese – Beginner – Family
Benterprise Capital, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL
Attorney & Business Consultant, January 2023 – April 2025
- Sole Practitioner/ Business Operations Consultancy; provided COO services and various corporate legal services to startups, small, and medium businesses – Closed business due to preference for working for an established firm/business rather than self-employment and marketing fatigue.
Cook Capital Group, LLC, Wellington, FL
General Counsel, August 2018 – January 2023
- Subsidiaries:
- Canna Wellness Clinics, LLC – Boynton Beach, FL
- Cook Digital Corp. – Wellington, FL
- LASIK Docs – West Palm Beach, FL
- Printed Kicks – Wellington, FL
- Palm Beach Nutra – Boynton Beach, FL
- Interpreted laws, rulings, and regulations for the companies. Conferred with outside counsel to establish and verify bases for legal proceedings.
- Successfully dealt with various corporate legal issues, such as cease-and-desists, copyright claims, and other legal challenges.
- Drafted, analyzed, and interpreted contracts of all sorts and sizes across multiple disciplines and business sectors.
- E.g.: Negotiated and approved contracts including those with advertising firms, suppliers, distributors, employment agreements, specialty operating contracts, and commercial real estate transactions.
- Registered and protected the companies’ trademarks and copyright claims.
- Owned strategy development and execution to overcome obstacles and exceed goals for multiple companies under the main two holding companies.
- Examined legal data to determine advisability of defending and prosecuting lawsuits.
- Advised the companies concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting and defending lawsuits and legal rights and obligations.
- Created multiple Limited Liability Companies and organized their structures.
- Ensured compliance in the following: Corporate Healthcare Law, Florida Medical Cannabis Law, FDA Regulations and Employment Law.
- Created and branded multiple goods-and-services companies; acquired and established company domains and email services.
- Managed interviewing, hiring, and human resources functions for companies, such as vetting independent doctors to ensure compliance with the highest standards of patient care.
- Disseminated written policies and procedures related to compliance activities; wrote employee handbooks.
- Advised internal management and business partners on implementation and operation of compliance programs.
- Conducted periodic internal reviews or audits to verify the following of compliance procedures and correct any lapses.
- Grew Canna Wellness Clinics to become the largest-by-patient-volume MMJ clinic in South Florida while operating as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel.
Felice & Ehrlich – Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Associate Attorney, October 2017 – June 2018
- Met with clients for initial consultations and prepared them for mediations and depositions.
- Represented clients in depositions and mediations, both state and private.
- Propounded discovery, such as requests to produce.
- Filed Petitions for Benefits and their requisite good-faith communications with opposing counsel.
- Attended and wrote memoranda of law for Workers’ Compensation final hearings.
- Represented clients in evidentiary hearings in front of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims.
- Deposed doctors, records custodians, and insurance adjusters.
- Analyzed probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.