Commission Junction

Posted on: 2008-02-21

MALVENA J. WALKER 4183 Leimert Blvd • Los Angeles, CA 90008 • 323.493.8042 • [email protected] OBJECTIVE: A Contract Administration position where I can utilize my strong legal background while also gaining new experience and growth. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Commission Junction, Santa Barbara, CA (September 2007 – December 2007) Position: Manager, Legal Affairs • Negotiated, drafted, revised and reviewed contractual redlines of customer/vendor contracts. • Analyzed and administered the company's legal requirements, and effectively communicated with customers and internal business units. • Insured that all contracts were Sarbanes-Oxley compliant. • Adjusted to frequently-changing workload with its respective priorities in an environment that had constant demands for accurate and timely delivery of assignments. • Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills. Lakeshore Entertainment, Beverly Hills, CA (March 2006 – June 2006) Position: International Contract Administrator • Negotiated and drafted motion picture, television and home entertainment production, license and below-the-line talent agreements. • Calculated and tracked motion picture option dates and drafted Option Extension and Turnaround Notices. • Created status reports regarding rights options, rights reversions, holding period, exclusivity and term deals. • Maintained rights analysis database with information from new contracts. • Reviewed chain-of-title for motion picture and/or television program acquisitions • Responded to internal and third-party requests for contract information, availabilities, clip licensing, etc. • Prepared internal memoranda regarding contract summaries and other legal issues. Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA (May 2005 – February 2006) Position: Entertainment/Intellectual Property Legal Assistant • Provided executive-level legal assistance to the Managing Partner • Performed research via Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, U.S. Patent/Trademark Office, Thomson & Thomson, Pacer, CourtLink and internet. • Prepared documents for filing/lodging with the federal and appellate courts, Patent/Trademark and U.S. Copyright Offices, AAA and JAMS. • Drafted correspondence, discovery and responses. • Performed collections duties on past due accounts. • Coordinated travel, ground transportation and lodging; prepared itineraries, scheduled meeting rooms for conferences, teleconferences, client meetings, and depositions. • Maintained confidential information and exercised confidentiality and discretion at all times. Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif, LLP, Los Angeles, CA (May 2004 – May 2005) Position: Intellectual Property Litigation Assistant • Prepared documents for electronic filing/lodging with the superior, federal and appellate courts, Patent/Trademark and U.S. Copyright Offices. • Drafted correspondence, discovery, responses, and U.S. Responses to Office Actions instructing foreign counsel in connection with responses to actions and other prosecution and maintenance actions. • Rendered extensive trial preparation consisting of organizing case files and trial binders. • Organized items for foreign/domestic trademark and copyright preparation and prosecution. Independent Legal Administrative Consultant, Los Angeles (May 2002 – May 2004) Position: Legal Administrator (Contract/Freelance) • Negotiated and drafted licensing, clip licenses and option agreements. • Composed legal clearance and research memoranda regarding clips, home video, CDs and DVDs, outstanding trademark, patent and copyright infringement issues. • Clients served included Paramount Studios and Warner Bros. Vivendi/Universal Motion Picture Group, Universal City, CA (October 1997 – May 2002) Position: Contract Analyst - Features Legal Department (April 1998 – May 2002) • Analyzed motion picture and television rights under U.S. Copyright statutory and case law. • Calculated and tracked motion picture option dates and drafted Option Extension and Turnaround Notices. • Prepared Distribution Rights Clearance Memoranda to convey chain of title rights to company business units. • Performed extensive legal rights research and generated briefs/digests concerning straight-to-video, film library and literary property rights/obligations. • Provided clearance for home video and DVD products. • Reviewed and conveyed title and music screen credits to marketing/promo and other business units, as well as reported execution of agreements to finance and administration. • Maintained status of major production term deals, composer deal memos. • Updated department database with agreement’s rights status, option and turnaround expiration data. Position: Legal Assistant – Business & Legal Affairs, Consumer Products (October 1997 – April 1998) • Provided executive-level legal assistance to two Vice Presidents • Assisted with the preparation of licensing, merchandising, publishing and promotional contracts. • Drafted cursory research for properties such as Jurassic Park, Lost World, Curious George, Babe and The Hulk. NBC, Burbank, CA (May 1996 – October 1997) Position: Legal Assistant • Provided executive-level legal assistance to the Director of Business Affairs and Manager of Primetime Series. • Compiled and summarized Nielsen statistics for all primetime series. • Researched contractual provisions and talent options for term agreements. • Drafted weekly status memoranda regarding potential trademark, patent/copyright infringement issues. • Prepared agreement summaries for recording, publishing and artists/producers. EDUCATION University of Phoenix (Online) • Bachelor of Science Degree, Criminal Justice Administration (In Progress) SKILLS Computer Literate • PC and Mac • Microsoft o Windows 2000 and XP o Word, Outlook, Works, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage, iManage, Docs Open; o Corel WordPerfect VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES Faithful Central Bible Church, Inglewood, CA Greeters Ministry Co-Leader • Supervise and assign tasks to 168 members. • Manage weekly operations. • Prepare agenda topics, attend and lead quarterly and weekly meetings. References provided upon request