My Resume:

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW                            Champaign, Illinois

Juris Doctor (J.D.) – Summa Cum Laude, Top 10% Class Rank – May 2007

•Law Review - Journal of Law, Technology & Policy – Managing Editor, Fall 2005 – Fall 2006.

•Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition – Editor-in-Chief, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006.

•Order of the Coif – Spring, 2004.

•Academic Honors (Dean’s List) – Fall 2004 - Spring 2007 (6 semesters).  

•Undergraduate Professor – Fall 2005 – Spring 2007 -- Led undergraduate classes in Creative Writing and Speech Communication for 2 years. 

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS                        Ann Arbor, Michigan

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) – Magna Cum Laude – April 2004 

•James B. Angell Scholars (consecutive semesters of 4.0 GPA).

•University Academic Honors – Fall 2000 – Spring 2004 (8 consecutive semesters).

•Phi Beta Kappa Society – Spring 2004.

•Golden Key Honour Society – Spring 2004.

EXPERIENCE

DAVID A. BESER, ATTORNEY AT LAW                                                     Irvine, California

General legal representation including business, real estate and commercial transactions and civil litigation.

(renamed: “”)                    Irvine, California

Senior Corporate Counsel, February 2012 – March 2015

•Joined financial tech company as corporate counsel and strategic advisor to the company’s executives, where I focused on a variety of commercial and real estate transactions, state-to-state/government compliance, IP registrations and protections, sales, marketing, licensing and joint venture agreements, land use/zoning permit applications, state municipal hearings and day-to-day legal counsel on a variety of matters.

•Developed bespoke compliance and standard operating procedures for company employees, executives, partners and independent contractors.

•Drafted, reviewed, negotiated and amended several real estate contracts, including a variety of complex commercial purchase and sale agreements, and a number of complex industrial, office, multi-family, retail, agricultural/farming and other commercial property leases. 

•My other work included stock and asset purchase agreements, subterranean mineral rights sales, employee stock option grants, 1031 property exchanges, entity formations, construction contracts and bids, investment valuations and risk analysis, and various other agreements. 

NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP                            Newport Beach, California

Associate Attorney - September 2007 – February 2012

•My practice focused on business, real estate, licensing, IP and employment transactions and litigation, including drafting, negotiating, and amending highly complex corporate agreements, real property purchase, development and lease contracts, land use/zoning applications and commission filings, and a variety of other legal instruments and negotiations (strategic mergers, start-up Angel/Seed/Series and venture capital investments, corporate formations, REIT multi-unit acquisitions and sales, and mezzanine/bridge financing). 

•Assisted in commercial property developments and project management, lease negotiations, landlord/tenant disputes, construction bids and negotiations and various other matters.

•I also worked as a litigator, taking a number of cases through pleadings, discovery, dispositive and evidentiary motions, and winning 2 trials as the 1st chair attorney.

•  While the majority of my practice focused on complex corporate matters, I did have the opportunity to litigate a diverse set of cases while at Newmeyer & Dillion, ending with multiple trial victories and 0 losses. These multi-day jury and bench trials involved causes of action for breach of contract, accounting, financial loss, unjust enrichment, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, breach of express warranty and promissory estoppel, among others, with all verdicts awarding my clients all requested damages and legal fees.

CLERKSHIP

HONORABLE RONALD BARTKOWICZ                                   Chicago, Illinois

State of Illinois Supreme Court – Judicial Clerkship – 2005

•Clerk to Circuit Court Judge handling civil litigation matters.

•Drafted bench memoranda regarding complex legal issues, including motions to dismiss, MSJs, motions to compel discovery and a variety of other pleadings. 

•Also provided detailed legal research, drafting bench orders and judicial decisions, analyzing motions and pleadings filed, and advising Judge Bartkowicz and other staff attorneys on the legal arguments (written and oral) and thematic positions of all parties in over 50 cases. 

PERSONAL

•Member, California Bar. 

•Born and raised in Newport Beach, CA, with very strong ties to the Orange County community.

•Currently live in Irvine with my wife and 2 dogs.

•Court admissions: Certified to appear in all California Federal District Courts.

•Active member of ASPCA, Wounded Warriors Project and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital charitable organizations.

•Enjoy CrossFit, hiking, traveling the world, NCAA sports, the LA Dodgers, Rams and Lakers, and the occasional Texas hold-em poker night. 

•Annual participant in the U.S. Marine’s - Camp Pendleton “Mud Run” (First Place winner: 2011).

•Lifelong automotive enthusiast (I enjoy rebuilding and racing old sports cars in my free time).