at Pacific Educational Group
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Consulting Senior Program Manager at Pacific Educational Group
- Adjunct Faculty at Strayer University
- Past
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- Attorney at Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
- Attorney at NA
- Attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Legislative Analyst at Detroit City Council
- VP of Legal Affairs & Compliance at Kroll, Inc.
- Criminal Defense Attorney at State Defenders of Michigan
- Education
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- University of Michigan Law School
- University of Michigan
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Taisha Rucker’s Summary
Former criminal defense, corporate and government attorney with substantial in-house, and executive advisory legal experience. Wrote legislation, corporate and government press releases, speeches, e-newsletters, website content, professional services agreements, policy and procedure manuals and much more.
Interested in opportunities in policy or communications with companies using innovative strategies to advance social change, especially regarding education. I love technology, social networking and persuading others to strive for greatness.
I'm also interested in connecting with former and transitioning lawyers who are pursuing alternative careers. And, in my spare time, songwriting and singing and writing and selling one or two million dollar screenplays.
Taisha Rucker’s Specialties:
Advocacy, legal and business strategy, corporate and government communications and reaching consensus with diverse groups.
Taisha Rucker’s Experience
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Consulting Senior Program Manager
Pacific Educational Group
(Privately Held; Education Management industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Primary responsibilities include new business development and all aspects of client service; development and refinement of PEG's original training methodologies; and national development and implementation of "Beyond Diversity" and related professional training modules designed to help close the achievement gap in K - 12 education.
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Adjunct Faculty
Strayer University
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; STRA; Education Management industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Teach Procurement & Contract Law and White Collar Crime
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Attorney
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)
March 2007 — February 2008 (1 year )
Strategized with the Office of the General Counsel to prepare talking points, which limited the scope of document requests ordered by the court and reduced litigation costs by millions of dollars; and managed and trained team of attorneys on strategy decisions to protect sensitive documents from discovery.
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Attorney
NA
(Public Policy industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
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Attorney
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)
April 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Designed operational strategies for multi-state team of attorneys and paralegals involved in a billion-dollar class action pharmaceutical litigation, resulting in a significantly reduced settlement.
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Legislative Analyst
Detroit City Council
(Government Relations industry)
November 2001 — April 2004 (2 years 6 months)
Performed policy analysis and advised the City Council President on legal issues, focusing on police misconduct, residential zoning, budget, ethics, lawsuits, privatization of city services and regional mass transit initiatives. Drafted legislation, speeches and position papers. Liaised with council members and city department heads to secure the unanimous passage of a controversial rule of law regarding the privatization of city services.
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VP of Legal Affairs & Compliance
Kroll, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 9 months)
Member of executive management team for company performing high-level intelligence clearances and employee background investigations. Drafted, reviewed and negotiated sales and services agreements, developed general forms for licenses, consulting and NDA agreements. Established infrastructure for Compliance department, trained staff, developed company policies and procedures and edited employee manual. Worked collaboratively with sales, marketing, professional services and business development team to enhance business processes and contract templates. Assisted clients in the development of policies and procedures to mitigate risks associated with employee background investigations.
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Criminal Defense Attorney
State Defenders of Michigan
(Law Practice industry)
July 1998 — February 1999 (8 months)
Successfully tried cases involving everything but murder. Argued motions, resulting in reduced charges.
Taisha Rucker’s Education
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University of Michigan Law School
JD , 1993 — 1995
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University of Michigan
BA , English Lit , 1988 — 1991
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Taisha Rucker’s Interests:
Social media, technology, startups, open source education, international travel, photography, screenwriting, filmmaking, music, reading, networking, singing, songwriting
Taisha Rucker’s Groups:
State Bar of New York
Approved General Civil Mediator
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Entrepreneur Journeys by Sramana Mitra
Taisha Rucker’s Contact Settings
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