
Legal Counsel / Solar Consultant at 1st Light Energy, Inc
Greater New York City Area

Legal Counsel / Solar Consultant at 1st Light Energy, Inc
Greater New York City Area
To be a part of the solution rather than the problem.
SREC, NJBUP, solar panels, photovoltaic, PV modules, inverter, solar investment tax credit, CREB, QECB, ITC, customs regulations, export regulations, contracts drafting, contracts review, contracts negotiation, international law, logistics, trademark infringement, foreign tax recovery, domain name protection, software licensing, international trade, distribution of content in multiple channels, corporate governance, human resources, employee relations
(Oil & Energy industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
1st Light Energy Inc. was founded in 2004 by the President and CEO Justin Krum. Justin first joined the solar industry in 2003 when he went to work for a leading California-based solar company, Power Independence Electric. While working for PIE Solar, he quickly developed a passion and drive for renewable industry. In less then three short years, he has helped 1st Light Energy Inc. become one of the largest residential and commercial solar companies in the nation. Currently 1st light Energy Inc. has offices and installations in California, New Jersey, and New York, with growth plans in that include Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Texas, in the near future.
1st Light Energy Inc. is a complete renewable energy company that focuses solely on solar electricity. 1st Light Energy, Inc designed and installed projects that include small residential applications to large commercial installations.
(Entertainment industry)
February 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 6 months)
New business development, maintain consistent and professional relationship with partners, suppliers, vendors and the community. Supervision of all legal and related matters, including employee relations, corporate governance, compliance with regulations and contractual obligations.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)
January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)
* Consulted with several existing and start-up companies and existing companies in diverse number of areas including defense related technology, international trading, digital signage, radio and television broadcasting, real estate investment, and others.
* Clients included DiCON America Inc, PentaBridges Corp, Genghis Properties LLC, Diamond Entertainment, ImaginAsian Entertainment, Botree Asset Mgmt, Infinity Solutions Inc, United Global Trading Corp, vQuest Holdings Inc, D2ADS, LLC, Excel Mortgage & Investment Services Inc, Vietnamese Public Radio & Television, and others.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
March 2005 — December 2005 (10 months)
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)
October 1999 — March 2004 (4 years 6 months)
As the Corporate Counsel for Bloomberg L.P., I was responsible for implementing global compliance programs for Import and Export operations, anti-money laundering, Office of Foreign Asset Control regulations, the USA Patriot Act, ITAR, and Know-Your-Customer procedures. I drafted, reviewed and negotiated a wide variety of agreements including technology licenses, network service level agreements, commercial leases, platform sharing, non disclosure, professional services, and others. I was responsible for maintaining a global portfolio of trademarks and domain names, and had successfully retrieved over 200 domain names from cyber-squatters by using UDRP arbitration proceedings.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
February 1995 — September 1999 (4 years 8 months)
Responsible for an annual shipping budget of over $30 million dollars. Managing overall import and export operations, as well as transportation and related matters for Bloomberg L.P. Manage all Bloomberg shipments to and from nearly 100 countries. Comprehensive management of legal and customs related matters, and coordinating with service providers, vendors, and end-users to ensure high technology network and IT system equipment delivery, retrieval, and storage around the world.
JD , International Business Transactions , 1991 — 1994
BA , Politcial Science, Literature , 1983 — 1988
Bloomberg Achievement Award 2000: "Einstein Award"