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Teaching<br />
Experience<br />
<strong>DJENITA</strong> <strong>PASIC</strong><br />
2411 Newburg Road<br />
Louisville, Kentucky 40205<br />
Phone: 502-459-6486<br />
Mobile: 502-299-4183<br />
E-mail: djenita@brainswork.us<br />
Bordeaux Business School<br />
Bordeaux, France Spring 2007 - Present<br />
Visiting Professor of law at Executive Masters in International Business<br />
Program. Lecturing a course on International Commercial Contracts.<br />
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law<br />
Louisville, Kentucky Spring 2008 - 2010<br />
Adjunct Professor of law. Lecturing a practical transactional course in<br />
corporate law.<br />
Notre Dame University School of Business<br />
Beirut, Lebanon 2005 & 2006<br />
Visiting Professor of law at Executive Masters in International Business<br />
Program. Lectured a course on International Commercial Contracts.<br />
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law<br />
Louisville, Kentucky Spring 2005<br />
Visiting Professor of International Law. Lectured classes on various<br />
topics of International Public Law.<br />
Professional<br />
Experience Kahloon Pasic/PLLC<br />
Louisville, Kentucky 2011 – Present<br />
Partner. In charge of general corporate, M&A, international business<br />
and trade matters, as well as estate planning, wills and trusts, nonprofit<br />
organizations and workers’ compensation. With the other<br />
partner, Khalid Kahloon, a former District Attorney and state and<br />
federal prosecutor, and a related group of talented legal professionals,<br />
the firm covers a wide range of legal services.<br />
Brainswork USA, LLC<br />
Louisville, Kentucky 2006 - Present<br />
Chief Networking Officer. International legal and business consultant<br />
leading clients in their business development projects world-wide.<br />
FROST BROWN TODD LLC<br />
Louisville, Kentucky 1998 - 2006<br />
Senior Associate. Lead American and multi-national companies in<br />
their cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international trade,<br />
general corporate and other international business transactions.<br />
AM-AR International, Inc.
Louisville, Kentucky 1992 – 1995<br />
European Operations Manager. Managed French suppliers for<br />
company’s sales of telecommunications equipment in the Middle East<br />
and Africa.<br />
Yugoslav-Korean, Inc.<br />
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1990 - 1992<br />
Syntronix Division Manager. Managed a joint venture manufacturing<br />
project with Samsung, South Korea and related sales and distribution<br />
of consumer electronics products in the Central European market.<br />
AM-AR International, Inc.<br />
Louisville, Kentucky 1988 – 1989<br />
Assistant Manager. Assisted Management and the Acquisitions<br />
Department in coordinating the French supply chain and the sales of<br />
telecommunications equipment in the Middle East.<br />
ADP Designs, d.o.o.<br />
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1982-1985<br />
Assistant Manager. Assisted Management with the manufacturing<br />
and sales of Olympic Games-related products.<br />
Education University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D., 1998<br />
Moot Court Board, President<br />
Pirtle-Washer Intra-Mural Oral Arguments Competition, finalist<br />
University of Sarajevo School of Philosophy, B.A., 1985<br />
French Language and Literature<br />
University of Sarajevo School of Political Sciences, B.S., 1982<br />
Journalism, summa cum laude<br />
Lycée de Mutuelleville, Tunis, Tunisia<br />
Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement du Second Degrée by<br />
l'Academie de Paris, France<br />
Language<br />
Proficiency Fluent in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, English, French and Italian;<br />
working knowledge of Spanish; understanding of Eastern European<br />
languages; can work with Cyrillic script.<br />
Civic and<br />
Professional<br />
Associations Jewish Family and Career Services, Ex-Officio member of the Board of<br />
Directors, Advisory Council (2010 – Present)<br />
Congress of North American Bosniaks, Board of Directors (May 2008 –<br />
March 2009)<br />
Bosnian-Herzegovinian-American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Board<br />
of Directors (2007 – Present)<br />
Bosniak-American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Board<br />
of Directors (2005 – Present)
Louisville Foreign Relations Committee (2005 – Present)<br />
Kentucky World Trade Center, Board of Directors (2004 – 2006)<br />
Leadership Louisville – Focus Louisville (2004)<br />
International Alliance for Dispute Resolution (2003 - Present)<br />
United Nations Association U.S.A., Louisville Chapter (2003 - Present)<br />
Louisville Mayor's Council for International Affairs (2003 – 2010)<br />
Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Board of Directors (2003 – Present)<br />
American Civil Liberties Union, Kentucky Chapter, Board of Directors<br />
(2000 - Present)<br />
L'Alliance Française de Louisville (1999 - Present)<br />
International, American, Kentucky and Louisville Bar Associations,<br />
Member in good standing (1999 - Present)<br />
Honors November & December 2010 - Member of the Transition Team for<br />
Greater Louisville’s Mayor-Elect Greg Fischer; Economic Development<br />
Sub-Team member in charge of new Office for International Affairs.<br />
November 2010 - Panelist at the “Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 Years<br />
after Dayton” event at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, organized<br />
by the Consulate General of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Chicago.<br />
October 2010 - Airing of the public reading of “This I Believe” essay<br />
entitled “Holy Grail of Peaceful Coexistence” and interview with Bob<br />
Edwards at his show on National Public Radio.<br />
2009 & 2010 - Chair of the MOSAIC Awards event organized by the<br />
Jewish Family and Career Services in Louisville, which recognizes<br />
immigrants who are making significant contributions in their profession<br />
and in the Louisville community.<br />
2008 - Recipient of the MOSAIC award.<br />
Presentations and<br />
Other Information Please see attached.<br />
2007 – Member of the Finalist Selection Award Committee for the<br />
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.
Djenita Pasic<br />
Presentations<br />
� “Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 Years after Dayton,” Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois<br />
organized by Consulate General of Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 2010<br />
� “Questionable Payments Abroad: Protecting Your Client and Your Business,” CLE<br />
program for the Louisville Bar Association, November 2008<br />
� “History, Geography and Culture of Croatia and Bosnia,” L’Alliance Française de<br />
Louisville Program in French language, January 2006<br />
� “General Overview of Import Laws,” The Basics of Importing Seminar, Columbus State<br />
Community College, Columbus, OH, December 2004<br />
� "How to Structure Your Business – Legal Considerations," 5 th State Conference,<br />
Kentucky Women in Agriculture, November 2004<br />
� "Convergence of US & EU Accounting Standards," Frost Brown Todd International Update<br />
Series, August 2004<br />
� "Coordination of Cross-Border Pricing Policies," Frost Brown Todd International Update<br />
Series, March 2004<br />
� "Doing Business in Cuba," Frost Brown Todd International Update Series, April 2002<br />
� "Current Legal Developments in Spain and EU," Frost Brown Todd International Update<br />
Series, October 2001<br />
Professional Development<br />
� First Kentucky Trade Mission to Cuba, Havana, Cuba, February 2002<br />
� Denton Lupicinio Summer Seminar for U.S. Attorneys, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, July<br />
2001<br />
Public Relations Experience<br />
� Representative female attorney for public relations matters at Frost Brown Todd LLC<br />
(1998 – 2006)<br />
� Editor of Frost Brown Todd’s International Communiqué, a tri-annual publication on<br />
international political, business and legal matters (1998 – 2006)
� Spokesperson for Bosnian Community, Inc. Organized charity drives and fundraisers for<br />
Bosnian refugees and maintained public relations with political and health care<br />
institutions in the area. Extensive public speaking and media exposure related to the<br />
issues of the war in Bosnia (1992 – Present)<br />
� Invited speaker on political events in Bosnia and Herzegovina at Rotary Clubs of<br />
Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio (1992 – 1994). The Louisville<br />
speech was aired on National Public Radio on August 22, 1992<br />
� Official announcer at figure skating competitions at Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo<br />
(February 1984)<br />
� Anchor of children's TV show "Pogled" produced and broadcast by Sarajevo TV (1983)<br />
� Member of the Association of Scientific and Professional Translators for French, Italian<br />
and English languages, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1980 – 1992)<br />
Jay M. Tannon, Esq.<br />
Patton Boggs LLP<br />
2550 M Street NW<br />
Washington, DC 20037<br />
Telephone: (202) 457 6076<br />
E-mail: jtannon@pattonboggs.com<br />
Joseph J. Dehner, Esq.<br />
Chair, International Services Group<br />
Frost Brown Todd LLC<br />
2200 PNC Center<br />
201 East Fifth Street<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<br />
Telephone: (513) 651-6949<br />
E-mail: jdehner@fbtlaw.com<br />
Sead Dizdarevic<br />
President<br />
Jet Set Sports<br />
196 Route 202 North<br />
Far Hills, NJ 07931<br />
Telephone: (908) 766-1001<br />
Fax: (908) 766-4646<br />
E-mail: sead@jetsetsports.com<br />
References<br />
Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville<br />
Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government<br />
527 W. Jefferson Street<br />
Fourth Floor<br />
Louisville, KY 40202<br />
Telephone: (502) 574-5079
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