The Less Stressed Lawyer

Founder & Certified Life Coach

Flood Law PLLC

Associate

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Law Clerk

Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

•	Negotiated settlements with claimants and lien holders in forfeiture cases
•	Conducted research and drafted complaints, consent judgments, and other legal documents
•	Created Excel databases and coordinating procedures for expediting forfeiture cases
•	Trained ten students entering office’s internship program

Intern

Michigan Journal

•	Supervised production and publishing of a weekly newspaper
•	Edited editorial content and negotiate advertisement contracts
•	Conducted business and editorial meetings

Managing Editor

"If only there were more hours in the day."

I used to say this to myself ALL the time.

I was convinced I just needed a little extra time to tackle my to-do list. 

Or a new planner to fine-tune my time management skills.

But no matter how many planners I purchased or how many all-nighters I pulled, nothing changed.

I still felt crushed by competing deadlines.

I cancelled plans last minute, because I had too much on my plate.

I woke up early.  I worked late.

I thought if I could just work harder, I’d get there.  I’d get it all done.

The higher-ups would be happy.  Which meant I could be happy, having finally received their approval.

Turns out . . .

You can't hustle your way to happiness.

Believe me . . . I tried.

Sound familiar? If so, here’s what I want you to know.

Through all of that trying, I learned something they don’t teach you in law school.

The solve for stress? 

It isn't TIME management.

It’s MIND management. 

That’s right.  You don’t need a new planner.  You need a new plan.  

One where your well-being, not your work-load, gets to be the top priority.  

Sounds impossible?  It’s not.  I’ll show you.  

I work solely 1-on-1 with attorneys who are over the overwhelm.  

I help them start living lives with less stress and far more fulfillment. 

If you're ready to start living that life, let's get started.

Olivia Vizachero

Alvarez & Marsal

Senior Director

Specialization in financial crimes investigations and compliance for financial and non-financial organizations.

Director

Deutsche Bank

Head of Americas Client Data for CIB, Operational Reference Data Services

Vice President, Head of Americas Client Data, CIB ORDS

Manage the Jacksonville Data Quality team responsible for providing root cause analysis, and fix recommendations for data not fit for purpose.

Head of Data Quality Management Jacksonville

Merrill Lynch

Responsible for managing 23 US Based Associates that reconcile five different products and 4 offshore associates monitor and support a trading platform.
Successfully migrated various reconciliation functions that reduced exposure by over $14 million, with over 25,000 accounts worth $250 million and reduced headcount by 2. 
Implemented a four point control process on all journal entries and wires to reduce client and firm exposure.
Responsible for the accurate reconciliation of over 500,000 accounts on a daily basis, worth over $200 billion in assets. 
Built an off-shore team and created a new process to support a new trading platform, and implemented efficient controls to mitigate risk to clients by correcting all issues prior to Market Open.
Obtained Six Sigma Green Belt Certification for reducing daily Foreign Equity Breaks by 90%.
Proactively manage the day to day activities to improve the department processes and functions by working with the team to identify and implement appropriate process improvements and technology enhancements.
Designed a communication process using tele-presence to continnuesly develop and generate new business with Jersey City counterparts. 
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Internal & External parties. 
Scheduled monthly one-on-one with direct reports and continuously worked on employee development.
Rapidly learned all Managed Products and was promoted to Team Manager within a year and a half.

Assistant Vice President

Managed a group of 12 and five functions including, Anti-Money Laundering, Client Banking Services, Balance Sheet Account Ownership and Pierce Reconciliation Control and Funding.
Efficiently reduced risk of exposure to the firm by having Anti-Money Laundering Associates cross-audit all alerts of Structured Deposits and Money Laundering. 
Participated in the first Outsourcing initiative implemented to reduce cost by 75%. 
Successfully migrated a subteam; implemented controls offshore to reduce risk and exposure to the firm and clients.
Oversee the Balance Sheet Account Ownership Platform set up for all General Ledger accounts to be reconciled and sign-off by each owner for over 250,000 general ledger accounts in the America's Region.
Responsible for accurate monthly reporting of 80,000+ account ownership to control exposure and reduce risk of un-reconciled accounts.
Developed macros to reduce error and reconciliation time of Balance Sheet accounts by 6 hour.
Created a time-study project that identified repetitive manual processes that were consequently eliminated and reduce reconciliation time by 45%. 
Initiated control testing on all procedures to ensure all department processes passed Sarbanes and Oxley audit controls.

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Special Projects Supervisor

Mariah Rodriguez is a Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Miami. With a specialization in regulatory transformation and financial crimes investigations, she has 17 years of experience with the financial industry.

Ms. Rodriguez's expertise lies in streamlining data processes to eliminate inefficiencies and create operational capacity within global organizations. Her deep understanding of data models and quality helps her resolve complex data problems related to operational, compliance, and regulatory concerns. Ms. Rodriguez has collaborated extensively with U.S. and foreign regulators to address rule violations and implement data remediation strategies for foreign banks.

At A&M, Ms. Rodriguez has worked on forensic investigations, insolvency and asset tracing investigations, implementation of compliance programs, sanctions investigations, and other compliance-related work for financial and non-financial institutions.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Rodriguez served as Head of U.S. Client Data at a Fortune 100 global financial institution. She spearheaded a global data change initiative to meet regulatory reporting requirements, successfully streamlining data flows from trade initiation to reporting, resulting in reduced processing costs. Ms. Rodriquez also played a key role in ensuring compliance with tax and US regulations by managing data attributes used by the broker dealer.

Ms. Rodriguez earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of North Florida. She has pursued master's level education at Nova Southeastern University and is currently obtaining a master's degree in forensic accounting and data analytics at Florida Atlantic University. Ms. Rodriguez is licensed with Series 99 FINRA, certified in Six Sigma, and serves as a Relativity Administrator. A U.S. citizen, she is fluent in English and Spanish. Ms. Rodriguez is an active member of the Women's White-Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), and the Women in Crypto Association.

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