Smile Brands, Irvine

Victoria Harvey, Esq., SVP & Chief Legal Officer

Nick Chang, Senior Corporate Counsel

Joseph Hernandez, Director of Compliance

Alex Kim, Corporate Counsel

Melanie Gomez, Senior Risk Manager

The Smile Brands Inc. legal team takes pride in making sure that it’s responsive, and expedient, with internal clients’ requests. In providing service, the team members always take the organization’s G3 (greeting, guiding and gratitude) service platform to heart, as they deliver smiles to their colleagues, and strive to reflect the department’s motto, Culture Drives Compliance. In 2018, the team assisted the enterprise in expanding with the addition of 13 affiliated practices, either through acquisition or opening de novo locations. The team contributes to the organization’s bottom line by handling most matters internally, such as smaller acquisitions, contracts and lease review, corporate governance and maintenance of nearly 50 legal entities, investigations, and pre-litigation matters. The in-house legal team also effectively manages risk management, workers’ compensation and litigation costs, including successfully dismissing several frivolous class actions prior to filing responsive pleadings.