JEFFREY SCHMIDT

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CORPORATE ATTORNEY & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Dynamic Corporate Attorney & Management Consultant with 17 years of

sophisticated experience providing strategic legal and business advice to

clients of all sizes, as well as business owners, entrepreneurs, investors

and corporate boards. Skilled at providing guidance for strategic

acquisitions and divestitures, organizational development and

restructuring, executive leadership, policy creation, revenue enhancement,

cost containment and talent management. Strong expertise handling corporate

transactions for major business clients, providing expert counsel from

initial negotiations to transaction closure.

Strategic Planning ( Client Relations ( Business Development ( Negotiations

( Project Management ( Communications Entrepreneurial Ventures & Start-ups

( Acquisitions ( Divestitures ( Consulting ( Recruiting ( Talent Management

Contracts ( M&A ( Change Management ( Training / Development ( Performance

Management ( Turnarounds Budgeting Expense Control ( Financial Analysis

LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY SCHMIDT, P.C. ( Chicago, Illinois ( 11/2011 -

Present

General legal practice and strategy consulting.

Attorney/Owner

Serve as principal in solo practice, providing legal and business

consultation services to clients and other attorneys. Develop corporate

strategies, prepare documents, and negotiate settlements. Represent health

care providers in connection with corporate matters and privilege issues.

Perform consulting services for start-up law firms relating to various

issues including retainers and cash flow, marketing and client management

and specialization strategies. Handle office management and administration

including accounting, marketing, and legal referrals.

Achievements:

. Counseled physician-client facing a suspension of privileges with the

employer-hospital. Pursued two-pronged strategy designed to reconcile the

client's relationship with the hospital while demonstrating the

institution's non-compliance with by-laws in connection with rescission

of privileges. Successfully delayed action for more than a year.

. Represented partner in dental practice in acquisition of remaining

practice from outgoing owner. Resolved major financial discrepancy

identified through due diligence, facilitating closure of high five-

figure transaction.

. Negotiated resolution to situation in which client was barred from

visiting sick wife in hospital. Developed creative solution to mediate

truce between client and hospital, lifting the suspension and allowing

client to visit dying wife.

. Resolved estate dispute over decedent's personal property. Brokered

formal agreement between heirs, negotiating a win-win resolution,

settling the controversy and allowing the estate to prepare for closure.

. Assisted with multi-million dollar litigation on behalf of client for the

death of his wife for liability by multiple hospital entities for

harassment, failure to exercise required standards of care, and

retaliatory actions.

BITTNER HYRNS DALY & RIEMLAND, P.C. ( St. Joseph, Michigan ( 2/2011 -

8/2011

Integrated legal services firm, including estate planning, real estate,

probate law, corporate law and civil litigation.

Of Counsel

Delivered wide variety of legal services for business clients including

beverage distributorship, manufacturing firms and investors. Managed multi-

faceted transactions, originating significant legal fees for the firm.

Achievements:

. Led representation of manufacturing firm in sale to a multinational

corporation, negotiating key deal points and purchase price adjustments

with the buyer's law firm. Transaction resulted in $1 million of sale

proceeds for client, generating approximately $30,000 in firm legal fees.

. Assisted real estate client in a $1 million potential restaurant

acquisition negotiation. Analyzed foreclosure and other financial issues

affecting the sale and persuasively advised against the deal due to

results of cost/benefit analysis.

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. Directed all aspects of representation of beer and wine distributorship

seeking to expand holdings in Western and Southwestern Michigan.

Performed business model and sales analysis of wine and other beverage

distributor targets for fit with existing business holdings. Negotiated

specific terms to close non-competition loopholes, allowing deals to

close and expanding wine distribution rights by 50% while preventing

competitor from re-entering the marketplace.

SILVER CREEK PARTNERS LLC ( 8/2009--2/2011

Entrepreneurial investment ventures.

Managed investments in various businesses on behalf of family business

venture. Analyzed and evaluated additional investment opportunities,

including potential bank acquisition, real estate acquisitions and

international resort investment.

MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC ( Chicago, Illinois ( 4/2006 - 5/2009

Full service business advisory and advocacy law firm.

Attorney

Counseled numerous corporate clients in connection with acquisitions,

divestitures and other corporate agreements. Advised high net worth

individuals on investment opportunities, including real estate, a

multinational luxury experience company and an international media

investment. Excelled in client development, building firm's client base

and fee revenues. Integral part of attorney staffing and recruiting

efforts.

Achievements:

. Led representation of beer distributorship in the acquisition of

contiguous beverage distribution firm, heading negotiations, managing

deal documentation and leading team of four attorneys. Closed $10

million transaction, giving client control of substantially greater

territory and increasing client revenues by 100%. Generated over

$125,000 in legal fees.

. Closed numerous deals for major industrial roller manufacturer throughout

the United States ranging from $50,000 to more than $1 million,

generating in excess of $100,000 in legal fees while supervising multiple

attorneys on various projects. Counseled client on transaction structure

and evaluated potential acquisition targets. Directed negotiation and

documentation of numerous other contracts, including letters of intent,

vendor agreements, confidentiality agreements, employment agreements and

non-competition agreements.

. Counseled client on executive employment and termination and successfully

negotiated terms of new executive employment agreements.

. Negotiated, documented and closed $24 million sale of fabricated windows

manufacturer to financial buyer, supervising two attorneys in documenting

and preparing transaction for closure.

. Managed acquisition of $8 million competitor for major dairy products

company, handling purchase negotiations and finalizing transaction by the

client's stock market deadline, expanding the dairy operations by

approximately 30%.

. Recognized as an "Illinois Rising Star" by Illinois Super Lawyers

Magazine.

ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL ( Boston, Massachusetts ( 6/2004 - 1/2005

Premier professional staffing services for a variety of professional job

markets.

Legal Recruiting Manager

Served as Permanent Placement Recruiting Manager, evaluating professional

talent for clients' permanent staffing needs. Evaluated and interviewed

candidates for positions, provided sales presentations to potential

clients, and placed full-time legal professionals with law firms and in-

house legal departments.

Achievements:

. Assisted the in-house legal department of major pharmaceutical company in

selecting a candidate for a senior counsel position. Evaluated

candidates through a multi-pronged vetting process, identifying an ideal

professional for the client's needs and earning a significant placement

fee.

. Part of a 2 person team that achieved a 52 week high in permanent

placement revenues.

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Midwest Electric Control Specialists, Inc. ( Groveport, Ohio ( 1/2002

-12/2010

Industry leader in professional electrical contracting.

Director and Corporate Advisor

Provided guidance and sourced investors for acquisition of closely-held

company. Advised investors regarding transaction's capital structure.

Participated in full range of board activities. Counseled executives

through turnaround efforts and eventual sale of company assets.

Achievements:

. Counseled company and investors about issuing additional stock and

integration of new investors and management.

KRIEG DEVAULT, LLP ( Indianapolis, Indiana ( 8/1997 - 12/2001

Full-Service Law Firm.

Attorney

Prepared wide range of corporate documents for business clients, including

a physical therapy practice, financial institutions and a franchise

business start-up.

Achievements:

. Counseled business owner involved in a business property lease dispute.

Argued interpretation of lease's notice provision, effectuating client's

right to renew lease. Won the case, saving the client new lease, moving

and environmental costs, as well as business losses, due to forced

termination.

. Handled contentious break-up of physical therapy practice partnership by

negotiating a structured dissolution of corporate entity. Saved client's

business valued at over $100,000 and an additional $30,000 in buy-out

funds.

. Assisted client with post-purchase zoning dispute with commercial

property developers. Prevailed in zoning appeal, allowing client to

construct family fun center in accordance with original plans and

franchise requirements.

. Represented financial institution facing serious business losses from a

complex mortgage fraud. Performed research and prepared a legal brief for

inclusion in court documents resulting in a savings of $600,000 for the

client.

. Guided client through the successful negotiation process for securing a

franchise agreement with major national ice cream and fast food chain.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Legal Intern, United State House of Representatives, Committee on

Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural

Resources and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in Finance

Boston College, Carroll Graduate School of Management, Chestnut Hill,

Massachusetts

Juris Doctor

University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana

Bachelors of Business Administration (Accountancy)

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

AFFILIATIONS

Notre Dame Alumni Association

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Chicago Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Indiana State Bar Association

Indiana Leadership Forum (Alumni)

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