Michael J. Hardesty

**** *********** ******* ********* - ********, Ohio 43235 -

ace4bg@r.postjobfree.com - 614-***-****

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CORPORATE ATTORNEY

A persuasive and highly skilled legal advisor with outstanding

communication, client services and contract negotiation skills. A history

of delivering innovative legal, financial and business solutions based upon

sound and resourceful strategies. Recognized for successfully negotiating

complex financial contracts with heavy emphasis on investments, insurance

and real estate. Provided leadership in implementing compliance with laws

such as AML, Dodd-Frank and OFAC.

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Strengths and Expertise

- Investment Contracts - Real Estate Development - General

Business and Bankruptcy

- Regulatory Compliance - Complex Negotiation - Foreign

Custody Compliance

- Ethics - Risk Management -

Administrative Law and Litigation

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Professional Experience

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio 2008 - 2013

Public pension plan for Ohio's public school teachers. Administers

pensions and other benefits such as disability and health care

benefits for retirees. An approximate $70 billion fund which is

managed 80% in house.

Associate General Counsel

- Responsible for drafting and negotiating complex contracts with a

heavy emphasis on financial investments and insurance.

- Successfully negotiated complex ISDA documents with Credit Suisse,

HSBC Bank, and Goldman Sachs providing STRS mangers flexibility in

negotiating most favorable investment rates.

- Successfully negotiated a highly lucrative third party provider

agreement for claims administration with United Healthcare in

conjunction with STRS self-insured medical plan for its employees.

- Successfully negotiated international custody agreements with State

Street Bank & Trust Company and Citibank, N.A. for the handling of

STRS foreign assets.

- Opened investment accounts in over 50 foreign countries where the

requirements were often very difficult to meet.

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority (OTTA), Columbus, Ohio 2005 - 2008

State agency responsible for running Ohio's 529 college savings plan

including overseeing investment of contributions.

General Counsel

- Individually revised the 80+ page Offering Statement for OTTA's 529

Direct Sold Program (the equivalent of a corporate prospectus).

- Revised OTTA existing rules and implemented new rules through JCARR

so as to not exceed OTTA statutory authority. This electronic approval

process resulted in significantly reducing OTTA Guaranteed Fund which,

in turn, reduced the State of Ohio's liability.

- Served as Chief Ethics Officer implementing the Governor's ethics

training for OTTA required for all State agencies.

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Michael J. Hardesty, Esq., Columbus, Ohio 2003 - 2005

Private Practice

General Legal Practice

- As a solo practitioner I successfully represented a variety of

clients in a general practice composed of probate, corporate, general

business, bankruptcy, litigation, estate and financial planning and

real estate.

- Administrative Hearing officer for six Ohio State agencies.

- Served as a title agent for two title companies.

Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio 1995 - 2003

My section represented 45 state agencies on any and all legal

matters.

Chief of Business and Government Regulation Section

- My attorneys never missed a deadline in literally hundreds of

administrative and litigation matters. In conjunction with the

litigation my team saved the State of Ohio hundreds of thousands of

dollars by successfully defending cases.

- Provided leadership for 30 attorneys in three cities including 7

support staff.

- Personally performed much of the contract work for Administrative

Services and the Arts & Sports Facilities Commission.

- Negotiated many successful lease and contracts such as the new BCI

lab facility in Richwood, Ohio and the Crew stadium lease in Columbus,

Ohio.

- Personally met yearly with the Directors of all our section's large

clients to ensure cooperation, maintain goodwill and gaining feedback

on providing the best possible legal services.

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Community Service

OhioHealth, Riverside Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Founded and led a committee that raised over $100,000 for cancer

research.

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Education

Juris Doctor

University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Professional Affiliations and Awards

Admitted to the Ohio Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Southern

District of Ohio; Member of the American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar

Association, Columbus Bar Association and the National Association of

Public Pension Attorneys; Served on the Ethics Committee of the Columbus

Bar Association;

Served on various committees of the Ohio State Bar Association and the

Columbus Bar Association

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