Steve Jordan Brenner

**** ******* ****** ***** ****** • CA 90405

Cell: 310-***-****• Home: 310-***-**** • E-Mail: acgzdl@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Hard working, organized and confident, I have gained diverse legal experience working for both an AM100 law firm and several

corporations in my career in which I moved up the ranks from file clerk to paralegal to attorney. I have a steady employment history

having worked primarily for three companies in more than 20 years and I have maintained my industry connections. I have broad

based experience spanning corporate, litigation, transactional and intellectual property. I am seeking a permanent position working

in-house for a legal department.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Optimiscorp (Pacific Palisades)

November 2013 - Present

Paralegal

Currently working for Software Development Corporation specializing in administrative and billing solutions for physical therapists. Acted as

primary legal support for corporate officers and directors.

• Litigation duties included organizing and managing all of the company legal files, calendaring important dates, reviewing legal

invoices, and acting as point person with multiple outside counsel, including Skadden Arps, Littler, and Gordon & Rees, as various

cases moved forward. Independently handled day to day case management, while escalating issues to upper management and board of

directors when appropriate.

• Worked with various internal departments and third party affiliates to locate and produce electronic and hard copy documents and

responded to discovery requests; coordinated with discovery vendors to image computers; drafted chronologies and timelines to assist

outside counsel and internal investigative teams.

• Corporate duties included initial drafting of software services contracts and business associate agreements including compliance with

HIPAA regulations; resolving legal language contract issues with sales force and customers in order to expedite closings; keeping

abreast of latest HIPAA regulations and data beach risk management and protocols; drafting and maintaining board of director and

committee agendas, meeting minutes and unanimous written consents for the Company and its various subsidiaries.

• Oversight of trademark files and submission of specimens for declarations of continued use; drafted subscription agreements, investor

rights agreements, stock option grants and issued stock certificates for investors; performed legal research and drafted Company

arbitration agreements, complied with immigration statutes to hire foreign software developers, and performed internal investigations

regarding employment disputes and claims.

• Maintained acquisition closing binders, articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificates of good standing and annual corporate filings for

all entities. Drafted schedules, researched and resolved UCC-1 lien issues, drafted board resolutions and consents and prepared

Secretary’s Certificates for credit facility transaction.

Contract Attorney

Kaye Scholer LLC and Baker Hostetler (Los Angeles, CA)

August 2012 – September 2013

Document review attorney for Kaye Scholer on patent litigation matter and Baker Hostetler on CERCLA environmental matter.

• Gained expertise in Relativity and Concordance document review platforms.

Fresenius-Kabi USA, fka APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC, fka Abraxis BioScience, LLC (Brentwood, CA)

January 2007 – August 2012

Corporate Counsel, May 2009 – August 2012

Promoted to corporate counsel of surviving entity APP Pharmaceuticals after Abraxis BioScience spin-off. Worked out of satellite Brentwood

office and reported directly to General Counsel.

• Managed outside counsel, including Morrison & Foerster, DLA Piper, Howrey and Seyfarth Shaw in numerous product liability

litigations, patent infringement litigations, and employment litigations. Closely monitored litigation budgets, prepared quarterly risk

management reports and coordinated reimbursement of legal fees through insurance claims.

• Worked closely with Medical Affairs and Regulatory departments to enhance pharmacovigilance reporting, HIPAA compliance and

proactively expedited labeling changes to effectively mitigate legal exposure.

• Drafted and negotiated common interest agreements, non-disclosure agreements, safety and FDA reporting agreements and various

vendor agreements. Traveled to corporate offices in Schaumburg, Illinois to assist in policy implementation as company shifted from

domestic to world-wide presence after acquisition by multinational Fresenius SE.

• Supervised file clerk, who maintained litigation and product files in both electronic and hard copy formats.

• Left Company after Brentwood legal offices relocated to corporate headquarters in Schaumburg, IL.

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Abraxis BioScience, LLC (Brentwood, CA)

Corporate Paralegal January 2007-May 2009

• Coordinated with outside counsel and internal departments to respond to discovery requests in cases involving patent infringement,

shareholder derivative suits, breach of contract, product liability and employment actions. Deposed as Person Most Knowledgeable

company witnesses pertaining to document management, retention and preservation, and collection protocols.

• Conducted legal research in-house to reduce reliance on outside counsel and related costs.

• Collected relevant documents, set-up and maintained physical and electronic data rooms and coordinated due diligence presentations

for various corporate mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs.

• Maintained IP files, including patent prosecution and trademark portfolios, and tracking and payment of world-wide annuities. Assisted

outside counsel in filing trademark statements of use with PTO.

• Handled oversight of Prescription Drug Reporting Act (PDRA) reporting requirements. Coordinated licensing and permitting of

various facilities. Monitored contract deliverable dates. Created and maintained legal files and calendaring systems.

• Supervised file clerk. Collaborated in outside counsel RFP process.

Kaye Scholer, LLC (Century City, CA)

November 1991- January 2007 (15+ years)

Litigation Paralegal

Responsible for assisting partners and associates in managing cases from start to finish, including participation in trials, arbitrations and

mediations.

• Experienced in document management, drafting and responding to discovery requests, subpoenas, assembly and fling of motions, trial

preparation, witness and exhibit lists, privilege logs, and executing on judgments.

• Managed costs to stay within litigation budgets and supervised contract paralegals.

• Case experience in toxic tort, employment, intellectual property, product liability, personal injury and insurance coverage litigation,

including MDL and JCCP actions; familiar with federal and state rules and appellate procedures.

• In product liability cases, consistently found old or hard-to-find medical records to contradict plaintiff claims and supervised extensive

background research on experts.

• Litigation duties included organizing and data-basing document productions, coordinating on-line review and redacting of millions of

pages of documents; drafting pleadings and declarations, cite-checking, preparing and maintaining litigation calendars, summarizing

deposition transcripts, technical reports and relevant documents, preparing time-lines and chronologies, and legal research; worked

with private investigators, expert witnesses and litigation support vendors; acted as attorney-client liaison; drafted writs of execution

and TRO regarding harassment.

EDUCATION

University of West Los Angeles School of Law J.D. 1999 • Class Rank 7/87

• nd th

Dean’s List, 2 year and 4 year

• American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law, 2nd year

• Completed J.D. program while working full-time at Kaye Scholer

• Licensed to practice law in the State of California, #213643

California State University, Los Angeles B.A. Journalism, 1985

• University Times, Editor-in-Chief, 1985

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