BRIAN G. FILLER

*** ******* ***, *** **** • Pittsburgh, PA 15222 • acn0yh@r.postjobfree.com • 703-***-****

Experience

Smith Butz LLC (Associate Attorney) May 2014- Present

Canonsburg, PA

• Representing clients in commercial litigation including presenting motions, interviewing witnesses

and managing arbitration cases

• Drafting briefs, pretrial pleadings and motions in shareholder and toxic tort litigation

• Negotiating and drafting opinion letters, licenses and contracts with Fortune 100 companies

• Advising municipal governments on a broad range of legal issues including drafting and editing

legislation, enforcement proceedings, contract negotiation, employment law and property

management

Pietragallo, Gordon, Alfano, Bosick, & Raspanti, LLP (Law Clerk) June 2011- August 2013

Pittsburgh, PA

• Researching case law in pharmaceutical product liability in preparation for mass tort litigation

• Drafting pleadings and briefs for defense in mail/wire fraud, bribery, and qui tam litigation

• Researching and educating members of firm on emerging E-Discovery rules and issues

• Preparing memos and pleadings in construction and worker’s compensation defense cases

Coulter Translational Research Partners (Pre-doctoral Fellow) December 2012-June 2013

Pittsburgh, PA

• Intellectual property and regulatory due diligence for developing medical startups

• Creating business models and commercialization strategies for innovative medical products

• Legal research and assistance in business planning and strategy development, including primary

market analysis, barriers to entry, customer discovery, and reimbursement pathways

• Developing funding strategies and targets including strategic partners, investors and entrepreneurs

Bar Memberships

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2013

• United States District Court, W.D.P.A., 2013

Education

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA

• Juris Doctor, May 2013

• Honors: Donald I. Mortiz Scholarship

• Thesis: International E-Discovery & Blocking Statutes: Modifying the U.S. Approach in

Foreign Litigation

• Activities: Allegheny County Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division)

• DRI (Defense Research Institute)

Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, May 2010

• Honors: Dean’s Scholarship

• Thesis: The Effect of Career Choice (intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation) on Happiness in

College Alumni, (year long independent research project, orally defended).

• Activities: Phi Delta Theta (President)

Allegheny Student Government (Representative)

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