SHELLIE KARNO, ESQ.

**** **** **** ****** ~ Chicago, Illinois 60622 • 773-***-**** • actbiu@r.postjobfree.com

Accomplished attorney with proven success in providing expert legal advice and compliance counseling in a variety of corporate settings. As an experienced legal member of the executive team, my strength is developing and taking a leadership role in providing legal and compliance solutions and converting them into channels for organizational growth and revenue. I've implemented critical systems and forged links among multi-functioning teams, and built departments from the ground up. I am a creative problem solver with a clear communication style. My particular areas of expertise include:

Regulatory Compliance Corporate Governance Compliance Training

Insurance & Claims Employment Contract Development

Litigation Oversight Privacy & Security Complex Transactions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NORWEGIAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois 2012 - Present

Corporate Counsel

Advise CEO, Board of Trustees, and Executive Team in all aspects of corporate matters including Governance, Compliance, Operations, Employment, Settlement Negotiations, and Policy.

Compliance analysis of complex transactions, including joint ventures, Information Technology, outsourcing and purchase agreements, real property, and employment agreements.

Corporate governance and board of directors support for numerous corporate entities.

Advise Human Resources department on all aspects of employment & labor matters; policy development & review; representation in employment discrimination, wage & hour and other claims.

Responsible for review and recommendation related to laws, regulations and statutory framework and advice on implementation of risk adverse practices.

Management of audits, investigations, and self- disclosures related to regulatory and billing matters, Privacy & Security of data, and employment and human rights matters.

Developed effective approaches to staff education and training, and employee relations.

Successful high level leadership role in organizational initiatives and operations, government relations and community affairs.

LOWIS & GELLEN, Chicago, Illinois 2003 – 2012

Of Counsel

Established successful practice providing comprehensive services, individually worked with clients to understand unique business and financial needs, researched current regulatory laws and implemented personalized plans for resolution.

Negotiate d independent contractor, employment, lease, purchase, service and provider contracts within appropriate compliance framework.

Counseled Compliance Officer to strategize, develop and implement institution-wide compliance plan that included implementing procedures for internal audits, HIPAA protection, confidentiality issues, conflicts of interests and a Code of Conduct. Led to satisfaction of OIG required Corporate Integrity Agreement.

Developed physician credentialing process in order to minimize risk exposure by evaluating individual malpractice history and assessing overall hospital exposure. Successfully implemented to satisfy Sarbanes-Oxley and state law due diligence standards for corporate governance.

Represented academic and university faculty in employment claims.

ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois 2002 – 2003

Director of Risk Management

Restructured risk and claims management process for recent acquisition, ensuring its operational functions coordinated with the parent corporation’s insurance and claims handling structure.

Educated and trained on compliance, privacy issues, business ethics by conducting educational sessions tailored to meet specific needs of individual departments.

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JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS 1999 – 2001

Office of General Counsel

Partnered with multi-functional healthcare and business teams to develop an industry-recognized accreditation programs that clearly established standards for numerous healthcare settings.

Managed internal appeals hearing process for health care organizations with preliminary non-accreditation decisions.

Created compliance review and editing process for all publications, monologues and guidebooks published by the organization that generated several millions of dollars in revenue annually.

Developed computer based management tool for successfully organizing, tracking and coordinating application status of pending trademarks and copyrights.

COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois 1993 –1999

Director and Associate Administrator

Established and operated a new in-house, risk management legal department: hired and trained key legal staff, authored and implemented departmental policies and strategies, created a risk oversight function and coordinated continuing education opportunities for medical and professional staff. These endeavors led to hospital gaining JCAHO accreditation.

Monitored medical liability reserves in excess of $100 million by developing specific auditing procedures within risk management department.

RESURRECTION HEALTH CARE CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois 1989 –1993

Director of Risk Management

REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL 1987-1989

Law Clerk/Attorney

WILLIAM D. MADDUX AND ASSOCIATES, Chicago, IL 1986-1987

Law Clerk

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Chicago, Illinois 1980 –1985

Assistant Head Nurse, Labor and Delivery

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois

Diploma in Nursing, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, Illinois

Selected CREDENTIALS, PRESENTATIONS, AND AFFILIATIONS

PUBLICATIONS: “Standards of Nursing Practice” Ohio Law, Western Schools Press, 2002 • “Legal Beat” Peoria Medical Society Journal, 2003 – 2006 (Contributing Author) • “Tort Reform – A View from All Sides” and “Defending Your License” Journal of Nursing Law, Winter 2006 • Health Law for Nurse Leaders, Springer Publications, April 2011, ISBN 978- 082*******.

PRESENTATIONS/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Crisis Standards of Care Legal Committee, Illinois Department of Public Health, 2014- 2016

• Robert Morris University Graduate School of Management, Faculty, 2011 - current.

• Loyola University School of Law’s Institute of Health Law, Clinical Extern Supervisor, 2003 – Current

• Planning Council & Symposium Speaker, American Association of Nurse Attorneys Conference, 2005

• Quarterly Lecture Planning Committee, Illinois Association of Health Law Attorneys, 2005 – 2006

• Panelist, Chicago Center for Clinical Ethics; 2003

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: President, Decalogue Society of Lawyers • Foundation Board Member, American Association of Nurse Attorneys •American Health Lawyers Association • Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys.

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