THOMAS A. COZ

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Cincinnati, Ohio 45238-5018 E-Mail: acvh0h@r.postjobfree.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., Cincinnati, Ohio 2015 – Present

Vice President of Legal and Compliance Affairs

• Responsible for all legal matters, including contract drafting, review, and negotiations with clients and vendors;

• Manage litigation involving company and hire / direct outside counsel, as needed;

• Advise senior management regarding changing legal standards that impact Company’s business;

• Attend national background check industry trade association (NAPBS) meetings on behalf of Company;

• Responsible for full compliance with Fair Credit Reporting Act and other federal, state, local laws and regulations. COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1983 – Present

• Adjunct Instructor, 1999 to present, at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College teaching Business Law 1, Business Law 2, Hospitality Law, and E-Commerce Law courses;

• Instructor, Xavier University Paralegal Certificate Program teaching paralegal core and substantive law courses;

• Visiting Professor, Xavier University teaching undergraduate and MBA Business Law and Ethics courses;

• Adjunct Professor, Xavier University teaching undergraduate and MBA Business Law and Ethics courses at Xavier and at Midway College in Kentucky;

• Adjunct Professor, The University of Findlay teaching Masters Level Environmental Law and Policy courses on campus at Findlay, at Fernald Environmental Cleanup Project, at Battelle Institute and at other locations;

• Adjunct Instructor, National College of Business & Technology teaching Business Communication course;

• Adjunct Professor, Hocking College teaching Construction law courses, including labor and employment law, litigation and real estate law, to contractors and construction employees at Scarlet Oaks Career Development campus and at Miami Valley Career Development Center;

• Adjunct Professor, Northern Kentucky University teaching labor relations / negotiation / dispute resolution course. ARCHDIOCESE OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati, Ohio

2011 – 2014

Safe Environment Coordinator for Children and Youth

• Trained over 425 facilitators in diverse, multicultural settings on how to present child protection training seminars to over 70,000 clerics, employees and volunteers;

• Directed Safe Environment Department; supervised State of Ohio and FBI background checks in multiple on-line databases for 19 SW Ohio counties;

• Created policies and procedures to implement new child protection training programs;

• Prepared for and supervised compliance with annual U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops audits;

• Involvement in employee discipline matters and consults with HR Department regarding policy matters;

• Contract and policy drafting, reviews, and negotiations. WILD FLAVORS, INC., Erlanger, Kentucky

2005 – 2010

General Counsel, Senior Director Regulatory and External Relations, Corporate Secretary

• Directed three person Legal and 14 person Regulatory Compliance departments for international company;

• HR counsel, including health benefits management, employee terminations, EEOC charges, unemployment and workers compensation claim matters; draft and negotiate multiple employee separation agreements, etc;

• Substantial complex contract work, including insurance, real estate leasing, purchase / sale, IP and IT licensing, banking, confidentiality, customer / vendor sales and raw material contracts, and maintained all contract files;

• Directed all outside litigation counsel; lead mediations and negotiated successful conclusions to litigated disputes;

• Prepared and maintained all department litigation and regulatory budgets.

LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS A. COZ, Cincinnati, Ohio

1995 – 2010

Attorney

• Extensive estate planning, probate, HR, labor, employment, benefits, insurance, contract, immigration, commercial and residential real estate, environmental, and corporate law matters;

• Negotiated employee terminations, outplacement consultations and related document reviews (on behalf of both management and employees) for domestic and foreign based clients;

• Performed all accounting, cash management, payroll, and other HR related duties for 28 part-time employees. BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF, Cincinnati, Ohio 1992 – 1995

Attorney

• Environmental, contract, corporate, real estate, labor and employment law matters;

• Extensive work with local, state and federal government regulatory agencies and private party litigants. PEPSICO, INC., Fort Wayne, Indiana

Pre – 1992

Attorney

• Counsel to PepsiCo’s northAmerican® Van Lines subsidiary for contract, corporate, labor, employment, benefits, immigration, real estate and asset acquisition / sale matters;

• Helped prepare documents to sell northAmerican® to Norfolk Southern Corporation and attended closing;

• EEOC, NLRB, U.S.DOL, U.S.DOT and related government agency negotiations and rulemakings;

• Government relations counsel and Secretary to company’s Political Action Committee;

• Extensive federal lobbying for company and national industry trade association. EDUCATION

Executive Management Training Program at The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland;

Juris Doctor - University of Cincinnati, College of Law; B.A., summa cum laude Business, History and French (class rank: 1 / 289) - Xavier University Fredin Scholar (three semesters entirely in French) at Sorbonne in Paris, France Degré Annuel, with HONORS, from University of Paris - Sorbonne (class rank: 13 / 350) MEMBERSHPS

Licensed to practice law in Ohio and Indiana;

Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts in Ohio and Indiana; Member of Association of Corporate Counsel, Ohio State, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Bar Associations; Member of National Association of Professional Background Screening Trade Association.

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