Matthew C. Dudas

**** ******** **. • Brookfield, WI 53045 • 612-***-**** • abhr78@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________________

William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN Juris Doctor, 2008

University of Minnesota Bachelor of the Arts, 2004

Major: History, Minor: Political Science

Honors: Dean’s List 3 Semesters

Study Abroad: Arcadia, Center for Hellenic Studies and Research, 2002, Athens, Greece

EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________________________

GE Healthcare, Wauwatosa, WI Attorney/Legal Compliance Manager, 5/2010-1/2011

• Drafted a variety of types of commercial healthcare contracts and agreements

• Screened and tracked third party dealers for commercial legal compliance for all of the U.S. and Canada

• Monitored third party dealers for instances of fraud and poor business practices prior to drafting

contracts

• Significantly increased third party dealer compliance for almost six hundred GE healthcare distributors

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Milwaukee, WI Short Sale Negotiator, 6/2009-05/2010

• Negotiated short sales on homes facing foreclosure

• Facilitated negotiations between realtors, potential purchasers and investors in order to make offers fit

within investor guidelines for acceptable short sales

• Assisted and counseled homeowners through the foreclosure and short sale process

Tenth Judicial District Public Defender’s Office, Anoka, MN Attorney/Legal Clerk, 4/2007-8/2008

• Successfully litigated several misdemeanor criminal trials

• Interviewed and represented clients during arraignments, pre-trial hearings, extraditions and probation

violation hearings

• Negotiated and represented clients in guilty pleas, leading to reduced sentences

Spherion, Minneapolis, MN Legal Clerk, 5/2005-7/2005; 6/2006-8/2006

• Document review including critical reading and editing of legal documents at Target Corporate and 3M

• Coded, filed and condensed legal documents during discovery process of litigation

Legal Access Point, Minneapolis, MN Volunteer Legal Clerk, 1/2006-6/2006

• Helped low income and culturally diverse clients with completing and filing forms and motions

• Assisted clients through the process of creating and filing complaints with the court

• Researched a variety of legal questions in paper and internet

• Observed attorney/client advice on a variety of legal issues

Randstad North America, Bloomington, MN Test Scorer, 3/2005-7/2005

• Scored standardized essay tests for high school students across the county

• Learned and applied objective scoring matrices to tests of varying subjects

BAR MEMBERSHIP_____________________________________________________________

• Admitted to the Minnesota State Bar, 1/2009

• Admitted to Wisconsin State Bar, 4/2009

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