Matthew C. Dudas
**** ******** **. • Brookfield, WI 53045 • 612-***-**** • *******.*****@*****.***
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