Matthew L. Tuck, J.D., M.B.A.

**** ******** ***. • Lansing, MI, 48917 • 248-***-**** • ac7u3i@r.postjobfree.com Intellectually curious JD/MBA with Deep Learning in Law, Business and IT

KEY SKILLS

• Legal & IT Project Management

• M&A, Due Diligence & Financial Modeling

• Sales & Marketing Management

• Risk Management, HIPAA & Privacy

Compliance

• Deep Legal Software, EMR Software Admin

Experience

• Large Document Review Management

• Complex Litigation, eDiscovery & Litigation

Management

• General Counsel/In House Legal Experience

• Medical Practice/Healthcare Management

• Coach, Mentor, Teacher & Lifelong Learner

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

How to Manage a Small Law Firm

Coconut Grove, Florida

4/2018 - Present

Law firm management and consulting firm providing fractional CEO, COO and CFO services for law firms with revenues between $250,000 and $18 million

Fractional CEO/COO, Coach and Consultant – Provide fractional CEO and COO services for law firm clients in areas of law firm management, policies and procedures, risk management, sales, marketing, P&L, HR, and financial management.

* Direct Sales and Marketing Efforts for Client Firms, including creating marketing plans, sales teams, addressing product-market fit, tracking sales and marketing KPIs.

* Implement Office Policies, Procedures and Systems to streamline running of firms and transforming them from law practices to real businesses, review agreements.

* Assist and Direct Firm Owners in creation of detailed business, financial, sales and marketing plans.

* Help Client Firms to Increase annual revenues by 100%+ year over year, every year.

* Coach Law Firm Owners in how to work less, earn more and run their firms like a real business.

Computing Source, Madison Heights, Michigan

9/2016 – 4/2018

Litigation support firm specializing in eDiscovery, Cybersecurity, Computer Forensic and Expert Services to law firms Director of

Consulting/Associate General Counsel – Provide legal and project management services for internal clients, as well as consulting for external legal and other clients in the areas of cybersecurity, data governance, computer forensics, eDiscovery, expert services.

* Drafted Arbitration/Mediation Summaries and Attended Litigation and Settlement Conferences on behalf of company in litigation matters (collections, contract law, labor, etc.) and advise management/general counsel on litigation strategy.

* Collaborated with and Supported management, IT staff, and general counsel in creating standardized agreements and contractual templates, clauses/language, and designed contract management system (MSAs, SOWs, Change Orders, etc.); assisted senior management, general and external counsel with legal strategy, transactional matters, litigation, internal investigation, drafting pleadings, witness preparation and other duties.

* Established, Designed and Managed Legal Project Management Processes (including scoping, budgeting, scheduling, resource management/allocation) for complex litigation matters and assist external clients/counsel with investigation, witness interviews, forensic collection of documents and electronic evidence, implementing legal holds and preservation protocols, processing, review, production of documents, all while helping clients to control costs and provide defensible productions.

* Implemented and Maintained internal controls, protocols and programs to ensure compliance with HIPAA, privacy, case/matter and contract management, and evolving state and federal laws and court rules.

Managed Large eDiscovery Document Reviews, including hiring/firing reviewers, participating as front- line reviewer (first pass, QC, privilege reviews) using various document review platforms (Relativity, Catalyst, Summation, Concordance, Eclipse, xTerra, Everlaw, TAR tools, etc.). Also acted as review database administrator.

* Consulted with Internal and External Clients on best practices in eDiscovery, computer forensics, ransomware responses, data governance, privacy, litigation holds, collections, cybersecurity and strategy.

Created and Executed Marketing campaigns, including social media strategy, creating of video content; introduced new products and created roadmaps to roll out campaigns.

* Conceived, Prototyped and Implemented internal IT Strategies, conceived and promoted change management through new and innovative business models, drove software rollouts to improve management time and billing, sales pipeline, CRM, and project management, contract management; trained staff and integrated various platforms to create project management matrix and information sharing portal for clients.

* Identified, Tracked and Presented Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for sales leads, marketing, revenue projections for management; identified new technologies and products to improve bottom line; designed and maintained leadership dashboards for management.

* Created and Presented seminars and materials to executive clients (attorneys, partners, in-house counsel, C- suite executives), including white papers, case studies, newsletters, fliers and video to internal staff and external clients. Specialize in translating bleeding edge (and not bleeding edge) technology into language attorneys, executives and staff can understand and act upon.

* Investigated, Negotiated and Managed agreements for IT hardware, eDiscovery, SaaS and IaaS software and support with vendors; manage external vendors.

F.I.T. Management, L.L.C., d/b/a Germbusters, Elgin, Illinois

1/2016 – 9/2016

Infectious Disease Medical Practice and Nutraceutical/Probiotics web start-up providing products to the general public. Chief Operations Officer – COO for existing infectious disease medical practice and business startups responsible for IT, HR, drafting, review of contracts and oversight of risk management/compliance.

* Managed IT, EHR GE Centricity software, data governance, HR, training, hiring, firing of staff.

* Managed Legal Affairs and outside counsel, including compliance with HIPAA, Stark Law, privacy, anti- kickback rules, Computer Security Audits and implemented new technology and software to manage processes in faster, more efficient ways.

* Prepared and Filed Meaningful Use compliance reports, responded to CMS Audits, prepared and filed Meaningful Use appeals, conducted security audit, IT/HIPAA risk management.

* Managed Licensing, Credentialing and Insurance for all physicians and PAs, including state licensing, DEA, hospital and clinic credential processes, and CMS compliance reporting.

* Drafted Appeals, Pleadings and other litigation materials, including administrative appeals, subpoena responses, eDiscovery responses, reviewed employment agreements, NDAs, noncompetes, SaaS, licensing, contracts and other legal documents.

* Responsible for Risk Management involving IT, device policies, compliance, monitoring patient Protected Health Information (PHI), HIPAA breaches, Electronic Medical Record systems, password policies and internal systems.

* Coaching, Educating and Mentoring Staff in all areas of customer service, compliance, data handling, insurance processing, procedures for entering patient information into the EHR system (GE Centricity).

HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN, LLP, Detroit, Michigan

1/2008 – 8/2015 Leading business law firm serving clients locally, nationally and internationally with 275 attorneys.

* Litigation Support Manager – Managed all litigation/software support operations in business litigation firm working/consulting with senior partners, associates, staff, clients and vendors. Managed budgets, vendors, outside counsel/review teams, analyzed business cases, prepared progress reports, and group presentations for stakeholders.

* Built Litigation Support Department from scratch in busy litigation/corporate law firm with five offices, converting litigation support function from cost center to profit center with revenues in excess of $500,000 per year.

* Built and Managed Domestic and International Project Teams of 100+ individuals to assist clients (internal and external) in matters involving IP, M&A, venture capital, private equity, due diligence, and contract negotiation (matters of $325 million +).

* Consulted with senior attorneys and clients and other stakeholders on domestic and international commercial litigation, E-Discovery, digital forensics, HIPAA compliance, risk management, international privacy, and other matters providing strategic vision, technology solutions to assist in brokering favorable resolutions.

* Drafted, Negotiated and Managed complex contracts with IT vendors, temporary agencies and software makers/serviced providers, including complicated MSAs. Identified, beta and pilot tested software and hardware. Managed relationships with dozens of vendors.

* Managed Ediscovery and Document Review on hundreds of high-value commercial litigation cases, including those involving large IT contracts ($100 million+), Tier 1 suppliers, OEMs, and auto dealerships.

* Conducted Due Diligence on open source/free cloud, translation (Google, Babelfish), document sharing

(DropBox, Box, SugarSync) and other platforms to assess suitability of such services for legal requirements balancing needs of attorneys in light of legal confidentiality and other risks presented by on-line, cloud services, and SaaS platforms. Advised attorneys and management on likely risks and identifying low cost alternatives to free/open source.

* Presented Complex, Highly Technical Processes using PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, dashboards and other tools to nontechnical attorneys, partners, clients, and corporate counsel in understandable way in high-value cases (from $10 million to $1 billion in play).

POWERS CHAPMAN DEAGOSTINO MEYERS & MILA, P.C., Troy, Michigan

7/2001 – 12/2007

Full service AV rated law firm with 75 attorneys and staff.

IT Director 2/2005 – 12/2007

* Managed IT operations including maintenance and upgrading of all network servers, internet, training, vendor management, PC hardware and software for busy law firm.

* Partnered with Stakeholders at all levels of firm and clients’ firms, including partner level, C-suite, using data and metrics to present business case, vet, beta test and select software packages (ediscovery, databases, automated document creation, legal research, due diligence, trial presentation, matter management, document management, time and billing, accounting, etc.).

* Served as Subject Matter Expert advising clients on wills, estates, trusts, durable powers of attorney, corporate formation, operating agreements, buy-sell, corporate strategy, and marketing.

Vetted, Selected and Managed Software and Vendors resulting in savings to firm of over 50% in annual IT costs. Negotiated agreements with vendors.

* Managed Business Continuity, network security, archiving, spam filters, FTP site, and document review platforms.

* Trained Attorneys and Staff in use of new hardware and software and authored detailed training materials.

Successfully Overhauled and Rewrote Content for firm website and saved firm 50% in hosting and other charges through improved vendor management.

* Implemented Vastly Improved Backup And Disaster Recovery procedures for entire firm.

Attorney 7/2001 – 12/2007

* Represented clients in litigation, appeals, insurance, employment, corporate, contract, and business matters in both state and federal courts.

* Successfully Represented hundreds of clients in all phases of litigation and arbitrations in state and federal court in numerous high-value personal injury, commercial contract litigation, product, general civil, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, regulatory compliance and criminal matters from case intake through appeal.

* Retained as Arbitrator And Mediator in high-value commercial litigation matters.

* Subject Matter Expert on contracts, new business formation and commercial litigation.

* First Chair Attorney on 20+ civil and criminal jury trials (state and federal court); tried/resolved cases for clients with recoveries in excess of $10 million.

* Wrote Extensive Training Manuals on policies/procedures and proprietary computer system for firm's largest practice group (legal insurance services group) and trained staff and attorneys on legal and technology matters.

* Designed and Led firm business development and marketing efforts through improved web presence, social media, electronic newsletter (25,000+ circulation), market research, seminars, blog, and written materials.

EDUCATION

University of Michigan – Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

University of Detroit School of Law, Detroit, Michigan - Juris Doctor (JD)

Albion College, Albion, Michigan - Bachelor of Arts (BA)

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Author – Seven Ways to Save Big on eDiscovery (Whitepaper, 2017)

* Author – Swimming with Cyber Criminals: Beware of Phishing, Spear Phishing and Five More Kinds of “ishing” You Probably Never Heard of Before (Whitepaper, 2017)

* Author - The Ransomware Epidemic: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business (Whitepaper, 2017)

* Author – Using the PPLS AS/400 System (Proprietary Computer System Training Manual)

* Author - "Taxability of Disability Benefits: A Trap for the Disabled Employee?" (Article, Michigan Tax Lawyer, Winter 2003)

* Creator/Author – "Law & Argument" (Law Firm Blog, 2006 - 2008)

* Editor/Writer – Powers Chapman e-Newsletter (2005 – 2008)

* Seminar Presenter - "Litigation Support in the In the Age of E-Discovery" (ALSP, W. Mich. Chapter, 2010)

Expert level proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, CRM tools

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