Intellectual Property Lawyer / Corporate Counsel / Engineer

Nick Nenadic

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SUMMARY

Corporate counsel, engineer and registered patent attorney with additional experience as a contract management and compliance leader. A successful track-record of leading all in-house corporate and commercial legal activities, including international sales, negotiations and execution tasks. Worked in Fortune 500 Global companies as well as international private conglomerates with senior management and all internal personnel; including outside legal, tax, mediation and arbitration counsels. Expertise includes intellectual property identification and protection, project and consulting engineering, international business transactions, procurement and supply contracting, including all forms of contract drafting / negotiation on behalf of the corporation. Experienced in private law practice and litigation.

Key Skills:

Corporate

Counsel:

Drafting, negotiation and management of all forms of business contracts including administration of all corporate legal matters and, when required, the management of outside legal, insurance, tax and other support personnel. Experienced in working closely with commercial, technical and management personnel to advise and resolve issues and strategy.

Engineering and

Intellectual

Property

Management:

Skilled in engineering, project execution / management, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property matters, including iron / steel consulting and railroad. Delivered intellectual property reviews, technical evaluations, prepared and negotiated license agreements, trade secret management and dispute resolution; including business cooperation agreements. Credentialed with an advanced law degree in Intellectual Property and is a USPTO registered patent attorney. Contract

Management and

Corporate

Compliance

Leader:

Led teams and developed high-value commercial contract management and compliance activities with internal and external parties on behalf of the largest steelmaker in the world. Accountable for analysis and management of multi-billion dollar contracts and associated contract audits / recoveries. Reported results to domestic and international high-level management. Developed administration and compliance systems and trained direct reports in the reading, interpretation and evaluation of contracts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE, Merrillville, IN 1991 – Present Attorney-at-law

Performed legal reviews, research and document drafting work, including client case evaluations in reference to contracts, real estate matters and personal injury cases / litigation. Prepared and managed discovery materials, including document requests and depositions.

Maintained pro-active communication channels with clients; managing their cases and materials.

Prepared insurance and cost billings, case file and demand summaries.

Researched and prepared technical evaluations and contract reviews; including materials for mediation and settlements.

Finalized mediation/case settlements with opposing counsel and clients. Nick Nenadic Page 2

ARCELORMITTAL USA LLC, East Chicago, IN June 2010 – October 2018 Integrated steelmaker with global operations with multi-billion-dollar revenues and 18,000 employees; USA component of the largest steelmaker in the world. Manager – Contract Administration and Compliance

Reported to the Vice President of USA Procurement, with regular reporting to USA CEO / CFO; responsible for enterprise-wide analysis and reporting of the contracting process with respect to the administration and management of all contracts; responsibilities included training and managing personnel associated with the commercial contract approval and contract management processes with a team of five and accountability for annual spend of over $5B.

Analyzed and organized contracts and internal contracting activities. Developed and documented contract compliance activities associated with multi-billion dollar / high-value raw materials contracts, including those with suppliers of: coal, coke, iron ore, energy, refractories and mills services. Developed recommended global compliance system activities and standardized USA monthly reporting to ArcelorMittal Domestic/Global Management. Trained and sensitized Purchasing and other personnel to their responsibilities in managing their assigned contracts; including standardizing detailed invoice review procedures to deliver the highest immediate added-value for the corporation.

Designed and managed a documents system for AMUSA personnel. Worked with external suppliers to custom design an advanced and secure contract document management system accessible by authorized individuals from across AMUSA. Streamlined and increased contract and compliance information availability in an authorized/secure fashion to personnel across the corporation by automating contract performance reminders to responsible parties and eliminating missed contract date-based events. The system empowered personnel by making important information available to manage assigned contracts.

Established and managed a contract administration group of four employees for AMUSA in accordance to Global Management Board requirements; established contract compliance standards and coordinated the development of local procedures with AM Luxembourg. Trained personnel to analyze contracts and their individual contract compliance responsibilities. Realized millions of dollars in savings attributed to contract compliance group activities, representing recoveries from suppliers based on the new strict enforcement of contract terms.

Prepared and reviewed critical contract management processes with major stakeholders from Operations, Finance, Legal, Research, Management, etc.; evaluating/reinforcing controls on all activities. Designed mechanisms to bridge gaps.

Drafted documents associated with Contract Administration / Compliance; drafted a comprehensive Operating and Training Manual for group personnel / external audit / others.

Developed and managed a new Complex Contract Management process and designed new software with an outside vendor.

Managed the review, drafting and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures. DANIELI CORUS, Buttrio, Italy / IJmuiden, The Netherlands / USA January 1992 – June 2010 An international supplier of technology, engineering, and equipment for the iron/steel and heavy industrial sectors with $2.7B Ein revenue and 9,000 employees. General Counsel, 1998 – 2010

Reported to the President and Director of Sales and worked in the European and USA offices of Danieli Corus, in IJmuiden, Pittsburgh, Merrillville and Schererville, USA. Responsible for enterprise wide contracting, intellectual property and legal matters for Danieli Corus, Inc., including Canada, Inc. and BV

(The Netherlands). Supported functional teams across the business as Legal Counsel and managed outside counsel.

Drafted and negotiated large industry design/supply/turn-key contracts, in the areas of iron making / blast furnaces, steel-making and aluminum smelter fume treatment installations. Prepared and negotiated $200M plus domestic contracts for blast furnace re-builds / new supply.

Traveled extensively / internationally, drafted and finalized contracts with clients in the USA, Europe, Australia, China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Bosnia and Russia. Worked with technical and purchasing personnel on project design issues, budget reviews and contract acquisition.

Developed contract relationships with sub-suppliers; reviewing capabilities and contract scope of work divisions.

Investigated taxation provisions and worked with outside specialists when required. Worked with insurance specialists to review / coordinate all-risk, general, umbrella and professional liability insurance requirements.

Led teams of attorneys on matters including personnel injury claims, property damage claims, breach of contract claims, lien filings, arbitration preparation / issues.

Developed a program for intellectual property management/including licensing matters/claims: o Drafted and standardized corporate non-disclosure agreements. o Negotiated confidentiality agreements with technology partners and customers, Prepared licensing and software agreements and technology development agreements with partners/ competitors.

o Advised corporate management on patent, trade secret and IP matters. o Assessed corporate trade secret portfolio.

o Worked with outside counsel on licensing/litigation issues. o Completed a corporate sponsored advanced course of study for an LLM in Intellectual Property, with Honors.

o Worked with outside counsel coordinating lengthy arbitration proceedings. Prepared technical/ legal analysis of contract provisions, as drafted, resulting in favorable arbitration results.

o Managed all internal investigations of litigation issues; responsible for all insurance contacts and claims.

o Worked with insurance adjusters and their experts to obtain multi-million-dollar insurance recoveries on professional liability claims.

Legal Counsel and Contracts Manager, 1995 – 1997

Worked in the USA offices of Hoogovens Technical Services, Pittsburg, PA, and later out of HTS offices in Merrillville, IN.; reporting to the President, HTS USA offices.

Prepared / negotiated contract documentation and managed commercial, technical and contract issues.

Traveled extensively as required preparing / negotiating contracts and purchase orders with clients in the USA, Europe, Australia, Bosnia, Mexico, the Ukraine, South America and South Africa. Manager of Contracts, 1992 – 1994

Worked in the European offices of Hoogovens Technical Services BV (HTS) in IJmuiden, NL, and resided in The Netherlands; reported to the Director of Sales / President.

Worked on engineering, design, supply, turn-key and licensing agreements related to the world- wide business interests of HTS. Traveled in Europe, Africa and Australia supporting HTS technical teams and drafting / negotiating contracts.

EARLY CAREER ROLES:

RUMAN, CLEMENTS, AND TOBIN, Hammond, IN (1991-1992) Worked for a law firm as an associate attorney.

Associate Attorney, 1991 - 1992

Managed personal injury cases.

Interviewed clients and participated in discovery preparation and depositions.

Prepared claim and settlement documentation.

Negotiated settlements with insurance adjusters.

Worked with attorneys preparing trial and litigation strategies and documentation.

Prepared technical opinions and documentation for class-action litigation involving the petroleum industry.

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INLAND STEEL COMPANY, East Chicago, IN (JUNE 1981 – JUNE 1991) A domestic, integrated manufacturer of iron/steel products. Work included an 80” Hot Strip Mill assignment, a plant Yield Committee assignment, a Steelmaking Shop assignment and a Central Engineering Department assignment.

Senior Engineer, 1987-1991

Developed and implemented a computer control model for width control on rolling equipment in the 80” Hot Strip Mill; helped save millions of dollars in yield by reducing coil width overage by over a half inch.

Participated in the first plant-wide Yield Committee and Processes and Practices Group to help improve inter-departmental quality performance, focusing on slab dimensional control and downstream processing; including cold-mill delay performance. Instituted SPC in areas of the 80” Hot Strip Mill.

Worked on new in-house equipment; re-designed an automatic crop shear positioning platform / sensors for the 80” HSM Finishing area to help reduce crop length on transfer bars, saving millions in yearly crop loss.

Worked in the new #4BOF Vacuum Degasser facility and participated in a project to reduce nitrogen infiltration in the snorkel area. Re-designed the snorkel flange cooling chambers/cooling gasket areas and vessel heat-shields leading to immediate nitrogen reduction and improved customer product performance.

Worked within the Central Engineering Department planning the purchase and installation of new production equipment. Worked extensively with internal and external engineers. Led team effort to investigate and purchase a new multi-million dollar laminar flow cooling system. System start-up confirmed improvements in metallurgical properties of steel coils rolled on the 80“ Hot Strip Mill.

Supervised turn production activities and operating personnel in the 80” HSM.

Investigated hot rolling quality improvements such as scale reduction, sliver formation and cobble reduction strategies.

Studied and reported production and quality issues to hot mill management resulting in production improvements and maintenance savings.

UNION TANK CAR COMPANY, East Chicago, IN (JUNE 1978 – JUNE 1981) A domestic manufacturer of railroad tank cars and related equipment. Project / Product Engineer, 1978 - 1981

Wrote technical specifications for tank car orders; tracked shop activities / fabrications.

Coordinated the purchase of tank car components.

Wrote the first Fortran-based internal computer programs for plate lay-out development for the rolling of tank car fabrications.

Inspected the shop-production of tank car orders and schedule reporting.

Worked with research and weld shop technical personnel on product development.

Designed a new hopper-car safety cover and received a patent. EDUCATION

LLM (HONORS), Intellectual Property, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL JD, Law, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL BS, Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CERTIFICATIONS

Bar Admission:

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Attorney # 46455 Indiana Supreme Court, Attorney #14919-45

Illinois Supreme Court, Attorney #6200183

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