LUIS PADILLA, JR.

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Fort Atkinson, WI 53538

Home: 920-***-****

Cell: 708-***-****

accw8h@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

Bi-lingual Human Resources Professional with emphasis on employment and

labor matters with in-house counsel experience

Bi-Lingual, (Spanish) Human Resources consultant/attorney with not-for

profits, in house counsel and judicial experience. Leader in employee

relation's activities across North America. Skilled at creating and

embedding policies and programs to support a contemporary and world-class

work environment in health care, utilities, manufacturing, and public

sector environments. Wide breadth of experience including excellent

employee relations, compliance, risk mitigation, litigation and strategy,

as well as expertise in Civil Rights, Discrimination, Employment, Labor,

Municipal, Education, Health Care, Immigration, and Public Interest Law. In

house counsel experience in populations of 10,000 or more. A highly

skilled communicator that is able to respond quickly and effectively to

managers and leaders as needed. Approach and value philosophy on doing the

right thing as well as proven background in creating policy and programs

that help drive a winning culture and employee satisfaction. Strengths

include team leadership, contract and policy administration, and

organizational development. Skilled negotiator. Possess excellent

situation analysis, judgment, decision-making, legal writing and oral

presentation skills.

Employee and Labor Relations

. Wide breadth of experience including evaluating, managing employment

related matters, employee relations, civil rights litigation, contract

negotiation and administration, interpretation, representation of

employers in arbitration proceedings, training, compliance, risk

mitigation, labor litigation and strategy, investigation of civil

rights charges and formulation of complaint responses

. In-house counsel experience in organizations of 10,000 or more;

reviewing, developing and recommending human resource policies and

operating procedures as well as regulatory and policy interpretation

. Provide counsel on investigations and disciplinary actions,

terminations, employment agreements

. Prepared position statements responding to discrimination charges,

provided organizational advice regarding information requests,

subpoenas and court orders

. Managed federal and state litigation, administrative proceedings and

arbitrations involving employment law matters before State and Federal

agencies

. Organizational liaison with outside counsel relative to employment

matters, including oversight of case discovery and case resolution.

. Managed teams of legal, professional, paraprofessional and support

staff in three different organizations.

. Analyzed legislation, prepared speeches, and delivered public

information sessions on Employment, Discrimination, Civil Rights,

Affirmative Action, and immigration issues.

. Created a tracking system to keep immigration documents and employment

files current, which reduced employer liability.

. Conducted employee audits and provided analysis of corporate workforce

vulnerabilities.

. Successfully coordinated union avoidance campaigns maintaining

employer union free status

. Track record of contract review and analysis, identification of

strategic opportunities and gaps, determining solutions and

implementation, and creating written policies consistent with ethical

practices.

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. Skilled negotiator and leader of employee relations activities in

organizations across North America

. Significant experience representing employers through the grievance

process and at arbitration hearings.

. Represented employers in court proceedings, administrative hearings,

and governmental investigations and inquiries.

Compliance Management

. Ensured alignment with compliance standards and regulatory

requirements, with particular emphasis on employment regulatory

matters, HIPAA privacy requirements and security of health

information.

. Identified compliance risks from every business line and managed them

by providing training, advice, testing and monitoring.

. Carried out compliance planning for every business line.

. Held compliance training and responsible for updating employees and

line managers on

compliance-related matters.

. Reviewed and monitored internal procedures and practices to provide

compliance with group and regulatory requirements.

. Implemented specific measurements and monitored business activities as

necessary.

. Conducted internal investigations of employee complaints, concerns,

and questions related to compliance issues and/or unethical or

improper conduct.

. Coordinated unemployment compensation contractor regarding legal

issues and strategies. Represented employer at unemployment

compensation hearings.

Human Resources Operations

. Worked with human resources departments in efforts at creating and

embedding human resource polices and programs to support a

contemporary and world-class work environment in Health care, health

care settings.

. Pro-active partner with Human Resources and Organization Development

professionals in establishing organization-wide training and

leadership development initiatives

. Active contributor to the development and successful implementation of

major human resource department initiatives

. Drafted Human Resources policies and procedures on a wide range of

employment issues and staff management practices.

. Proven background in creating policy and programs that help drive a

winning culture and employee satisfaction

. Trained staff, set performance goals, evaluated outcomes and managed

full range of performance issues.

. Developed and updated inventory of regulations, rules, practices and

guidelines for UCSF-Stanford Healthcare operations, addressing issues

of consolidation of services, affiliation and workforce agreements,

and review and analysis of work conditions.

. Represented Florida physician groups and provided education and

training in matters related to professional services, affiliation and

workforce management.

. Partnered in redesign of compensation systems and employee review

process for Allied Signal Corporation, prior to merger with Honeywell,

Inc.

. Developed and implemented workplace redesign plan for a New York

utility to meet hiring objectives and establish workforce diversity

initiatives.

. Managed employee relation's functions for a family-owned contract

packaging facility.

. Conducted training for management and professional staff on a wide

range of human resources and ethics related matters.

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EDUCATION

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO School of Law

Master of Laws in Health Law

GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY School of Law, San Francisco, CA

Juris Doctorate

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology

Admitted to the Practice of Law in Wisconsin and Illinois

WORK EXPERIENCE

Private Practice Attorney/Human Resources Consultant 1994 - 2014

Office of Luis Padilla, Jr., IL and WI

Academic/Health Care

Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA

Advocate Health Centers, Chicago, IL

St. Anthony Medical Center, Crown Point, IN

White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento CA

Lakeview Christian Home of the Southwest, Carlsbad, NM

University Hospital, Tamarac, FL

Plantation General Hospital Medical Staff, Plantation, FL

Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Ctr./Oak Park Hospital, IL

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison WI

Utility/Manufacturing

Rochester Gas and Electric Company, Rochester, NY

Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, IL

Nicor Gas, Naperville, IL

AlliedSignal, Inc., Phoenix/Tempe, AZ

Kaiser Aluminum/Tennalum Division, Jackson, TN

Olmarc Packaging Company, Northlake, IL

Quality Color, Elk Grove Village, IL

Crescent Foods, Chicago, IL

Cost Reduction Technologies, Davenport, IA

Municipal/Public Interest/Hearings and Administrative proceedings

Attorney, Administrative Law Judge and Hearing Officer

Cook County Commission, 8th District, Chicago, IL

Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Illinois

City of Evanston, Division of Administrative Hearings, Evanston, IL

Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, IL

Village of Oak Park, Division of Administrative Hearings, Oak Park, IL

City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, Hearings Division,

Chicago, IL

Catholic Charities of Chicago

State of Illinois, Department of Human Rights, Department of

Employment Security 1987-1994

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