Experienced Collection Attorney

JON A. TRIMBOLI

**** ********* *****

Willoughby, OH 44094

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

Phone: 440-***-****

Cellular: 513-***-****

SENIOR ATTORNEY – CORPORATE COUNSEL – LITIGATION – HEALTH CARE – CREDITORS’ RIGHTS

Entrepreneurial attorney with 19+ years of experience in health care law, litigation, commercial transactions, creditor’s rights and corporate management. Strategic and analytical decision maker who focuses on the overall business structure to assess risk, design effective methodologies that ensure regulatory compliance, and execute business strategies that maximize profit while maintaining corporate integrity.

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Civil Litigation • Healthcare Law • Business & Commercial Litigation • Creditors’ Rights • Case Management • Commercial Transactions • Client Development & Relations • Business Operations • Program Management • Start-Ups • Consulting • Presentations • Negotiations • Dispute Resolution • Legal Research

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BUSINESS & LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Trimboli & Associates, L.L.C. Cincinnati, Ohio • 2005 – 2009

Law office specializing in civil, business and commercial litigation.

OWNER/PRINCIPAL

Established firm to support the litigation related needs of Asset Recovery Team. Handled all remedial action on secured and unsecured delinquent accounts, including preparation and filing of lawsuits, foreclosures, repossessions, sale of collateral, judgments and collection of deficiency balances by identifying assets that could be seized or garnished.

• Interviewed, selected and actively managed outside counsel in representation of agency’s nationwide client collection matters; participated in the development of litigation strategy, reviewed and approved documents, controlled costs, negotiated legal fee reductions, and made discovery decisions.

• Served for 3 years as Local Counsel for large northeastern Ohio law firm with respect to all of its Foreclosure litigation in Hamilton County, Ohio.

• Consistently generated annual billable revenues in excess of $100,000 for foreclosure work by attending daily case management conferences, dispositive motion hearings, Sheriff Sales, Confirmation and Bankruptcy Hearings.

Asset Recovery Team, L.L.C. Cincinnati, Ohio • 2004 – 2006

A start-up collection agency dedicated to serving the unique collection needs of healthcare providers

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Developed, launched, oversaw, managed and budgeted activities for Asset Recovery Team (www.asset-team.com), a new collection agency with a national client base, including hiring and supervising all personnel.

• Identified prospective clients and brought them through the entire sales process cycle – from proposal, pricing negotiation, technical implementation to generating and collecting revenue. Generated more than $5 million in new account placements during first year of operations.

• Established and enforced internal policies and procedures related to human resource issues, operations and services to ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations and legal standards. Managed staff of collectors and office administrator.

• Undertook training needs analyses for prospective and current clients; proposed and implemented appropriate customized training and education solutions for their employees, including the review and revision of collection policies and procedures, with the goal of maximizing internal collections.

• Promoted agency at local and national trade shows, seminars and conferences. Built company awareness in the marketplace and acquired new customers.

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. Cleveland, Ohio • 2001 – 2004

Nation’s largest creditors’ rights law firm with more than 90 attorneys and 950 legal assistants, collectors, support personnel and administrative staff. Offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

SENIOR ATTORNEY

Recruited to create and expand a Nursing Home Practice Group within the Complex Collections Department.

• Personally increased Department’s revenues by $134,652 and $241,581 in 2002 and 2003, respectively.

• Selected as Firm Partnership Candidate during second year of employment.

• Orchestrated training and management program for collectors and skip-tracers to successfully collect Medicare co-payments and/or Medicaid patient share liability from all liable parties while maintaining compliance with the provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

• Investigated facts and legal matters to determine causes of action and prepare lawsuits; monitored a substantial case load of both routine and complex cases; represented clients at trials, hearings, depositions and other court and administrative appearances.

• Drafted discovery, including interrogatories, requests for admissions, request for production of documents, and requests for examination and inspection; developed strategy, arguments and testimony for presentation of cases at trial, when necessary.

• Drafted and reviewed legal briefs, pleadings, correspondence and other legal documents; excellent writing skills have lead to high level of success in winning cases on dispositive motions based on substantive arguments.

• Negotiated with clients and opposing counsel to achieve a speedy and cost effective resolution of cases, including the arrangement and collection of legal settlements.

• Traveled extensively to provide paid consulting and in-service training on collection best practices for several national nursing home chains including Beverly Enterprises, Mariner Health Care, Extendicare Health Services and UHS-Pruitt Corporation. Consistently rated “Excellent” by attendees regarding subject matter knowledge and presentation skills.

Jon A. Trimboli, Esquire Willoughby, Ohio • 1998 – 2001

Law office specializing in civil, business and commercial litigation.

SOLO PRACTITIONER

• Successfully resolved complex, multi-year civil litigation involving ownership of long-term care bed operating rights valued in excess of $4 million. Utilized interactive multimedia to chronologically present 20+ years of parties’ contractual history to the jury.

• Negotiated for and represented Seller in sale of nursing home beds valued in excess of $1.2 million.

• Successful first-chair trial defense of nursing homes in negligence litigation seeking punitive damages.

Roth, Rolf & Goffman, L.P.A. Pepper Pike, Ohio • 1988 – 1997

Boutique law firm which primarily concentrates its practice in the representation of health care systems, institutions and providers. Scope of firm services also includes business and corporate law, governmental relations, labor and employment law and real estate law.

ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY

• Represented a wide range of health care providers, including nursing homes, hospitals, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, laboratories, physicians, etc. regarding legislative, administrative and regulatory issues, reimbursement, managed care, related party, joint venture contracting, fraud and abuse as well as other operational and business issues.

• Performed strategic and project planning for acute care providers, including proposed merger of two major hospital systems.

• Prepared Certificate of Need (CON) applications and Notices of Intent, as well as the representation of acute and long-term care clients in prosecuting and defending appeals of CON decisions and reviewability of rulings before the administrative review board and Courts of Appeal. Obtained CON approvals for major acute care providers including Akron General Medical Center, University Hospitals and Lake Hospital System.

• Reviewed a myriad of complex business practices to opine whether they violated the federal and state Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Laws, as well as the Anti-Referral provisions of Stark I & II. Structured arrangements to minimize related risks.

EDUCATION – BAR ADMISSIONS

Juris Doctorate – Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Bachelor of Science, Zoology – The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Member of the Bar, State of Ohio; Admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

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