Mike Bartz Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, WI, US

Menomonee Falls, WI

Monitor and ensure compliance with labor and employment laws for a multi-state employer.Project management experience implementing new HR policies, procedures and practices to ensure compliance and to mitigate risk. Collaborate across teams/departments, and communicate and advise as needed to inform and educate associates of compliance requirements.

Menomonee Falls, WI

• Identify and resolve conflicts of interest and client relationship issues for new work for firm attorneys.
• Prepare and review contracts to identify compliance issues and to ensure that the agreements meet the firm’s guidelines of representation.
• Evaluate work of incoming/lateral attorneys to determine if their client book and experience are compatible with the firm’s ongoing work, and coordinate conflict clearance for this work.
• Communicate with firm attorneys on a daily basis to ensure timely results in the intake process for new cases and matters.

• Accurately prepared and outlined new work to identify entities involved and to categorize subject matters in various legal fields including healthcare, intellectual property, estate planning, corporate governance.
• Researched corporate affiliations and structures to help identify prevent client relationship issues.
• Completed audit letter requests and various research assignments.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Research and analyze state laws and insurance department guidelines and provide compliance expertise to apply to policy text and company practices.
• Draft contract language that complies with state and federal laws while achieving company desired results.
• Submit all required product filings and regulatory reports to insurance departments.
• Prepare responses to objections from Insurance Departments regarding product filings and regulatory reports.
• Monitor and maintain departmental systems, records and databases.

• Communicated daily with constituents responding to their questions and concerns.
• Researched assigned issues concerning the office’s responsibilities and goals, and reported findings and recommended position for the office.