Phil Wiese Email & Phone Number

United States

Extensive executive leadership experience. Diverse legal, financial, and counseling background supports creative decision-making. Known for problem solving and fostering diplomacy to resolve difficult problems including complex, high risk / high dollar or highly sensitive matters.

Client engagements include advising on business “best practices”, contracts including confidentiality and NDA agreements, trade-secrets, non-compete / non-solicitation, and distributorship agreements, and data retention and protection / privacy.

Canton, Ohio, Us

Instructor - Legal Education / Licensed Counselor (CDCA II), Ohio CDP Board (legal education instructor & motivational speaker for 200+ group lectures / court intervention programs). Designation & Certification: Mental Health First Aid USA, National Council on Community Mental Healthcare.Highly effective and captivating speaker and trainer; quick on feet, keen eye for detail, and fast study of new material.

Provide comprehensive legal services with focus on eDiscovery and litigation readiness, data use and privacy policies, records information management-best practices, brand protection, trade secret and unfair competition / non-competition, employment law and policies, intellectual property topics, business continuity and risk mitigation best practices, corporate governance and compliance, financial services and securities matters, bankruptcy / insolvency issues, and estate and trust administration.

Akron, Oh, Us

Managed complex litigation, eDiscovery, and all aspects of business, compliance, and contract / transactional matters. Practice encompassed a wide variety of disciplines serving domestic and international clients. Subject matter focus: securities and regulatory / administrative compliance; e-Discovery, record retention, document review; complex large-scale case management and complex business litigation; corporate and commercial transactions; employment policies and litigation; intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, non-competition, and Internet/Web litigation).Advised on data privacy and security issues, online use policies, cyber / electronic data / record storage best practices. Trained and managed support teams of attorneys, experts, consultants, paralegals and staff. Corrdinated all facets of case intake, assessment, budgets, discovery, witness / party interviews / depositions, e-Discovery and motion practice, electronic case and docket filings, first and second chair case management and civil trial practice.

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Selected for term appointments (total of 3.5 years) to serve as federal judicial law clerk with U.S. District Court (N.D. Ohio) (Hon. James S Gwin); U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Hon. William T. Bodoh); also served U.S. District Court (S.D. Ohio) (Hon. Walter H. Rice).

Washington, Dc, Us

Summer Term Appointmebt by the Office of General Counsel in conjunction with SEC / DOJ Honors Programs. Managed assigned broker / dealer cases pending de nova review and disposition; researched and prepared recommendations on Commission policy matters governing self/regulatory organizations (SRO) and matters being prepared for Congressional review. Researched federal securities law including 1933, 1934 and 1940 Acts and related federal and state rules and the application and integration of securities law with other non-industry standard enactment; drafted opinions involving broker/dealer and SRO (eg. NYSE) appeals pending before the Commission.

Coordinated SEC compliance, registration and Commission filings for multiple international retail and institutional mutual funds; consulted with senior management, outside legal counsel, and marketing personnel to edit and prepare fund product mailings and reports to maintain compliance with 1940 Act and SEC requirements and mutual fund company policy.

Coordinated departmental work flow and managed record retrieval database for mutual fund service division; researched and resolved mutual fund account discrepancies for retail and institutional client accounts.

Education record

Coursework, Columbia Univ. National Center For Disaster Preparedness

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Liberal Arts & Sciences / Architectural History

Wellesley, Ma, Coursework In Economics

Framingham, Ma, Coursework In Statistics & Mathematics

Cambridge, Ma Extension School, Coursework In Business Law

Juris Doctrate, Law

Boston, Ma, Coursework In Medical Ethics Consulting Skills