Shimane Smith Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Nerdwallet is a consumer-first platform that empowers consumers and small businesses to make well-informed and confident financial decisions at the right time. I serve as lead counsel for Enterprise Contracting, NerdWallet+ Rewards, SMB, Insurance, and Auto Services.  Help teams to transition from a leads generation business to building consumer experience platforms and products, including: o SMB Business Financial Dashboard and Customer Experience,o Drive Like a Nerd (DLAN): an interactive app that monitors and analyzes insurance applicants’ safe driving to qualify for reduced insurance rateso Automotive Platform: a digital platform that matches customers with buyers for their automobiles and facilitates the purchase transactionso NerdWallet +: consumer subscription platform that monitors and rewards customers for making smart financial decisions

San Francisco, California, Us

*Serves as senior legal counsel to specific business groups, offering expert guidance on third-party matters*Structure, draft, negotiate, and interpret contracts while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements*Provide business-focused, risk-based advice in a collaborative team environment*Support various subject matters in the third-party space, including: - Novel technology arrangements - Professional services agreements - Technology contracts - Offshoring arrangements - Free and open-source software - Regulatory compliance -Hosted technology solutions* Lead teams to meet deliverables and independently resolve complex issues* Analyze complex legal issues and recommend solutions* Collaborate with peers and mid-level managers to achieve organizational goals* Mentor less experienced staff and lead projects* Work directly with business clients to develop an in-depth understanding of their activities and products

I served as Outside counsel to large public and private corporations, where I drafted commercial, technology, software licensing, leasing, purchasing, sponsorship, and employment agreements. I also counseled C-level executives on all domestic and international business initiatives. Additionally, I litigated labor and employment matters for six mid-sized companies and worked with operations management to ensure compliance with federal safety standards. I protect trade secrets and intellectual property rights by establishing an emergency response system to file and respond to TRO pleadings within 48 hours. Furthermore, I negotiated a favorable settlement for a computer networking and software company in a federal civil lawsuit for allegedly breaching major software company's licensing agreements and selling counterfeit software.

Lebanon, Ohio, Us

General Counsel to Miami Valley Gaming & Racing LLC. Provide strategic legal advice to C-level executives to create legal processes to meet business objectives, regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and maintain high legal standards. 15+ years of experience in drafting and negotiating commercial transactions, advertising and marketing, real estate, gaming, non-disclosure, entertainment, confidentiality, licensing, service and consumer agreements in fast-paced, high volume legal environments. • Collaborate with operational management for the overall implementation of project-wide operational plan for a security, networking, and technology servicing agreements. • Achieved six consecutive years of no adverse legal action by EEOC, FLSA, Labor Relations Board, and other regulatory agencies by implementing a proactive employee training curriculum on topics including effective communication and documentation, contract negotiation, wage and hour, AML, FMLA, FLSA, and EEOC compliance.• Reduced contruction cost by 5% by negotiating a complex collaborative lease/option agreement with local Port Authority. • Managed litigation/settlement of multi-million-dollar lawsuits without significant monetary awards and within budget for outside counsel.• Renegotiated technology service contract that saved company over a million dollars in revenue. • Develop, supervise, and implement processes and solutions to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and improve supplier contract review process.• Developed legal strategies that enabled Casino to minimize various risks while meeting aggressive revenue goals.

Trial Practice Instructor

• Lead attorney in hundreds of criminal matters. • Supervise up to seven attorneys and support staff. • Full oversight of cases from initial investigation, developing litigation budgets, first appearance, witness preparation, trial planning, motion practice, discovery, jury trial, appeals, and courtroom appearances. • Draft pleas for arraignment, waiver of indictment forms, discovery, motions to suppress, trial briefs, reply brief, sentencing memoranda, appellate briefs, opinion letters, and notice of appeals. Received acquittals in murder, drug trafficking, rape, burglary, robbery, felonious assault, pornography, weapons, theft, DUI, and domestic violence cases.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Employment Litigation Litigate employment and labor relations matters involving federal and state regulations including Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Fair Labor Standards. Maintain current law updates for federal employment and labor regulations. Negotiate and draft executive and other employment agreements. Manage a diverse range of litigation matters for individual and corporate clients. Devise litigation strategies and negotiate settlement agreements.

Dispute Resolution/Mediator Certified Mediator. Mediate civil and criminal disputes filed with the Columbus City Attorney’s Office. Drafted settlement agreements.

Assist trial counsel in employment and labor relations matters involving federal and state regulations including Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Fair Labor Standards.

J.D., Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law

B.A., Political Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government