Steven B. Midgley Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Tx, Us

Southlake, Texas, United States

Chief legal counsel to U.S. commercial business and other functional departments, supporting all commercial legal matters including, but not limited to, contract drafting and negotiation, Prescription (Rx) product regulations, advertising and promotional review, government pricing, managed care, compliance, employment/human resources, litigation, and corporate governance. Serving on the Compliance, Investigator Initiated Studies, Medical Writing, Pharmacovigilence, Pricing, Promotional Review, Scientific Review, and Sponsorship & Educational Grants committees.

Fort Worth, Texas

Chief legal counsel to the VPs / GMs of Global, U.S. and Canadian Pharmaceutical (Rx) Business Units (BUs), and other functional departments, supporting all corporate legal matters including, but not limited to, clinical development, records management, contract drafting and negotiation, Rx product regulations, advertising and promotional review, government pricing, managed care, compliance, litigation, supply chain and corporate governance.• Function as corporate legal lead on Global and U.S. Rx BUs Leadership teams;• Serve on the Rx Pipeline, Pricing and Contract, Medical Affairs and Grants and Promotional Review committees; • Management of litigation including Paragraph IV ANDA litigation; • Support of in-licensing and clinical development of organization’s first biologic product; and • Recipient of 2017 PACE Award for Collaboration.

Chief legal counsel to the VPs / GMs of U.S. and Canadian Pharmaceutical (Rx) Business Units (BUs), and other functional departments, supporting all corporate legal matters including, but not limited to, clinical development, records management, contract drafting and negotiation, Rx product regulations, advertising and promotional review, government pricing, managed care, compliance, litigation, supply chain and corporate governance.• Function as corporate legal lead on the U.S. Rx BUs Leadership Team;• Serve on the Rx Pricing and Contracting, Medical Affairs and Grants and Promotional Review committees; • Management of litigation including Paragraph IV ANDA litigation; • Support of in-licensing and clinical development of organization’s first biologic product; and • Recipient of 2017 PACE Award for Collaboration.

Fort Worth, Texas

Chief legal counsel to the Head of the Global Pharma Franchise and VP / GM of U.S. Pharmaceutical (Rx) division and other functional departments, legal lead on all corporate legal matters related to the Rx Franchise including, but not limited to, contract drafting and negotiation, corporate entities and structure, Rx products regulations, HR and employment matters, managed care, compliance, litigation, and corporate governance.• Functioned as corporate legal lead on the global Rx Integrated Franchise Team responsible for annual revenue of approximately $3.83B and the 22 member U.S. Rx Leadership Team responsible for annual revenue of approximately $1.7B;• Managed Records Management Department with an annual budget of $905K and Global Legal Services with an annual budget of $560K (restructured 2005 reducing headcount / cost) (2004-2013) and individual contributing attorney with various areas of responsibility (2009-2011);• Supported integration of Alcon, Inc. into Novartis AG following Novartis AG’s purchase of Alcon, Inc. for $51.6B, responsibilities included work streams related to product integration, corporate governance and synergies, identifying $15M savings year over year in the Global Legal Department (Feb. 2011 to Dec. 2013);• Supported entity consolidation (33 countries) with significant capital and expense savings to the Alcon division;• Recipient of 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award for cross-functional and cross-divisional collaboration on U.S. wholesaler agreements which resulted in $78 million in savings for Alcon; • Managed 38 State Attorney General pricing suits, dismissing all but five (5) cases without any remuneration and settling four (4) of the remaining five (5) for de minimis value (2007-2013); and• Counseled, supported and provided contract review for Eastern Europe and Africa (2009-2012).

Fort Worth, Texas

U.S. legal responsibility for all employment matters, providing guidance on all facets of employment/HR related matters, including but not limited to, reductions in force, internal investigations, litigation management and counseling of employees to executive C-suite management.• Appointed as Alcon’s Leader Sponsor of “Managing People”, an HR initiative to 644 leaders, received the highest rating of any internal instructor of any Talent and Development initiative (2009-2011);• Managed Records Management Department with an annual budget of $905K and Global Legal Services with an annual budget of $560K (2004-2013) and individual contributing attorney with various areas of responsibility (2009-2011);• Managed legal responsibility for providing counsel, support and contract review to Middle East and Canada (2007-2009).

Fort Worth, Texas

U.S. legal responsibility for product liability litigation, contract drafting and negotiation including managed care markets, supply, manufacturing, services and confidentiality agreements, compliance and employment matters.• Provided oversight/guidance in the implementation of the Upside Contract Management System reducing the review/approval/negotiation times for agreements from an average of over one month to at or under an average of two weeks (2006-2007).

Fort Worth, Texas

Managed a large docket of, and engaged in extensive motion practice, pre-litigation activities (e.g. depositions, hearings, and other discovery matters) and co-chaired state court civil trials to jury verdict, first party insurance/bad faith claims involving various coverage matters under the Texas Homeowners Policy.

Fort Worth, Texas

Primarily practicing in the areas of: commercial litigation, employment, first / third party insurance defense, products and premises liability and securities arbitration. Responsible for all facets of case management, handling, and coordinating of pre-suit factual investigation through discovery, mediation, trial and post-judgment / appellate review.

Fort Worth, Texas

Primarily practicing in the areas of: commercial litigation, third party insurance defense, and products/premises liability. Responsible for all facets of case management, coordinating from pre-suit factual investigation through discovery, mediation and trial.

Fort Worth, Texas

Coordinated/interfaced with Program Managers and functional areas in the verification of contract funding, distribution of budget, billings and maintenance of customer directed changes in task / target cost. Compiled data for reporting and prepared contractually required financial reports in customer required format, special studies and various analyses for Cost Impact, Cost/Earnings and Cost & Profit Summary reports. Analyzed cost accumulation, performance measurement and cost-to-complete data and coordinated/implemented corrective actions on project financial problems with appropriate program personnel.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Legal Research Board; Texas Tech Varsity Cheerleading Coach (1994-1996)

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Academic Advisor, M.J. Neeley School of Business; Task Force on Enrollment, M.J. Neeley School of Business.