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Accomplished General Counsel, Chief Compliance, Privacy and Enterprise Risk Officer with sharp business acumen and extensive experience in diverse areas of the healthcare, business and law, including Corporate Governance, Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, Government Contracts, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Privacy and Information Security. Over 20 years of senior legal experience managing legal and business functions in a rapidly changing environment. Ability to produce and implement creative solutions. Key strengths include strategic analysis and planning, ability to communicate, and proficiency at aligning legal support with business goals. Possess interpersonal sensitivity with powerful social networks resulting in tangible leadership impact. Combine thoughtful analysis with driven pursuit of goals. Enjoy challenges and can be relied upon to deliver results. Outstanding team leadership as well as strategic development in protecting and enhancing operations through management, acquisitions and partnerships. Consistently achieve optimal utilization of resources through proactive workflow planning and coordination. Specialties: Corporate Governance & Compliance • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) • Mergers & Acquisitions • Corporate Transactions • Securities & Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) • Litigation • Intellectual Property • Enterprise Risk Management • BioPharmaceutical/Pharmaceuticals • Privacy/Information Security • Employment • Real Estate • International law • Health Care • Mail Order & Specialty Pharmacy • Government Contracting • Medicare/Medicaid/Managed Health Care • CMS Recovery Audit Contractors:Medicare and Medicaid (RAC) • Pharmacy Benefit ManagementVice President, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Privacy & Enterprise Risk Officer @ Health Net, Inc. is a publicly traded managed care organization that delivers managed health care services through health plans and government-sponsored managed care plans. Its mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The company provides health benefits to approximately 6.0 million individuals across the country through commercial, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care, Pharmacy, Behavioral Health and Department of Defense programs. Provide legal advice on a wide variety of contractual, regulatory and privacy matters in regards to corporate and business operations. Responsible for the development, implementation, management and oversight of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Privacy functions. Report to the Board of Directors regarding the key enterprise risks, the status of the ERM program and Privacy issues. Integrated the ERM process into core business planning and performance management activities to help ensure successful business outcomes and improved corporate performance. Work closely with the Health Net President & CEO as well as the COO and CFO on driving improvement in ERM processes and integrating strategy, business planning and ERM. Help ensure the proper linkage of corporate strategy, business planning and the management of key business risks to improve business performance. Coordinate risk functions such as Internal Audit, Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management to enhance effectiveness and coordination. From May 2011 to Present (4 years 8 months) EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary @ HealthDataInsights is the industry leader in healthcare claims integrity and its customers include the public sector (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and States), and the private sector (Health Plans, Major Employers and other Payors). HDI is the Medicare Recover Audit Contractor ("RAC") for Region D which includes 17 western states and involves over $100 billion in annual claim payments and is the Medicaid Payment Error Rate ("PERM") contractor for CMS. HDI is also the Medicaid RAC for the State of Kansas. HDI works with many of the largest commercial payer’s in the country to review and recover erroneous claims payments. HDI was named to Inc. 500 Magazine's fastest growing companies in America two years in a row for 2008 and 2009. HealthDataInsights, Inc. is a technology-enabled healthcare services company that specializes in the identification and recoupment of claim overpayments to providers (hospitals, physicians, DME and other specialty providers). General Counsel responsible for corporate legal functions including the provision of advice on general business matters as well mergers and acquisitions, government contracting, corporate governance and compliance, finance, privacy and security, intellectual property, real estate, employment, risk management and business development. Manage all aspects of Board relationship, act as corporate secretary, manage the Human Resources department. Developed an industry trade association. From October 2009 to May 2011 (1 year 8 months) SVP, Chief Legal Officer @ Public Storage, a $10 billion commercial Real Estate company, is the world's largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities. In addition, Public Storage provides a full range of related products and services to more than one million customers. Public Storage manages over 2,100 self-storage facilities located in 38 states and seven western European nations with approximately 135 million net rentable square feet. Public Storage is a public company and a member of the S&P 500 Index and the Forbes Global 2000. Public Storage trades on the New York Stock Exchange. General Counsel responsible for corporate legal functions including the provision of advice on general business matters as well transactional, litigation, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Environmental, M&A, Corporate Governance, Capital Markets, Government Affairs, Labor and Employment, Regulatory and Compliance issues. Management of in-house and outside counsel as well as drafting, review and negotiation of various business agreements and contracts. Manage a staff of senior attorneys, paralegals and internal auditors. Manage relationship with the Board of Directors. Responsible for NYSE, SEC and Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Conducted Due Diligence and prepared draft deal documents for potential acquisitions in foreign countries.Floated successful tender offer and acquired $110 million in unsecured debt at a substantial discount to face value. Provide legal support and oversight to the Company's European operations. Support the Human Resources department on employment and labor issues, including the potential impact of the Employee Free Choice Act. Successfully litigated Wage & Hour meal break period and pay stub issues in California (See Brinkley v. Public Storage). Manage litigation involving individual cases and class action lawsuits across 38 states. Responsible for management and oversight of the Internal Audit department and SOX compliance. From April 2008 to June 2009 (1 year 3 months) VP, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Privacy and Corporate Compliance Officer @ A public $50 billion life, health and disability insurance and pharmacy benefit management company. Responsible for general corporate legal functions including the provision of advice on general business matters, as well as regulatory, privacy, transactional, M&A, litigation, corporate governance, compliance and privacy issues. Management of in-house and outside counsel. Worked with business units to assess and address general legal risks and concerns. Reported to the CEO and President of the Senior, State Sponsored and Specialty Business. One of two Strategic Business Units of the Company and one of the fastest growing segments of the Company with revenues in excess of $15B. Lines of business included, but not limited to, Medicare Advantage/Medicaid. Established an investment program, including the creation of an independent advisory committee, to oversee the investment of $200 million to increase the level of capital in investments in health care facilities in low-income urban and underserved rural California communities. Formed and licensed new entities in various states to enable the company to successfully bid on billion dollar contracts, including contracts with the states of Ohio, Indiana, Nevada, West Virginia and California Supported the acquisitions of companies that contributed to the growth in membership and revenue of the Company Drafted reviewed and negotiated a wide array of contracts Member of the Sarbanes Oxley Disclosure Steering Committee Chaired compliance committees including the Corporate Compliance Committee Developed, implemented and managed all aspects of the enterprise wide Corporate Compliance and Privacy program Reported to the Board of Directors on Compliance issues Managed government investigations, including qui tam lawsuits Developed and organized nation wide litigation and risk management functions for two affiliates Managed a staff of senior attorneys, paralegals and project managers and multi-million dollar budget From April 1997 to March 2008 (11 years) Legal Counsel @ A leading developer of plasma derived bio-pharmaceutical products. Managed outside counsel and reported to management regarding ongoing professional liability, product liability, patent, employment, and business litigation. Interfaced with the FDA and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) regarding regulatory issues. Counseled Human Resources (HR) department on a variety of employment matters. Drafted and reviewed various contracts from inception through finalization. From April 1995 to April 1997 (2 years 1 month) LITIGATION COUNSEL @ A $1 billion retail pharmacy serving the Western United States. Handled all aspects of litigation from pre-trial practice through trial in various matters including Prescription error, Professional Liability, Premises Liability, Contracts, and Personal Injury Litigation. First-chaired jury trials through verdict. Drafted and reviewed various contracts from inception through finalization. Supervised in-house counsel, claims employees and outside counsel. From November 1991 to April 1995 (3 years 6 months) ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY @ Responsible for all aspects of litigation involving multi-million dollar Construction Defect cases, Employment Litigation, Product Liability and Premises Liability. Gained trial experience prosecuting criminal and misdemeanor cases as a Special Deputy District Attorney for San Bernardino County. From November 1988 to November 1991 (3 years 1 month) LEGAL EXTERN @ Legal Extern for the Honorable Dickran Tevrizian. Performed extensive legal research, reviewed briefs submitted by parties and drafted memoranda on a wide array of issues before the court. From May 1986 to August 1986 (4 months) J.D, Law @ Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University From 1985 to 1988 B.A, History @ University of Southern California From 1982 to 1985 Brian Fields is skilled in: Corporate Governance, Compliance, Healthcare, Enterprise Risk Management, Securities, HIPAA, Employment Law, Privacy, Managed Care, Litigation, Government Relations, Governance, Licensing, Medicare, Medicaid