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Gary Strootman, Attorney

Gary Strootman

Significant past experiences include:

Corporate Counsel & Executive, Medical Software Company

Managed and provided legal assessment and drafting for all contracting and transactional work
Provided legal and practical advice regarding employment practices and supervised outside litigation counsel, when needed
Advised corporation on risk and liability issues attendant with particular business practices and product and service offerings
Intimately involved in corporate governance activities
Developed and conducted corporate compliance training (e.g. HIPAA privacy & security, Stark Exceptions & Anti-Kickback safe-harbors, workplace harassment)
Co-developed and executed a validity testing protocol for use of a commercial aptitude assessment in hiring process
Executive sponsor for successful effort to obtain Product Certification
Primary architect for a Strategic Client Initiative that provided a measured and resource-sensitive approach to challenging customer relationships
Co-developed and conducted leadership module of Leadership Training

Gary presenting at Judicial Training in Ely, Nevada

Contracts Attorney/Contracts Manager, Fortune 500 Education Company

Effectively managed most aspects of legal support for business activity operating in over 135 countries and all fifty U.S. states
Provided legal and contracting support to two international offices (Europe/ Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific), actively involved in all negotiations and other legal matters, engaging and directing local counsel when needed
Handled a complex contract dispute in India that was referred for criminal prosecution, including weeks of on-site (New Delhi & Indore) legal support, supervising local counsel and acting as sole representative of foreign (U.S.) corporation in protracted proceedings
Instrumental in negotiating two services agreements in excess of 200 million dollars
Established a contracts/legal group for business unit, including a complete redrafting of the primary service agreement and a significant redrafting of a channel agreement used with more than 3000 testing centers worldwide
Recruited, hired and trained a contracts administrator who implemented a superior system of vendor contracting and contract management
Simultaneously managed outside legal counsel in multiple jurisdictions (retained for litigation, intellectual property, complex corporate compliance issues, knowledge and licensure in particular jurisdictions, and to supplement bandwidth) and actively participated and provided the business interface with such resources
Co-developed import/export (OFAC) compliance strategy and expertise that was used throughout NCS Pearson

Prior and in addition to my past corporate/business legal experience, I have also been a private criminal defense attorney for a well-known Minneapolis firm, a public defender in Minnesota’s Tenth Judicial District, a health club manager and a linguist for the U.S. Navy. I attended the University of Minnesota School of Liberal Arts and Law School and the University of Maine Law School.

Contact Information

Gary Strootman, Attorney
Email: gary@strootmanlaw.com
Mobile: 612-865-1612

Also meet—

Tricia A. Schmitz, Paralegal
Kim Aguilar, Office Manager, Contracts Specialist

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