Faye Miller

Wide-ranging experiences in legal, business, financial, medical and scientific research areas. Proactive interest in litigation avoidance. Corporate background experience in employment law, litigation and litigation support, insurance, contract negotiations. Skills and experience include:

• Teaching Experience in Regulatory Compliance, Ethics and Law in Business
• Foreign language and translation competencies in German, French, Spanish, Hebrew
• Employment, Product Liability, & Business Contracts Expertise
• Legal Case and Risk Management
• Public Relations, Lobbying & Legislative Experience

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

21st SERVICES, Minneapolis, MN - Senior Underwriter/Risk Analyst 2002 - 2009

• Innovative company providing mortality risk analysis for financial and investment applications
• Data analysis of key medical variables used to predict individual life expectancy - including cardiac catheterization, coronary angiography, EKG and surgical reports
• Produced narrative summaries, calculations and graphs concerning anticipated mortality
• Developed continuing education course materials for insurance and financial analysts
• Collaborated with lobbyists and legislators on proposed insurance legislation

MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - Plymouth, MN - Law Instructor 2003

• Instruction in the interface of law, ethics and business in practical applications for medical assistants and office personnel

KRASS MONROE, P.A., Minneapolis, MN - Contract Attorney 2002

• A full-service law firm providing medical claims defense for insurance and institutional clients
• Medical record review and legal research concerning ERISA claims
• Preparation of case analyses and strategic defense litigation recommendations for a near-perfect record of case dismissals in state and Federal courts

UNIVERSITY OF MARY, Fargo, ND - Graduate Healthcare MBA Instructor 2001

• Graduate lectures for Law in Management and Business Ethics
• Course development and design of special moot court projects

7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF MINNESOTA - Law Clerk 2000 - 2001

• Legal precedent and legislative history research for judge's case preparation
• Created and edited legal summaries, judicial memoranda, jury instructions, and orders
• Developed initial office procedures and docket maintenance for new judge's case load
• Responsible for written correspondence with all 7th District Bar Association members, District events coordination, and database maintenance

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES, Little Rock 1999 - 2000

• Administrative support to Department Chairman, Research Pharmacology & Toxicology

FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK, Little Rock - Litigation Support 1996 - 1998

• Arkansas' largest corporate law firm with practice areas in business and litigation defense areas
• Litigation support in document preparation, hearings and depositions for corporate business and employment issues, real estate transactions,
  financial and estate planning, insurance and medical negligence claims defense

LAW OFFICES OF GARY GREEN, Little Rock - Medical Case Analyst 1995

• Personal injury and medical negligence law firm
• Developed medical negligence practice section including case valuation decisions and strategies, ordering and analysis of medical records, hiring of medical / scientific expert witnesses and correspondence with opposing counsel, judges and court personnel
• Conducted client interviews, led all case discovery, participated in depositions
• Prepared all pleadings and supportive legal documents in successful medical negligence and products liability / wrongful death prosecutions; budgetary oversight responsibility

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE ASSOC., Little Rock - Regulatory Analyst

• State trade association for long-term care and rehabilitation facilities
• Collection and analysis of state and federal regulatory deficiency (non-compliance) data
• Development of strategies for use in regulatory waiver requests and sanction appeals
• Seminar development in regulatory compliance and liability limitation for members
• Legislative and lobbying support concerning aging, healthcare and financial issues

MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP - Graduate Program - Little Rock, AR

• On-site business research for pilot strategy in development of corporate-wide Total Quality Management (TQM) Program for three eldercare facilities; budgetary data collection and recommendations; developed strategy for medical equipment leases to outside area hospitals

MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE ASSOC., - MA and NC - Coordinator

• Private consulting firm dedicated to engineering project management and post-graduate education
• Planning and coordination for industrial on-site and university sponsored seminars
• Contract assistance for consultants on special industrial management projects
• Edited course texts, professional journal articles, and assisted in brochure development
• Education liaison to university Continuing Education personnel and trade journal editors
• Assisted in production and marketing of professional tapes in audio and video formats
• "Protecting the Health of Employees Working in the Necessary Toxic Process"

TRITON COLLEGE, River Grove, IL - Course Developer / Instructor

• Management briefing for corporate senior executives, manufacturing professionals and managers
• Regulatory compliance focus on emerging federal guidelines
• Provided education services relating to design, contracting and implementation of diagnostic, treatment, and employee protection programs in hazardous industrial, chemical and manufacturing environments
• Supplementary lecture, National Safety Council (Chicago)

MIDWEST CLINICAL TESTING SERVICES - Lombard, IL - Principal

• Consulting practice for industrial safety, preventive healthcare and medical product development
• Industrial consulting for worker protection in toxic chemical environments
• Development and marketing of thermal technology for advanced breast disease detection
• Technical user manual translation from German medical and scientific research texts
• Development of diagnostic protocols for human use with FDA-approved medical instrument specific to gastrointestinal pH studies
• Provided diagnostic training for hospital personnel in proper use of diagnostic technology

EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, Little Rock

• Masters, Health Services Administration - Regulatory Compliance, Finance, Statistics, Insurance and Business Management

WILLIAM BOWEN COLLEGE OF LAW, Little Rock, Arkansas

• Juris Doctor - Employment, Health, Workers' Compensation, Insurance & Real Estate Law

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, Illinois

• Bachelor of Arts, Physiology / Biophysics - Research and clinical diagnostic design

LOGAN UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, MO

• Bachelor of Science, Human Biology - Medical basic sciences curriculum, including Human Anatomy / Dissection, Hematology, Immunology, Oncology, Genetics, Embryology, Pathology

LICENSURE & VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:

• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association - Food & Drug, Health and Elder Law subsections
• Admitted to practice, Minnesota State & Federal Courts
• Member, Minneapolis (Downtown) Rotary Club, Public Relations Co-Chair
• Currently involved in coursework for Certified Life Care Planning - University of Florida

LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES:

• Medical translation competency: German, Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish