Shawn Karasarides

About Shawn Karasarides

Reputation as a “trusted partner and advisor” who “works tirelessly” to achieve results. Known for taking on substantive responsibilities the “right way—ethically and with integrity.” AREAS OF EXPERTISELabor & Employment Known for understanding business objectives, recognizing trends, and navigating legal and regulatory environments of the changing workplace. Experience drafting employee handbooks, company policies, programs and job descriptions. Practical and comprehensive advice on hiring and firing practices, reductions-in-force, disability accommodations, FMLA, wage and hour, and social media issues. Strategic guidance for diversity & inclusion initiatives. Develop protocols and procedures for background checks and individualized assessments. Skilled at designing response ready positive employee relations and union awareness training and tools. Privacy & CybersecurityDeliver strategic privacy and cyber-preparedness counsel regarding PCI compliance, written information security policies, incident response plans, and all aspects of data breach remediation, response and notification. Provide leadership to drive compliance with best practices in data collection and digital tracking. Experience drafting privacy policies, terms of use, and disclosures for websites, career portals, and mobile apps. Business-centered advice and counsel on cloud and vendor management cybersecurity best practices.Contract Negotiation & ManagementFocused on applying objectivity, sound judgment, and negotiation skills to successfully close transactions. Skilled at mitigating risk through negotiation of key contract clauses for vendor agreements, including data security provisions. Proactively build form documents, checklists, standard clauses and contract intake forms support business partners in negotiation of contracts. Coordinate with client groups to create improvements for contract work flow, review process and retention of final documents.

Experience

1. Vice President, Associate General Counsel Labor & Employment

   Kohl's

   Aug 2022 — Present · OH, US

Education

• Kent State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

• University of Akron School of Law

  Juris Doctor (JD)

Skills

• Corporate Law
• Budgets
• Labor & Employment • Litigation Prevention • Risk Assessment and Insulation • Hiring and Firing Practices • Disability Accommodations • Reductions-in-Force • Fmla and Flsa Compliance • Social Media Issues • Contract Negotiation & Management