Peter Kaminsky is an attorney with over 30 years of experience negotiating and drafting technology contracts. He has worked as general counsel for HIMA, Inc. since 2007 and also operates his own law firm. Kaminsky has extensive experience negotiating and drafting agreements related to software licensing, cloud computing, consulting and more. He has worked for several large companies, negotiating agreements for Fortune 500 clients and ensuring regulatory compliance.

1. PETER KAMINSKY
Attorney-at-Law
30W170 Bruce Lane Telephone: (630) 788-4653
Naperville, Illinois 60563 E-Mail: Peetk@aol.com
Highly motivated attorney with experience negotiating and drafting over 1000 technology-related contracts
over a 22-year period. Extensive litigation experience.
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EXPERIENCE:
HIMA, INC, St. Charles, Illinois – October 2007 – Present
General Counsel
 Serve as General Counsel for HIMA, Inc
 Negotiate, and draft consulting, subcontractor, software licensing, and other contracts.
 Directly handle litigation.
Peter Kaminsky & Associates
Attorney, Naperville, Illinois - October 2007 – Present
 Handled litigation including commercial contract disputes, foreclosure defense, family
law, probate law, criminal law, tort law, and employment law. Drafted pleadings,
attending hearings, and conducted trials.
 Draft and negotiate contracts.
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CNA, Chicago, Illinois – September 2006 to October 2007
Contract Attorney - Technology
 Resolved contractual and other disputes
 Responsible for negotiating and drafting vendor contracts, including software licensing, cloud
computing, consulting, and recruiter contracts.
Kanbay, Incorporated, Rosemont, Illinois – December 2004 to February 2006
Attorney
 Worked directly with leading financial services and healthcare companies and vendors to negotiate
and draft a wide variety of technology agreements related to financial services consulting, including
software licensing agreements, and agreements involving emerging technology.
 Reviewed advertising.
 Responsible for understanding data privacy laws and regulations as they apply to the financial
services industry.
 Handled a variety of disputes
 Served as intellectual property attorney
Accenture LLP., Chicago, Illinois - November 1997 to December 2004
Attorney
 Managed team of contract professionals to oversee and maintain relations, handle litigation and
disputes and legal issues and outsourcing agreements with Accenture’s largest North American
client.

2.  Negotiated and drafted a wide variety of technology agreements related to consulting, including
software licensing agreements, and agreements involving emerging technology.
 Reviewed advertising.
 Served as subject matter specialist on software licensing issues.
 Served as lead counsel for alliances in the telecommunications industry.
 Drafted Accenture’s standard alliance agreements.
 Drafted Accenture’s annotated consulting services agreement, with internal comments for Accenture
lawyers to help them negotiate and draft common issues raised by customers.
 Drafted paper and gave external presentations on warranties in software licensing and
development agreements.
 Worked directly with a client base of Fortune 500 companies to negotiate and draft a wide
array of agreements, including outsourcing, consulting, development and software licensing
agreements.
 Developed packaged learning materials and presented information during monthly interactive
training sessions.
 Developed and implemented standard forms for Alliance Agreements.
 Determined and prepared internal guidelines for the creation of proposals and establishing
NDAs.
Advantis , (formerly: Sears Technology Services, Inc. (STS)), Chicago, Illinois; Tampa, Florida –
October 1991 to November 1997
Attorney
 Handled all aspects of technology contract drafting/negotiation activities with third parties,
including consulting agreements and software license and development agreements and emerging
technology.
 Reviewed advertising.
 Served as intellectual property attorney.
 Created standard service and alliance agreement forms.
 Prepared numerous memoranda relating to antitrust compliance issues as applicable to the
high-tech industry. Garnered experience with consent decree compliance.
 Developed an intellectual property protection program to protect STS’ intellectual property.
Authored an asset protection statement to be signed by new employees.
Examples of Agreements Negotiated and Drafted (Accenture and Kanbay)
 Agreement for creation and management of web page for a major online streaming media provider.
(emerging technology).
 Agreement for outsourcing the hardware and software which manages a major energy company’s gas
leak reporting system.
 Agreement for a major online service provider whereby my client would select products to be sold by
them as an online retailor. (emerging technology).
 Agreement to implement software to assist a major financial institution with Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance.
 Agreement to assist Illinois hospital to build and implement software to assist with HIPAA
compliance.
 Agreement to implement enterprise software with major big-box retailor.
 Agreement to implement enterprise software for major entertainment and resort company.
 Alliance with a major telecommunications software provider.
 Alliance with world’s leading customer relationship management software provider.
 Domain-name purchase agreements (emerging technology).

3. Examples of Advertising Reviewed
 Reviewed newspaper advertisement for Accenture.
 Reviewed print media advertisement for Kanbay.
 Reviewed television advertisement for Accenture.
 Reviewed proposals for Accenture, Kanbay, and Advantis.
 Reviewed brochures for Accenture, Kanbay, and Advantis.
 Gave course to internal clients on legal implications of using social media for adverstising.
Examples of Regulatory Compliance Activity
 Advised Kanbay internal clients on HIPAA regulations so they could make an informed decision on
the allocation of risks between Kanbay and client hospitals.
 Advised Kanbay internal clients on Sarbanes-Oxley requirements so they could make an informed
decision on the allocation of risks between Kanbay and client financial institutions.
 Advised Accenture internal clients on encryption and data security and privacy requirements for
different industries and geographies. Worked with outside counselin Europe to help ensure such
compliance.
 Served as Advantis’ antitrust and Americans with Disabilities’ Act specialist.
 Served as attorney to help make Sears, Roebuck’s telecommunications systems ADA compliant.
EDUCATION:
J.D. - DePaul University - College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
 GPA 3.2/4.0
 Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award
 Top 20% of class.
M.A. - With Distinction, Radio/Television/Film, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
 GPA: 4.0/4.0
B.A. - Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
 GPA: 3.3/4.0.
ADMISSION AND MEMBERSHIPS:
 State Bar of Illinois (1991)
 Licensed Real Estate Broker
 American Mensa
REFERENCES:
Suresh Mekala Heather Libbey
President Associate General Counsel
HIMA, INC. CNA

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