Nick Shook
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Profile
Technology attorney with 10+ years of practice across corporate law, regulatory compliance, and civil rights litigation. Licensed in Nevada, California, and Washington. Federal court admission in District of Nevada. Previously platform engineer at Apple Finance building enterprise AI/ML systems, currently technical educator in Apple Services teaching Swift programming. Combines legal practice with hands-on software development experience.
Experience
Neon Law
Reno, NVManaging attorney
2014 - Present
- Counseled clients on AI governance, algorithmic bias, and data privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA).
- Drafted software licensing and technology transfer agreements (SaaS, open source).
- Advised 11 software companies on formation, equity, and commercial agreements.
- Secured cannabis licenses and SEC broker-dealer licenses for regulated industry clients.
- Won Slaughter v. State, Dep't of Corrections, No. 74447-COA (Nev. Ct. App.), establishing 8th Amendment prison conditions precedent.
- Negotiated real estate and commercial lease transactions.
- Performed 200+ hours annual pro bono (tenant rights, expungement, family law).
Apple
Seattle, WATechnical educator
2025 - Present
- Teach Swift programming and agentic development workflows to developers worldwide.
- Developed curriculum for "Swift Server Fundamentals" and "Swift SRE" courses.
Platform engineer
2021 - 2025
- Built enterprise RAG and LLM infrastructure at Apple Finance.
- Migrated 50 petabytes of sensitive financial information to the cloud.
- Architected ML platforms processing sensitive financial data with GDPR, SOC2, and HIPAA compliance.
- Reduced information retrieval time 80% through vector databases and semantic search.
- Improved ML platform uptime from 97% to 99.999% through hybrid cloud and Kubernetes.
Dade Systems
Miami, FLPlatform engineer
2020 - 2021
- Migrated fintech infrastructure to infrastructure-as-code while ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Supported $50M monthly transactions on Azure Managed Kubernetes.
- Achieved 99.5% uptime reliability.
Verify Investor
Sherman Oaks, CAFull-stack engineer
2014 - 2020
- Led engineering for accredited investor verification platform navigating SEC regulations.
- Adapted software to comply with changing SEC accredited investor requirements.
- Verified 30,000+ individuals' accreditation status for securities offerings.
Education
Juris Doctor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2013
Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric
University of California, Berkeley
2009
Contact
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Seattle, WA
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Practice areas
- AI governance & ethics
- Software licensing & IP
- Corporate formation & M&A
- Securities regulation (SEC)
- Data privacy (GDPR/CCPA)
- Real estate transactions
- Civil rights litigation
Professional leadership
Vice-chair, Science & Technology Law Section
Nevada State Bar
Present
Member, Nevada Advertising Committee
Nevada State Bar
2019-2021
Skills
Technical expertise
Professional focus
- AI regulation & ethics
- Access to justice technology
- Open source software licensing
Interests
- Time with family
- Yoga
- Cooking
- Travel
- Astrology