Benjamin Upton Email & Phone Number

Research and monitor State and Federal legislation for changes in statutory law, bankruptcy exemptions, and form revisions.Manage updates to TopForm bankruptcy filing software, including coordinating and prioritizing developer workflow to address customer requests and feedback.Training and supervising software development team to assure accuracy of software's legal content. Includes overseas travel to manage programming and development of substantial software update.Software Testing – Quality control for legal accuracy as well as functionality and proofreading.Customer Service – Second-level technical support and client outreach at conferences.

Reviewed proprietary documents for relevance to discovery requests, attorney-client privilege, and relationship to key issues specified by clients. Performed quality control of colleagues’ reviewed documents. Experience with Relativity.

Falls Church, Va

Civil litigation – trials, motions, pleadings, discovery – personal injury, secured transactions, medical malpractice, family law, debt collection.Bankruptcy – Lead counsel for Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 cases in EDVA Alexandria – adversary proceedings, lien avoidance, objections to discharge, preferences. Consumer protection.Real estate – deeds, deeds of trust, mortgage modification and short sales. Estate planning – wills and trusts.Corporate law – corporate formation, reorganization, contracts, liquor licenses, administrative procedures.

Falls Church, Va

Responsible for all aspects of the bankruptcy process save for filing. Includes drafting petitions, interviewing and following up with clients, filing amendments, attending meetings of creditors, and drafting and filing homestead deeds and suggestions of bankruptcy.Streamlined procedures for bankruptcy department case management.

Charlottesville, Va

Drafted bankruptcy petitions, legal memoranda, and motionsResearched, analyzed, and summarized case law and statutory law in the fields of bankruptcy, consumer protection, secured transactions, and real estate.Case management, interviewed and followed up with clients.Produced documents to accompany a Continuing Legal Education program in the field of real estate law.

Charlottesville, Va

Researched, analyzed, and summarized case law and statutory law in the field of Constitutional law, primarily in regards to First Amendment issues.Drafted legal memoranda, complaints, and answers.

Washington, Dc

Researched and analyzed policy proposals and legislation for health insurance, Medicaid, and welfare. Presented analysis of proposals and legislation in both written and oral format. Edited pamphlet on Kansas government spending intended for presentation to the Foundation President.

Drafted and edited pleadings.Worked as runner to state and federal courts.Served private process on defendants and witnesses.Answered phones and maintained files.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Federalist Society, Law Christian Fellowship, Lyle Moot Court, Section D Softball Team

B. S., Economics

Activities and Societies: George Mason University Economics Society, Golden Key Honor SocietyMinored in Mathematics and Computer Science.