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Lee's Summit, MO, US

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Jackson County, Missouri, United States

• Performed legal research and analysis and prepares memoranda and orders pertaining to motions, pleadings, summary judgments, and legal correspondence.
• Assisted and communicated with the Judge to provide facts, law, legal conclusions, and recommendations to resolve legal issues in pending cases.
• Tracked time limits for filing of responsive pleadings and determined ripeness of issues for the Judge’s ruling.
• Enforced attorney and party compliance with the state and local court rules by written or oral communication or court rulings as directed by the Judge.
• Communicated with attorneys and law offices to set hearings, conferences, reviews, meetings, and trials, and to convey docketing actions taken by the Judge.
• Contacted attorneys and law offices to request proposed orders and judgments or supplemental documents.

• Assisted with a professor’s research and writing for a publication on the lack of police accountability and prevalence of misconduct.
• Found helpful news articles, law review articles, academic studies, and other sources and used those sources to create an annotated outline that will turn into a draft publication.

Missouri, United States

• Assisted the organization in educating voters on their voting rights and opportunities to vote and recruited poll observers to ensure all voters could cast their ballots on Election Day.
• Manned a hotline that Missouri voters could call to ask questions about voting, such as absentee ballots, polling place information, and voter ID issues.
• Helped with trainings for poll observers to teach them about Missouri election laws and how to effectively observe polls.
• Wrote memos for the organization on a variety of subjects, such as the state of voting technology in Missouri and where Missouri college students can find notaries on campus.
• Served as the fellowship liaison to southwest Missouri and, on Election Day, was in the Kansas City “boiler room” taking calls from poll observers in southwest Missouri who saw issues with voting, such as voter.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Represented defendants of misdemeanor charges in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights municipal courts.
• Argued cases before judges and juries during trials using a temporary license to practice in the state of Ohio.
• Wrote briefs and motions submitted to court.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Completed research assignments for the criminal and civil divisions.
• Drafted briefs and responses to motions that attorneys submitted to court.
• Toured government facilities, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
• Participated in mock trials as an attorney and a witness in front of district court judges.

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Assisted with post-conviction appeals by researching, drafting case summaries, and reviewing trial transcripts.
• Drafted sections of ineffective assistance of counsel claims.
• Conducted research examining cases of alleged prosecutorial misconduct.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Worked on cases of abuse, neglect, and violations of rights of people with disabilities.
• Resolved cases in clients’ favor by researching laws and regulations and negotiating with decision-making parties.
• Monitored long-term care facilities to ensure compliance with state and federal laws through interviews with residents, review of policies and regulations, and inspections of the facilities.
• Enhanced the 2016 voting experience within Missouri by conducting preparatory audits of polling places for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and presenting voting rights information to citizens and.
• As a certified Community Work Incentives Coordinator, counseled individuals on their Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and how going to work would affect those.
• Served as information technology specialist for the Kansas City office, troubleshot and maintained software and hardware.

Worked with students to address underlying learning deficiencies by developing their visual-motor processes, ability to visualize and comprehend written and verbal messages, and understand basic mathematical concepts.

• Organized various events for Career Development, such as the graduate school fair and nonprofit and government career fair.
• Researched resources and opportunities for students, such as scholarships, internships, summer programs, and job and graduate school information. Put those resources and opportunities on the Career Development website..
• Communicated with companies, organizations, and graduate schools about potential meetings with students, and about putting their information or resources on the Career Development website.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: ● Disability Law Society (Founder), Fall 2019-Spring 2020; Treasurer, Fall 2019-Spring 2020 ● Space Law Society.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Oxbridge: History Of Ideas (Honors Philosophy)

Activities and Societies: ● Phi Alpha Delta, Pre-Law Society, 2011-15; Vice-President, 2012-13 ● William Jewell College Debate Team.

Philosophy And History

Studied at Keble College at Oxford University through the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Studied contemporary and medieval.

Education record

Activities and Societies: International Baccalaureate Certificate Recipient: History, English, and Psychology; Honor Roll, 2007-2011.