Tasks include helping to prepare the South Texas College of Law Nationally renowned varsity mock trial / moot court teams for Regional and National Competitions and assisting law students in development of courtroom decorum; trial theory and strategy; appellate argument style; and appellate brief writing stucture.

Since 1951, the Houston, Texas personal injury law firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend has been serving and protecting the rights of seriously injured people and families of loved ones killed by the negligence of others. With more than 60 years of experience, Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agost & Friend is one of the oldest and most well-respected law firms in Houston, Texas.As a law clerk to Senior Partner, Nick C. Nichols, and later Contract Attorney to Brant J. Stogner, my tasks include Drafting pleadings; drafting settlement demand letters; conducting initial client interviews; drafting client reject letters; producing interoffice memoranda on various research topics; drafting deposition summaries; drafting discovery requests; consulting with clients and drafting discovery responses; assisting with filing; and completing special projects as assigned.I have also been able to Second Chair three jury trials to verdict. Tasks included drafting all pretrial documents; assisting with voir dire; drafting trial memoranda; drafting direct examinations of fact witnesses; and conducting post trial jury interviews.

Draft memoranda interpreting various legal arguments, timelines, and exhibits for motions submitted to the court. Perform various legal research and writing projects, as assigned by Judge.

The Gore Law Firm is a consumer debtor’s rights law firm located in Texas with offices in Houston & Sugar Land. The firm focuses its practice in the areas of Mortgage Litigation, Predatory Lending, Foreclosure Defense Litigation, Truth in Lending, Real Estate Short Sales, Deceptive Trade Practices, FELA and personal injury.As a law clerk I am tasked with completing research projects, drafting motions and pleadings, and completing tasks as assigned by Senior Partner and Associates.

Turbine Air Systems designs and manufactures modular cooling and energy systems for the power generation industry, the district, commercial and industrial process cooling industries, and the industrial sector. The company specializes in high efficiency standard product designs optimized for low life cycle cost performance. Their product capabilities include chilled water systems, air-cooled systems, clean heat and power on-site energy systems and industrial waste heat solutions.As a Commercial Financial Analyst I handled all front-end financial modeling for major proposals and completed risk analysis projects as assigned by executive management.I also served as liasson between Finance and Contracts Management Departments while participating in direct negotiations for payment terms and performance security options for various projects exceeding $50 Million value.My responsibilities also included being in charge of managing company bonding capacity as well as monitoring company nexus for state taxation purposes.

Chicago Bridge and Iron is one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement and construction companies and a major process technology licensor. CB&I provides a comprehensive range of solutions to customers in the energy and natural resource industries. As a Project Controls Specialist I handled cost forecasting, risk analysis, change management, etc. My responsibilities also included project financial modeling and the production and creation of various project financial reports.