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Salt Lake City, UT, US

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Greater Salt Lake City Area

- Legal representation of personal injury victims and victims of civil rights abuses.- Managed media relations for press releases on major cases, including international coverage. - Created and edited graphics, audio, and content for websites, podcasts, and marketing.- Designed and instituted tracking processes to improve data on marketing efforts..

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Managed an array of large state cooperative contracts, worked with the Utah Department of Corrections, including all subdivisions and departments, and the Utah State Board of Education for their procurement needs.
• Trained agencies on Utah Procurement Code and Rules.
• Negotiated terms and conditions, draft contracts, and performed contract reviews on behalf of agencies and the State of Utah Division of Purchasing; drafted and updated forms, contracts, and documents for solicitation.
• GRAMA Officer in charge of responding to document requests from the public. Also provided records for other state agencies.
• Directed and served on evaluation committees tasked with scoring solicitations (including RFP, RFQ, and RFSQ). Helped create justification statements justifying contract awards.
• Reviewed, negotiated and edited state purchases to ensure compliance with the Utah Procurement Code, Administrative Rules, and Policies of the Utah State Purchasing Division.

Ogden, Utah, United States

Responsibilities: - Investigated and identified crucial facts that affect a case and logically applied statutes, regulations or industry standards in order to determine a legal position. - Researched decisions and drafted legal writing that synthesized complex legal ideas into clear and understandable conclusions. - Mediated adversarial claims by.

- Drafted complaints, summary judgment motions and settlement brochures. -Researched and organized a body of reports relating to Utah prison systems and the likelihood of failure for prisoners at risk of harming themselves using different intervention methods. - Created summaries of current emerging trends in the law for website publication.

- Researched many legal areas: Construction, Worker's Compensation, OSHA Compliance, EPA Studies, Disability, Personal Injury, Adoption, Bankruptcy, etc. - Assisted in client interviews, mediation and depositions. - Drafted multiple legal memos describing potential liability exposure for large companies.

Layton, Utah

- Created a training course and FAQ database for health club billing software. - Worked closely with multiple department heads and employees to develop a more efficient description of features in company communications. - Demonstrated project leadership in a number or pivotal company undertakings.

J.D. Graduate, Law, Honors Graduate, Cali And Col Scholastic Awards

Activities and Societies: - Associate Editor of Law Review: Journal of Land Resources and Environmental Law - Appellate Moot Court.

B.A, English, 3.82

Activities and Societies: Metaphor - Literary Journal EditorPublished academic works including a research paper on phantom limb pain