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Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States

At Fuchs & Roselli, I concentrated my practice on commercial litigation. This included representing clients in court, drafting pleadings and motions, participating in written and oral discovery, developing litigation strategy, and negotiating and drafting settlement agreements. I represented businesses and individuals in a wide variety of case types including employment disputes, shareholder actions, breach of contract lawsuits, and real estate disputes.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

As a law clerk at Fuchs & Roselli, Ltd., I worked alongside attorneys in the Litigation, Trusts & Estates, Corporate, and Real Estate departments. My work included drafting research memoranda, drafting appellate briefs, drafting trial court pleadings, preparing deposition outlines, reviewing discovery documents, preparing summaries and spreadsheets pertaining to discovery documents, preparing asset purchase and membership interest purchase documents, and preparing for and participating in client meetings, and observing depositions and court proceedings.

Greater Chicago Area

As a legal intern for the General Counsel’s office at IRC Retail Centers, my responsibilities included:-Drafting internal memoranda for attorney review for issues relating to parking, eminent domain, and zoning ordinances.-Analyzing existing tenant and easement use restrictions for prospective leases.-Preparing draft correspondence to tenants and lenders for attorney review.

Chicago, Illinois

Blaise & Nitschke, P.C. is a law firm located in the Loop with a practice concentrated on civil litigation, with an emphasis on entertainment litigation, personal injury, real estate litigation, family law, and commercial litigation. My responsibilities included the following:-Prepared draft correspondence, pleadings, and answers to discovery requests for attorney review for a variety of case types, including entertainment litigation, personal injury, real estate litigation, divorce, and commercial litigation.-Served as trial technician for federal jury trials, including preparation of exhibit books, managing display of true and correct electronic copies of written document exhibits as published at court, and coordination and management of audio and audiovisual files played as exhibits.-Created and implemented office procedures and personnel policies.-Created, organized, and maintained case files, including review and filing of incoming and outgoing pleadings, correspondence, and discovery.-Maintained docket for upcoming court dates, deadlines, and client meetings.-Conducted conferences, both via telephone and in-person, with clients. -Managed payroll.-Negotiated rates with vendors.-Prepared invoices to clients.

Greater Chicago Area

My responsibilities at Cantwell & Cantwell included the following: -Prepared draft correspondence, pleadings, and answers to discovery requests for attorney review for a variety of case types, including personal injury, employment, probate, real estate litigation, divorce, and corporate litigation.-Created, organized, and maintained case files, including review and filing of incoming and outgoing pleadings, correspondence, and discovery.-Filed pleadings with court, both federal and county, including spindling motions and serving other parties.-General office work, including answering incoming telephone calls, placing outgoing calls, monitoring incoming e-mail, billing, processing incoming mail, and entering and verifying entry of time into billing software.

Greater Chicago Area

As a paralegal extern in the Torts Division of the Legal Department of the Chicago Transit Authority, I worked on an in-house defense team on train- and bus-related personal injury cases. My responsibilities included:-Created timetables, viewed security footage, documented statements, and reviewed internal reports.-Provided support to attorneys and other paralegals, including courthouse filings, organizing case files, corresponding with opposing counsel, and preparing and mailing documents.-Drafted discovery responses for attorney review.-Sorted and indexed personnel files and medical files. -Created privilege logs for discovery.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Cum Laude

Upper-level coursework included: Intensive Trial Advocacy, Trial Advocacy 2, Bankruptcy, Business Entity Formation & Transactions.

Certificate With Honors, Paralegal Studies, Post-Baccalaureate

Activities and Societies: Honors: Lamda Epsilon Chi (ΛΕΧ) Paralegal Studies Honor SocietyCoursework included Pre-Trial Litigation, Civil.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Politics And Government

Studied politics and government, with an emphasis on international comparative politics and political theory. Coursework included Topics.

Associate Of Arts (Aa)

Studied the humanities, with an emphasis on creative writing and literature.