Katherine Smith Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

⋅ Exercise creativity while rapidly issue spotting novel fact scenarios that involve social distancing orders, work from home orders, and other Covid-19 related pretextual reasons for wrongful termination.⋅ Oversee all employment-related client intakes.⋅ Conduct interviews with witnesses and obtain declarations used for pre-litigation purposes.⋅ Draft BOLI complaints, demand letters, declarations and RFP responses.

⋅ Conduct research on tariff system, international business transactions, and entrepreneur's barriers to entry, specifically relating to the fashion and automotive industries.⋅ Draft report that teaches entrepreneurs how to navigate the tariff system, communicate with customs brokers, and import plant-based alternatives for the fashion and automotive industries.⋅ Attend bi-weekly small group interviews with international business experts working in the fashion and automotive industries.

Portland, Oregon, United States

⋅ Researched feasibility and strategic alternatives to registering CBD food and beverage trademarks with the USPTO.⋅ Researched feasibility and filed trademark application with the USPTO for a CBD skin care product line.⋅ Drafted a pro-tenant commercial property lease.⋅ Drafted a commercial licensing agreement for workspace rentals, involving option clauses for the Licensor’s flexibility.⋅ Obtained normality, efficiency, and comfortability with maintaining virtual client relationships and completing the business elements of practicing law remotely.

Portland, Oregon Area

⋅ Drafted BOLI complaints, demand letters, and responses to RFPs⋅ Attended client meetings, mediations, BOLI hearings and court hearings. ⋅ Submitted public records requests, reviewed client employment, medical, and personal records in preparation for pre-litigation reviews.⋅ Prepared legal documents and binders for mediation, advocated for clients at mediation, and discussed employment law, various legal pathways, and professionalism with employment law mediators.

University Of Oregon

-Managed communication between the magazine’s upper staff and its writers, photographers, illustrators, and sources for up to 5 stories at a time -Award: Shoot for the Stars Award – awarded to the most committed, involved and motivated member of the magazine

Eugene, Oregon Area

-Served all customer needs by welcoming, taking orders, expediting and serving food -Handling both credit and cash summing up to hundreds of dollars a day -Leveraged time management skills by working part-time and attending school full-time

Eugene, Oregon Area

-Taught 200 women on strategic communication by leading 13 workshops for 250 women and handling a $9,000 budget -Maintained a 95% retention rate throughout 7 membership offerings

Eugene, Oregon Area

Cape Town Area, South Africa

-Earned media for Rothko's clients from 3 publications on average, once a week for 10 weeks.-Created editorial content for informational pamphlets and brochures provided at numerous oncology networks across South Africa-Leveraged Facebook content for psychologist and book author Sophia Ledingham

Portland, Oregon Area

-Promoted the "Sightless Challenge"​ campaign by creating and sharing weekly newsletters-Launched multimedia presence for the "Sightless Challenge"​-Gained immense appreciation and understanding for nonprofit work

Business Law Certificate And International Law Certificate

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Public Relations/Image Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Journalism

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