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East Lansing

Worked with team of senior attorneys and paralegals to provide legal representation of individuals charged with crimes. Answered potential client's initial questions regarding judicial process and their individual facts and circumstances. Met with potential clients at consultation meeting to explain retainer agreement and answer additional questions. Took confidential and detailed record of client's information and conducted thorough interviews regarding individual situations. Worked with client and senior attorneys to develop litigation plan. Corresponded with client's regarding case updates and answered any additional questions. Advised client's of rights and obligations under the criminal justice system. Sent and received discovery via mail or fax. Filed, retrieved, and copied documents.

Oakland County, Michigan

Attorney solo practitioner. Represented indigent defendants in misdemeanor cases as court appointed counsel in Clarkston, Bloomfield Hills, and Royal Oak District Courts. Volunteered as mediator at Small Claims Court in Bloomfield Hills. Represented private clients in probate, trust, criminal, debt collection, and driver's license restoration cases.

Troy, Mi

Represented insurance companies in no-fault litigation. Organized and filed insurance claim documents. Worked with clients and senior attorney to prepare legal responses to plaintiff's discovery requests. Conducted thorough depositions of Plaintiffs and prepared detailed summary of deposition for client. Received and filed medical records regarding plaintiffs injuries. Provided summaries of medical records to client.

Provided general assistance with the firm's class action and Fair Labor Standards Act practices in the form of legal research, document review, document analysis, damages analysis, business research, new case intake, drafting of response pleadings, drafting of complaints. Collected and organized data on Whistleblower Protection Act, created presentation for Michigan Right to Work Law, researched Michigan FDA drug immunity laws and worked on Sommers Schwartz first annual Great Lakes Mass Torts Seminar.

Juris Doctor, Intellectual Property Law

Activities and Societies: Law review Intellectual propertyGraduated in top 20% Honors Scholarship Deans List every semester Honor Roll.

Associate'S Degree, Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology And Philosophy