Matthew Calcanas Esq. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

•Finalized jury-trial documents for at least 15 cases. •Prepared briefs and negotiated at least 20 Mandatory Settlement Conferences. •Successfully drafted and negotiated settlement agreements for clients facing evictions.•Prepared clients to testify as witnesses in court and at depositions. •Propounded and Responded to discovery requests, including Form Interrogatories, Requests for Production, Special Interrogatories, and Requests for Admission. •Managed a case load of greater than 15 active unlawful detainers simultaneously. •Successfully drafted and argued countless pre-trial motions including Injunctions, Motions for Summary Judgement, Motions for Judgement on the Pleadings, Motions to Set Aside Judgement, Motions for Reconsideration, Ex-Parte Applications, Motions to Compel Discovery, Motions to Amend, and Motions to Intervene.

• Counseled and interviewed Spanish-speaking tenants regarding violations of the implied warranty of habitability.• Advocated at pre-trial hearings for cases located at Stanley Mosk Courthouse.• Prepared clients to testify at Trial, at Small Claims Hearings, at Los Angeles Housing Department General Manager’s Hearings, and at City Attorney Hearings. • Defended at least 50 depositions, and created discovery matrixes to assist in taking PMK and expert depositions.• Prepared trial documents including Case Summaries, Exhibit Lists, Witness Lists, and Jury Instructions.• Drafted and responded to discovery including PODs, SROGs, FROGs, RFAs and Genuiness of Documents. • Researched and drafted motions and oppositions to motions at various stages of litigation including Ex-Parte Motions, Motions for Summary Judgement, Motions to Compel, Motions for Default, Motions for Continue Trial, Motions in Limine, and Motions to Amend Judgement.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Studio City, Ca

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Coded a digital intake form for remote expungements using Documate• Presented coded form at Legal Service Corporation Innovations in Technology Virtual Conference 2021 • Interpreted client criminal reports and personal data to file proper expungement requests, as well as fee waivers

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Drafted discovery documents, including Requests for Admission, Requests for Production of Documents, and Form Interrogatories• Researched and drafted appellate opening briefs for unlawful detainer proceedings• Attended mediations between landlords and tenants

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Reviewed criminal history, transcripts, and other discovery documents to strategize trial techniques• Researched and Drafted Memorandum for Committee on Penal Code Revision District

• Researched and drafted memoranda concerning Alternative Dispute Resolution within a political framework emphasizing on Confederate monuments across the United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Educated pro per litigants on small claims criteria as well as provide direct service in procedural drafting, filing, fee waivers and service of process• Refered and educate litigants on mediation services as an alternative to small claims options

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Drafted research outlines pertaining to COVID-19 State of Emergency Declarations within California • Drafted research memoranda pertaining to tenants’ rights to participate in rent moratoriums and the practicality of force majeure within a residential contract

Greater Los Angeles Area

Liturgical Coordinator for Campus Ministry• Organized and contacted teams to serve at various liturgies• Collaborated with other members of the liturgical team to prepare religious events for up to 20,000 people• Led student minister teams, and trained new ministers to serve at various liturgies.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Recipient of the Intercultural Competency Certificate, certifying advanced training in Human Relations after completing a yearlong course on advanced mediation and facilitation.• Applied strategies for organizational change in multiethnic settings by engaging community members in critical cultural conversations.• Led the Building a Common Identity workshop to all incoming LMU students, designed to highlight the importance of intercultural awareness within our community.• Spearheaded a dialogue with Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles community to address concerns over police violence and community policing.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Troubleshot visa concerns for university students and parents entering and exiting the United States.• Guided students through Sunapsis, to ensure that proper records were on file for international students at LMU.• Created administrative documents for supervisor use primarily through Microsoft Office.

Beijing City, China

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Organized twice-weekly mentoring sessions focused on enhancing student growth in collaboration with students, parents, teachers and school administrators.• Developed and facilitated mentor-mentee pairings based on strength assessments, to optimize growth.• Conducted formal and informal feedback from affiliated parties to address program improvements.• Mentored underprivileged students at a local middle school who were in danger of failing, encouraging properwork ethic and fostering success.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Led small group tutoring sessions for a third grade class, teaching core subject content.• Engaged with both parents and students to target• Developed individually catered instructional plans to optimize student academic need.• Met with parents to discuss methods to address student academic needs.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Scale, 2L Scale Student

Member of the SCALE program, a two year accelerated JD program which encourages students to master analytical reasoning and legal writing.

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