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Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Provide clients with counseling and advice as to litigation and transactional matters.
• Prepare contractual documents on clients' behalf including independent contractor agreements, residential lease agreements, corporate formation documents, and terms of use agreements. Conduct legal research and prepare.

Greater Chicago Area

• Provide proactive defense in personal injury cases, with an emphasis on litigating commercial motor vehicle cases.
• Take and defend fact and expert witness depositions, specializing in treating physician depositions.
• Prepare and respond to pleadings, written discovery, and motions on behalf of clients to advance their positions during litigation.
• Research, draft, and present dispositive motions on behalf of clients.
• Establish and build relationships with clients to achieve desired goals in litigation

Carol Stream, IL

• Organized and developed a long-term business plan including the establishment of a loyal long-term client base; developed short and long-term fiscal planning; drafted estimates and invoices; and negotiated contracts.

Chicago, Illinois

• Conducted legal research, and abstracted fact and expert witness depositions in preparation to draft dispositive and discovery motions.
• Reviewed and abstracted discovery responses and productions.

Chicago, IL

• Litigated a prisoner’s rights case in the Central District of Illinois Federal Court, from discovery to trial as member of student-led trial team.

Chicago, IL

• Researched and drafted analysis of two newly enacted EPA permits regarding marine vessel discharge limits on the Great Lakes.
• Analyzed the effectiveness and environmental impact of individual states’ hydraulic fracturing waste disposal laws.

• Member of student-led trial team that successfully navigated case from discovery to midtrial settlement.

Chicago, IL

• Appeared in Cook County Chancery Court on behalf and assited clients with navigating the foreclosure process.
• Reviewed client’s mortgages and related documentation in preparation to draft pleadings, motions, and to negotiate on behalf of clients.

Chicago, IL

• Member of student-led trial team that successfully navigated case from discovery to mid-trial settlement.

Juris Doctor

Activities and Societies: Justinian Society of Lawyers, Environmental Law Society, Phi Delta Phi International Honors Legal Fraternity

Bachelor Of Arts, History

Activities and Societies: Minored in Economics, Phi Alpha Theta History Honors society, Graduated Cum Laude• History studies focused on.