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Primary focus on commercial client’s needs, health insurance, and supplemental benefits

Practiced in the areas of Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation

Practiced in the areas of Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability, and Medical MalpracticeAttended Trials, Hearings, and MediationsSettled over 200 cases per yearWorked along side and helped supervise in excess of 20 legal assistants at any given time Developed and obtained the necessary medical treatment for injured clients Reviewed and interpreted medical records, billing statements, and insurance EOBs Managed and determined lien priorityNegotiated settlements with insurance adjusters and defense counselResearched and kept abreast of legislative changes and developments, both state and federal, as well as new case law and presented these materials at monthly attorney meetings

Drafted and negotiated business contracts and leasesHelped resolve landlord tenant disputesReviewed employment contracts, non-competes, and employee handbooks for various businesses

Taught Business Law, Civil Litigation, and English Business Law course covered legal procedures, law and society, classifications and systems of law, the tribunals administering justice and their actions, contracts, sales, leases, transfer of titles, rights and duties of the parties, conditions, and warrantiesCivil Litigation included the study of the principles of litigation and the rules of procedure for each court in the South Carolina system, including pleadings, practice and discovery proceduresEnglish class was the study of basic writing

Managed a caseload of one-hundred fifty indigent adult and juvenile clientsEvaluated and researched potential defensesAttended pre-trial conferences with judges and solicitorsCoordinated witnesses and evidence for trials with office investigatorsConducted trials in General Sessions CourtInterviewed defendants, witnesses, victims, experts, and law enforcementDrafted suppression and discovery motionsConducted preliminary hearings for adults as well as detention hearings for juveniles

Drafted indictments, plea bargains, and Final Agency DeterminationsAssisted attorneys in brief and opinion writingSat second chair at numerous trials across the state with my supervisor, Assistant Attorney General Tom McDermott

Judicial Observation and Experience Program participant under Judge Wayne M. CreechObserved virtually every type of judicial proceeding the Family Court has jurisdiction overHelped draft and proofread court orders