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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Forest Lake, Mn

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Counseled and represented clients with diverse legal needs.• Worked with supervising attorneys in practice areas including estate planning, civil litigation, business formation and conversion, landlord-tenant, debt collection, and bankruptcy.•Assisted and independently conducted discovery, including writing interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions, responses, memorandum in support of summary judgment, and memorandum in support of motions.

St. Paul, Mn

• Wrote and submitted briefs, complaints, demand letters, and memorandum to supervising attorneys.• Assisted with all aspects of litigation preparation.• Authored dispositive portion of the Respondent’s Brief in Nesbit v. Arellano, Case No. A14-1330 (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).

Steele County Courthouse

•Judicial Law Clerk Intern for Hon. Joseph A. Bueltel & Karen R. Duncan•Researched case law, legal theories, and prior appellate court and Minnesota Supreme Court decisions•Drafted judicial orders for criminal, civil, family, and juvenile cases while meeting procedure deadlines•Worked on multiple case files, prioritizing time sensitive cases•Consulted with judges on decisions of the court during complex cases•Discussed pending cases and legal theories with representing attorneys•Observed both courtroom and in-chambers proceedings•Synthesized case law for judicial use

Farmington, Mn

Juris Doctor (J.D.) Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Federalist Society, Phi Alpha Delta, Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy

Bachelor Of Science, Marketing