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• Researched and wrote first drafts of opinions on procedural motions, including a motion to dismiss an employment discrimination claim and a motion for summary judgment on a sexual harassment claim.

• Drafted pleadings, motions, and briefs involving claims such as breach of contract, partition of real estate, spoliation of evidence, and discrimination of utility service.• Researched and summarized issues such as local government immunities, the Safe Water Drinking Act, the Illinois Dead Man’s Act, and claims involving flooded homes and sewage back-ups.• Wrote first draft of appellant brief in a landlord-tenant dispute that resulted in reversal of award for attorney’s fees.

• Researched and wrote first drafts of opinions in cases involving employment discrimination, an application for naturalization of citizenship, a First Amendment retaliation claim, and probable cause for a traffic stop.

• Drafted pleadings, motions, and briefs, including an appellee brief that successfully upheld an award of attorney's fees under Ill. Sup. Ct. Rule 137.• Researched and wrote memos on topics such as the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, Illinois procedural rules, dissolution of a partnership, and the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.