Olivia Kyle Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

• Reviewed and analyzed complex documents, including emails, contracts, and spreadsheets, for discovery in corporate merger and pharmaceutical class action cases using the Relativity platform.
• Reviewed and determined if a document was responsive to the issues in the case, required redaction, and/or necessitated attorney-client privilege protections.

Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

• Conducted legal policy and research analysis focusing on activities related to the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service.
• Drafted memoranda concerning potential ramifications of executive orders and memoranda issued by the new presidential administration.

Golden, CO

• Drafted court orders, most necessitating little or no edits from the judge, for civil, criminal, and domestic relations cases, including appeals.
• Contributed to significant reduction in caseload during first year of clerkship by assisting judge and court judicial assistant with improved docket organization and more efficient case management.
• Prepared judge for civil hearings by summarizing motions arguments, procedural posture, and pending issues requiring court resolution.
• Acted as bailiff for criminal and civil jury trials.

• Received “Outstanding Student Attorney” award, as selected by peers and supervisors for 2013-2014 school year.
• Developed strategies, wrote memoranda, and prepared preliminary complaints and motions for potential future litigation under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), Clean Water Act (“CWA”), and National Environmental.
• Drafted public comments on environmental impact statements under NEPA.
• Prepared written and presented oral comments for Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meetings.

• Composed initial draft and assisted with revisions of administrative appeal for the denial of a Freedom of Information Act fee waiver request, which resulted in the agency reversing the denial.
• Performed legal research and drafted memo analyzing potential causes of action under NEPA.
• Reviewed, analyzed, and organized documents for a prospective case against CWA violators.
• Analyzed and performed quality control of petitions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list species under the ESA.

• Wrote memo communicating results of research on administrative procedures and sources of legislative funding for transferring an agency to a different state department in Colorado.
• Analyzed proposed changes to animal welfare regulations under Colorado’s Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act in order to determine potential effects on shelters and other pet animal care facilities.
• Reviewed amendments to existing Colorado animal rights legislation and summarized the changes for use in a presentation intended for individuals not involved in initial legislative process.

• Performed legal research and drafted memo for use in filing the nation’s first lawsuit against ag gag legislation, Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Gary R. Herbert.
• Drafted memos on various elements of defamation for use in determining whether to file a complaint.

J.D., Order Of St. Ives, Law, Gpa 3.65

Activities and Societies: President/Treasurer, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund; Treasurer, National Lawyers Guild; Kickball Tournament.

B.S. With High Honors, Accounting And Information Systems

Honors: • Phi Beta Kappa Society • Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society • Beta Alpha Psi International Honor Organization.