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Knoxville, TN, US

Knoxville, TN

• Oversee and direct key operations of the firm while operating as a practicing attorney with an emphasis on adoption law, litigation, business formation, and estate planning.
• Function as Guardian Ad litem for children in dependency and neglect cases, including a number of custody and abuse cases.
• Furnish advice and recommendations to clients on real estate contracts, investment, and landlord-tenant issues to meet their needs.
• Clearly and effectively communicate with clients to dispense multi-million-dollar investment LLC advice and provide exceptional service in procuring multi-family investment properties.
• Lead the delivery of top-quality estate planning and end-of-life planning services, including wills, living wills, trusts, and post-death instructions.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

• Provided in-depth assistance and support to clients with various real estate transactions, from property searches through deal negotiation and closure.
• Carried out the drafting, preparation, and evaluation of real estate contracts, amendments, and addendums for client deals.
• Effectively employed the CRM to perform the automation of lead follow up and orchestrate the development of new and existing clients.
• Navigated the negotiation and closing of real estate deals, contracts, and agreements on behalf of clients to meet their needs.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

• Leveraged expertise to oversee adoption, custody, divorce, personal injury, workers’ compensation insurance defense, and estate planning matters in a successful two-attorney general practice firm.
• Played a key role by acting as Guardian Ad litem for minors in court appointed matters in surrounding counties.
• Led the creation, preparation, and drafting of a wide variety of documents, such as legal pleadings, post-adoption contracts, state documents required for adoption, etc.
• Administered extensive and incisive legal research and analysis into novel issues in family law while addressing challenging issues for individual clients.
• Undertook and completed various office administration tasks, such as client onboarding, hiring, termination, and general employee leadership of 2 to 3 employees.
• Employed the utmost confidentiality in administering a range of sensitive matters while dispensing advice and meeting strict deadlines.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Dispensed assistance and support to partners in all aspects of litigation practice, including drafting pleadings and agreements, administering legal and medical research, performing client marketing, and overseeing.
• Charged with embarking on regular and extensive travel and participating in courtroom activities across the state of Tennessee.
• Operated in a pivotal capacity by administering circuit, chancery, administrative, and appeals court appearances from basic hearings to full trials and appeals.
• Orchestrated the development of the practice in “management” clients and insurance defense, including focusing on workers’ compensation defense and general liability defense.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Associate attorney specializing primarily in workers' compensation defense.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Provided top-quality support to partners and senior associates in all aspects of law practice, including drafting pleadings and agreements, conducting legal and medical research, overseeing marketing, and representing.
• Undertook extensive travel and performed a wide range of key legal duties and tasks across courts based throughout the state.
• Tasked with appearing on behalf of and representing clients in trials, motion hearings, settlement hearings, appellate arguments, and administrative hearings.
• Actively engaged and participated in state-mandated medications and independent negotiations with attorneys and pro se litigants.

As a student attorney, I handled all aspects of clients' cases, including creating for- and non-profit businesses, handling tax concerns, intellectual property concerns, and offering clients both business and legal advice.

Legal research and writing.

Responsible for client education and product sales; knowledge of interoffice discipline and business etiquette; utilized communications technology including computer and telephone systems on internal and national networks; extensive interaction with new and existing clients; communicated with clients of varying levels of education and understanding.

Data entry, specimen labeling and delivery, participant interaction, and completion of legal paperwork.

Community development, student supervision, counseling.

Juris Doctor, Business Transactions

Activities and Societies: Transactions Journal of Business Law

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology