Thomas Sands Email & Phone Number

Honolulu, Hi

Managed over 650 files along with a team of two legal assistants. Drafted Service and Pretrial Statement Extensions, Orders Confirming Sale, Commissioners Deeds, Complaint Drafting, Service of Process, Client Correspondence/Update, Complaints, Entries of Default. Calendared Hearings, Deadlines, and Important

Motion Drafting: discovery, pleadings, complaints, demand letters, client interviews.

Worked on Deposition Summaries, Memo Writing. Legal Research on wage and hour discrimination, overtime compensation, and employee exemption status.

Unlawful detainers and assistance in divorce cases.

Los Angeles

Researched Class Action Issues and Assisted in Simple Motion Drafting; Managed and Updates files;

Researched Health Care Issues and various statutes in the field of health care.

Worked to assist team of three attorneys for trial preparation and client updates. Conducted research, deposition summaries, and examined medical reports. Billed at 6 minute intervals, filed DOR's, reviewed C&R's, and filed SDT's.

Assisted a team of three attorneys to file legal motions and performed research. Filed motions to suppress evidence for felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions. Motions in opposition to summary judgment and disputed facts; 995 motions to set aside information.

Assisted the greater Hispanic community of Los Angeles with access to the court system and made court appearances on behalf of clients in front of the USCIS. Successfully filed motions to re-open cases, consolidate cases, to withdraw, and also submitted briefs on behalf of clients. Translation of Birth Certificates. Translations of Declarations.

Provided cancer patients throughout the U.S. with black letter law which enabled them to assert their rights. Conducted intake interviews and follow-up consultations to explain the status of each individual's case. Researched various areas of law such as estate planning, health law, civil rights, and employment law. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

Prepared and filed taxes on behalf of California residents for both federal and state returns. Assisted citizen of Los Angeles by reviewing their tax return in both English and Spanish. Document review of a person's tax returns before finally submitting them to the federal government.

Helped to build and assistant low income family housing development in Florida for spring break.

J.D

Bachelor, Arts; English And Philosophy; English; Philosophy

Thesis: Duality in the Modern Conscious: An Analysis of the Apollonian and Dionysian Cults and the Psychological Element of the Human Ego.