Associate Attorney resume examples

• Adjunct professor for business litigation classes at the University of San Diego.
• Develop syllabi, teaching models and peer-to-peer teaching to foster collaborative learning. Encourage a high degree of student involvement through the presentation of relevant legal issues and interactive teaching style.
• Assist students with research topic selection; edit and evaluate student writing projects; prepare and grade examinations.
• Consistently receive excellent evaluations from students.

• Consultant for venture capitalist start-up corporation specifically related to the research and development of personal care line for a celebrity client.
• Worked to refine a strategic vision for a new product line and effectively led the project with excellence. Delivered new item development including comprehensive preliminary launch plan that justified major investments.
• Responsible for product development, vendor relationship, management, logistics and contract negotiations. Daily oversight of design, production and creation.

• Associate attorney in a large firm (100 members) specializing in general litigation, business, construction, housing, and real estate law, with a focus on trial preparation and trial.
• Daily activities include client contact, legal research, depositions, preparing motions, court appearances, settlement conferences, mediation, trial, and developing litigation budgets.
• Actively involved in marketing and developing relationships with clients.

• Associate attorney in a mid-size firm, specializing in general litigation, business, construction, housing, and real estate law, with a focus on trial preparation and trial.
• Daily activities included client contact, legal research, preparing motions, depositions, court appearances, settlement conferences, mediation, trial, and developing budgets.
• Additionally, performed marketing duties and developed business relationships with small business owners, national corporations and insurance carriers.

• Partner/Attorney in a mid-size firm in Sacramento, California, specializing in general litigation, education, business, construction, housing, and real estate law.
• Daily activities included client contact, legal research, preparing motions, depositions, court appearances, settlement conferences, mediation, trial preparation, trial, and developing litigation budgets.
• Recruiting, hiring and reviewing of associates and staff members.
• Key role in securing counsel appointments for the firm by several major insurance carriers.

• Represented indigent misdemeanor defendants in various criminal proceedings including DUI, assault, theft and various other crimes which are punishable by up to 364 days in local or county jail.
• Working on a daily basis with both in-custody and out-of-custody defendants and their families.  
• This paid position provided not only traditional experience in research and writing; but also, the practical “hands on” experience of daily courtroom appearances including, litigating of motions, evidentiary hearings and assist senior attorneys in case preparation for trial or disposition.

• Represented individuals and organizations in litigation involving ERISA, the ADA and other applicable state and federal laws.
• Prepared extensive legal memoranda and reports for trustees of retirement and health plans.
• Supervised junior attorneys and paralegals.
  

• Litigated employee benefit cases in federal courts.
• Provided legal advice to the trustees of health and pension funds.
• Supervised paralegals.
• UMWA Health and Retirement Funds.

Counsel for two interstate natural gas companies, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC, and Gulf South Pipeline, Inc., providing legal oversight for Contracts Administration, Materials Management, Operations and Engineering, Land, and Information Technology and Records Management departments.

Lead attorney on a 267 mile pipeline construction project responsible for negotiation and drafting of construction contracts, and vendor agreements as well as acquisition of all easements and management of eminent domain litigation in a timely manner and within budget.

Negotiated and drafted a complex purchase agreement with a foreign mill for a $24 million steel pipe order that later enable the company to reach a desired settlement on a defective pipe materials based upon favorable contract terms.

Led legal effort to gain access to multiple state voluntary clean-up programs for environmental remediation. 

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Private practice in state and federal courts focused on general business transactional work and litigation, commercial and residential real estate, construction law, insurance defense, bankruptcy, wills and trusts, adoptions and domestic relations.

Routinely worked on general corporate matters for firm's largest client, a rural electric generation and transmission cooperative with  four power stations in Western Kentucky. 

Co-authored a Daubert motion and supporting brief for client in a personal injury actions that triggered a multi-million dollar settlement.

Gained substantial litigation experience supporting partners in general business, construction law and medical malpractice cases.

Handled the drafting legal documents such as pleadings, motions, briefs, written discovery, depositions, and oral arguments in alternative dispute and courtroom settings.