LaXavier Reddick Hood, Esq.

P.O. ******

Atlanta, Georgia 31145

Telephone Number: 404-***-****

Email Address: ab7fsm@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:

**/**/** ** ******* L. R. Hood & Associates, PC, Atlanta, Georgia

Attorney/Manager/Owner

Responsible for providing legal advice and representation to individuals,

insurance companies and corporations in workers’ compensation, personal injury,

slip and fall, social security, real estate, employment discrimination, bankruptcy,

foreclosure, and contract cases. Also responsible for preparing cases for hearings

in bankruptcy and foreclosure cases, including preparing and responding to

motions and briefs. Responsible for conducting real estate closings. Also

responsible for assisting clients with real estate sales and purchases as a licensed

real estate agent, licensed in 2002.

09/1/1998 to 11/01/99 Smith, Howard & Ajax, Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Associate

Responsible for providing advice and counsel to insurance companies,

school systems, self-insured companies and corporations in workers’

compensation cases. Also responsible for providing risk management evaluations

for clients in workers’ compensation cases and preparing cases for trials and

hearings including but not limited to preparing discovery, meeting with witnesses,

and preparing briefs and motions in cases.

06/95 to 08/1998 Arrington & Hollowell, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia

Managing Attorney, Workers’ Compensation Section

Responsible for the firm’s workers’ compensation section, including

managing attorneys and paralegals in the firm’s workers’ compensation section.

Also responsible for providing advice and counsel to hospitals, universities,

corporations, and companies in workers’ compensation and employment

discrimination cases; conducting seminars and education programs for companies

and corporations on relevant legal issues. Also responsible for managing internal

grievance proceedings for corporate clients. In addition, responsible for reviewing

and evaluating billing statements, performing collection activities on older

receivables, participating in evaluations of attorneys and paralegals and responsible

for substantially increasing the firm’s revenues.

1/1993 to 06/1995 Georgia Court of Appeals, Atlanta, Georgia

Staff Attorney for Honorable G. Alan Blackburn, Former Chief Judge

Responsible for researching cases on appeal before the Court of Appeals,

preparing memoranda of law concerning the issues in the cases on appeal, and

preparing drafts of legal decisions. Also responsible for reviewing applications for

discretionary and interlocutory review and preparing memoranda of law on issues.

11/1/89 to 12/92 Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation

Law Clerk/ Staff Attorney for Chairman James Oxendines and Directors

Responsible for researching issues in workers’ compensation cases on

appeal and providing advice to Judge James Oxendine, Division Directors

including Judge M. Yvette Miller on issues in workers’ cases. Also, responsible for

preparing memoranda of law on cases and drafts of decisions and awards. Also

responsible for attending oral arguments and providing answers to the general

public, administrative law judges, and members of the Bar on issues in workers’

compensation cases. Responsible for participating in Board Sponsored seminars

throughout the state on relevant issues including the impact of the ADA.

02/87 to 10/89 Trunnell & Associates, LLC

Law Clerk/Associate Attorney

Responsible for providing legal representation in workers’ compensation

cases, social security, employment discrimination and personal injury hearings and

trials. Also responsible for preparing cases for litigation, trials, and appeals,

including preparing discovery, interviewing witness, and developing evidence in

support of workers’ compensation, personal injury and social security cases.

Responsible for preparing wills and trust for clients.

06/86 to 8/86 Honorable Sallie Jocoy, Chief Administrative Law Judge

Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation, Macon, GA

Law Clerk

Responsible for researching issues in workers’ compensation cases,

attending hearings, assisting in the completion of the Workers’ Compensation

Brief Book, a compilation of relevant statutes and cases applicable to workers’

compensation cases; and preparing memoranda of law on issues.

EDUCATION

Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, B.A. in Political Science, Minor in Business

and Psychology, June 1985; Juris Doctorate, June 1988

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