Phillip Sparks

Associate at Law Offices of Keith E. Davis

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Experience

Associate at Law Offices of Keith E. Davis

**** - ******* (1 year)

Research and draft requests for special education due process hearings, resulting in favorable mediation for

clients. Review assessments of students, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), medical records, academic

records, and witness interviews, organizing information for legal requests.

Contract Law Clerk at Law Offices of Alexander T. Diaz

2011 - June 2012 (1 year)

Conducted research on publishing rights, and contracts; drafted various entertainment law contracts.

Law Clerk at Adams and Martin Group

2010 - 2011 (1 year)

Reviewed client files for pertinent information.

Drafted correspondence and notices of delinquent assessment, default, and trustee sale.

Researched property profiles and ownership information.

Law Clerk at Law Offices of Keith E. Davis

2008 - 2009 (1 year)

Researched and drefted requests for special education due process hearings, resulting in favorable mediation

for clients.

Reviewed assessments of students, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), medical records, academic records,

and witness interviews, organizing information for legal requests.

Law Clerk/Paralegal at Update Legal

2007 - 2007 (less than a year)

Worked on a special project at Winston and Strawn, reviewing over 500 discovery documents in preparation

for trial.

Examined evidence for key facts in a civil litigation case, summarizing information in a central database for

attorneys.

Property Manager at T-Mobile

2006 - 2006 (less than a year)

Managed over 1000 cell sites located in the Inland Empire market.

Abstracted pertinent information contained in lease packages to be used on document intake forms and

entered into market level databases and spreadsheets.

Processed fully executed lease/amendment packages and prepared them to be forwarded to the Field Support

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Center to ensure owners/property managers received prompt and consistent payments of rents and other

variable charges that came due under agreements.

Interpreted lease language to determine company's rights/responsibilities regarding installation and

maintenance of cell site equipment and facilities, as well as the company's financial obligation under

agreement.

Drafted and recorded when necessary, various documents including, but not limited to, lease amendments,

tenant estoppels, easements, SNDAs, and Memorandums of Lease.

Coordinated with 10 field operations crew members to resolve maintenance and access issues at the cell sites.

Law Clerk at Leigh and Associates

2003 - 2006 (3 years)

Assisted in trial preparation. Organized exhibits for trial and prepared research documents for review.

Reorganized the filing system for a civil litigation law practice. Worked on short-term projects at Howrey,

Simon, Arnold, & White, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Preiss, Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, and

Sullivan & Ballog.

Compliance Audit Manager at Wireless Capital Partners

2001 - 2003 (2 years)

Revised training manual for company’s departments. Reviewed and analyzed lease agreements to identify

and advise on legal issues. Developed operating procedures for the compliance department. Abstracted lease

agreements and performed quality control of abstracts. Supervised coding and quality control team in the

abstraction of leases. Researched property encumbrances and contact information. Processed and created

executables for lease assignment agreements. Aided in the creation of system for processing

lease assignment deals.

Law Clerk at Leigh and Associates

1999 - 2001 (2 years)

Organized and analyzed legal issues for litigation; drafted legal memoranda; assisted in trial

preparation. Summarized and organized pleadings and discovery for construction defect law

practice. Produced a synopsis of billing activity reports and filed billing receipts for the

accounting department of a civil litigation law practice. Worked on short-term projects at

Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, Beam & Associates, Christie, Parker & Hale,

Go2Systems, Inc., Law Offices of Theresa Barta,, Rutan & Tucker, and Winthrop Couchot.

Law clerk at Reliance Insurance

1998 - 1999 (1 year)

Performed legal research, drafted over 30 memoranda, motions, oppositions, and replies; responded to

discovery involving personal injury, and conflicts arising out of contracts in insurance defense practice;

attended and participated in site inspections and mediation in matters involving construction defect.

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Skills & Expertise

Legal Writing

Management

Education

USC School of Law

Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law, 1992 - 1995

Activities and Societies: Entertainment Law Society

Public Interest Law Foundation

UCLA

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science and Government

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Phillip Sparks

Associate at Law Offices of Keith E. Davis

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