OLIVIA WOODARD

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PHONE: 256-***-**** accmtm@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/olivia-woodard/64/1aa/70b

BAR ADMISSIONS

Alabama State Bar, 2013

EDUCATION

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama

Juris Doctor, May 2013

Honors and Activities:

• Dean’s Scholarship (2010-2013)

• Cumberland Honor Court • Finalist, Arbitration Competition

Chief Justice (2012-2013) • Semi-Finalist, Donworth Moot Court

Justice (2010-2012) Competition

• Dean’s List: Spring 2011; Spring 2012; • Quarter-Finalist, Mediation Competition

Fall 2012; Spring 2013 • Albert P. Brewer Client Counseling

• Directed Research for Professor David Competition

Smolin, Fall 2011; Spring 2012

Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama

Bachelor of Science in Biology, May 2009

Honors and Activities/Community Service:

• Beta Beta Beta Kappa Psi Chapter, Biological Honor Society (2006-2008)

• President’s Service Team (2007-2009)

• Women in Leadership Development (2007-2009)

• Theme-Housing “Commit to Community”(2007-2009)

• Quest II, Homecoming Committee (2005-2009)

• Chi Omega Sorority (2006-2009)

• British Studies at St. John’s College in Oxford, England Scholarship Recipient (Summer 2007)

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Contract Attorney, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. Birmingham, Alabama

October 2013 – current

• Conducted e-discovery relevant to ongoing litigation by use of the legal software, Relativity.

Law Clerk, Leitman, Siegal, Payne & Campbell, P.C. Birmingham, Alabama

July – August 2011; May – July 2012

• Drafted memoranda, demand letters, complaints, interrogatories, motions for summary judgment,

and other pleadings.

• Assisted attorneys in research projects, legal analysis, and various document review, specifically

involving business torts, contract disputes, and real estate transactions.

• Accompanied attorneys to depositions, client meetings, settlement hearings, real estate closings,

and other judicial proceedings.

Paralegal Assistant, Lightfoot, Franklin and White, L.L.C. Birmingham, Alabama

January 2008; June – August 2008; June 2009 – May 2010

• Assisted paralegals and attorneys in significant toxic tort cases, including helping counsel with

deposition preparation.

• Researched issues relevant to ongoing litigation and issued subpoenas on those issues.

• Reviewed and organized pleadings, discovery, and created deposition summaries.

INTERESTS: I enjoy watching college football, photography, cooking and marine life.

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