Medical Management

Katherine N. Franke

*** ******** ******, ********* ****, Atlanta, Georgia 30306

Phone: 770-***-**** • Email: **********@*****.***

EDUCATION

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Villanova, PA

J.D., May 2010

Moot Court Reimel Competition: Quarter Finalist; Winner of “Best Brief” Award

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, Villanova, PA

B.A. in Political Science, December 2006

Minor in Business

National Dean’s List; Villanova Dean’s List; Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SCHULTEN WARD & TURNER, LLP, Atlanta, GA 3/2013 – 7/2013

Contract Attorney

Support the firm’s litigation team by assisting with overflow matters in the area of business litigation, including suits

on notes and guarantees, confirmation actions, and contract disputes

RODDEN & RODDEN, Philadelphia, PA 4/2012 – 2/2013

Litigation Associate

Practice primarily focuses on plaintiff personal injury suits involving automobile accidents, torts and premises liability

Responsible for taking and defending depositions, including those of plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses and corporate

designees (over 75 depositions to date)

Manage and argue both compulsory and voluntary arbitrations in several different counties (over 20 arbitrations to date)

Responsible for oral arguments, hearings, discovery motions, and court conferences at all levels of litigation from the initial

case management to settlement and pre trial conferences

Draft and argue motions to compel, for sanctions, summary judgment, protective order, reconsideration, change of venue,

in limine, appellate briefs, etc.

DEEB BLUM MURPHY FRISHBERG & MARKOVICH, Philadelphia, PA 8/2010 – 4/2012

Litigation Associate

Provide litigation services to individual and corporate clients in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury,

commercial law, and employment law, with specific focus on:

Medical malpractice Negligence, vicarious liability and failure to diagnose;

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Personal injury law Defense of and plaintiff claims involving vehicle accidents, premises liability and products liability

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Commercial law Breach of contract in equipment finance leases and construction equipment contracts, as well as

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minority shareholder suits;

Employment law Plaintiff wrongful discharge and state/federal whistleblower actions;

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Responsible for the preparation of commercial and tort cases for trial by selecting, preparing and organizing exhibits;

drafting testimony outlines; preparing witnesses for testimony; voir dire; and jury instructions

Support a team of attorneys by drafting complaints, interrogatories, discovery, motions and various pleadings and other

court documents

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Philadelphia, PA

Intern to the Honorable Pamela Pryor Dembe 3/2009 – 8/2009

SYDNEY CHAMBERS, Sydney, Australia 08/2005 – 12/2005

Intern for Rory McCrudden, Barrister at Law

BAR ADMISSIONS

GEORGIA, PENNSYLVANIA, and NEW JERSEY

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