Administrative Assistant Real Estate

Devin L. Freeman

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LICENSURE

State Bar of California, June 2013

EDUCATION

University of St. Thomas School of Law Minneapolis, MN

Juris Doctor 2012

University of St. Thomas Law Review: Associate Editor 2010-2011; Senior Editor 2011-2012

Served on the Law Review Submissions Committee and Symposium Committee

Dean's Award for highest grade awarded in Lawyering Skills II- Motion for Summary Judgment

Saint Mary’s College of California Moraga, CA

Bachelor of Arts in Politics 2006

Dean’s List 2004, 2006

Recipient of the Saint Mary’s Scholarship, Miller Endowed Scholarship, Cal Grant A, and Federal Pell Grant

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Contract Attorney

June 2013 - Present

Zimmerman Reed PLLP -- Vacaville, CA

Reviewed discovery requests and conducted fact interviews with 49 plaintiffs in a consumer protection action. Reviewed and

prepared documents to be produced and drafted responses to interrogatories for each plaintiff.

Legal Administrative Assistant

December 2012 - January 2013

U.S. Bank -- Minneapolis, MN

Researched federal regulations for the Real Estate Owned Department’s default management and property liquidation activities.

Merged and revised existing Department manuals to create a universal procedural desk book with compliance guidelines.

May 2011 - May 2012

Law Clerk

July 2010 - August 2010

Zimmerman Reed PLLP -- Minneapolis, MN

Interviewed 20 plaintiffs in a wage and hour multidistrict litigation involving the misclassification of employees. Drafted

responses to interrogatories for each plaintiff.

Reviewed and assessed deposition transcripts for testimony supporting a class certification brief for employees donning and

doffing personal protective equipment.

Interviewed plaintiffs and drafted claims for damages based on illegal searches and seizures by a police strike force.

Prepared and submitted over a hundred claims to a special master for damages in a products liability class action.

Conducted research and drafted memoranda on a variety of issues including the establishment of common benefit funds for

multidistrict litigations and the applicability of treble damages for trespass to trees.

Coded discovery and r eviewed document productions in Relativity and Catalyst for privilege, relevancy, and responsiveness.

Research Assistant

November 2010 - May 2011

Jack Halloran, Esq. -- Minneapolis, MN

Researched agency law in relation to residential real estate transactions for a publication intended as a resource for arbitrators.

Document Review

June 2010

Nilan Johnson Lewis -- Minneapolis, MN

Reviewed a large document production for privilege and confidential information based on attorney's instructions.

Legal Assistant

June 2006 - August 2009

Shapiro Buchman Provine LLP -- Walnut Creek, CA

Assigned to multiple trial teams to conduct legal research, draft memoranda, assist with mock trials, and prepar e trial

presentations using Trial Director.

Reviewed discovery requests and conducted both in -office and on -site document reviews for large document productions.

Scanned productions, conducted objective and subjective coding, and bates labeled documents.

Settled debts with creditors and interviewed clients about their current financial status to prepare bankruptcy filings using Best

Case Bankruptcy.

Drafted deposition notices, prepared exhibits, and summarized depositions for senior attorneys.

Created and managed Summation databases for depositions, pleadings, and document productions for all active cases.

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