Management Office

LAURA M. POOLER

**** ******** ******, #**, ******, MA 02215

Phone: 617-***-**** Email: ************@*****.***

BAR ADMISSION: Massachusetts 2008

EDUCATION: Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, NC

Juris Doctor, May 2008

. Leadership: Women in Law Executive Board-Women's Issues

Chair

. Inn of Court: Participant and panelist on jury

selection seminar

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Business

Administration, May 2003

. Major: Management; Minor: Spanish

. Honors: Walters Scholarship, 1999-2003; Dean's List,

2000-2003

. Relevant Courses: Business Law, International

Management, Economics, Accounting, Finance, Management

Information Systems

. Volunteering: Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, Boys

& Girls Club, Girl Scouts, Children's Museum of Oak

Ridge, Special Olympics Bowling League

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

CIVIL: Harmon Law Offices, Newton, MA

Foreclosure Attorney, September 2009-April 2011

. Prepared complaints and notices, reviewed title reports

and legal descriptions

. Represented FHLMC (Freddie Mac) and other lenders in

eviction trials and hearings

Robert Half Legal, Boston, MA

Contract Associate, May 2009-August 2009

. Performed legal analysis for Bloomberg Law by reading

cases, highlighting points of law, and writing case

summaries

. Organized loan documents for Debt Ex

Legal Aid of North Carolina, Winston Salem, NC

Intern, August 2007-November 2007

. Trial: disability benefits appeal - successfully argued

before an Administrative Law Judge

. Trial: landlord/tenant dispute in small claims court

IMMIGRATION: Ross & Associates, Boston, MA

Immigration Associate, November 2008-April 2009

. Wrote briefs and assembled applications for asylum and

adjustment of status cases

. Interviewed clients in English and Spanish

. Attended hearings and status interviews in Immigration

Court

CRIMINAL: Federal Public Defender's Office, Greensboro, NC

Intern, October 2007-November 2007

. Argued probation violation hearing before federal judge

. Wrote appellate brief for the Fourth Circuit Court of

Appeals

Alamance County District Attorney's Office, Graham, NC

Intern, May 2007-August 2007

. Trials: Prosecuted over 30 disputed cases from domestic

violence to DWI

. Ran district court docket to fullest extent allowed

under 3rd-year practice rules

. Ran juvenile court docket, including prosecuting cases

and negotiating pleas

U.S. Attorney's Office, Knoxville, TN

Intern, June 2006-August 2006

. Provided research and edited briefs for Criminal

Division Attorneys

. Wrote employment law brief section on reasonable

accommodation for the Civil Division Chief

. Attended Federal Court hearings

COMMUNITY Volunteer Lawyers Project, Boston, MA

FOCUS Volunteer, May 2011-Present

. Volunteer as Lawyer for the Day in Boston Housing Court

. Provide legal advice to pro se tenants and landlords

. Representing client with disabled daughter in public

housing transfer request

. Representing indigent client in divorce case

Pine Street Inn, Boston, MA

Volunteer, June 2011-Present

. Volunteer receptionist at the shelter's health clinic

. Dispense first aid materials and non-prescription

medications

. Pull and organize medical records

Court Appointed Special Advocates of East Tennessee,

Knoxville, TN

Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem, September 2004-July 2005

. Conducted interviews and home and school visits with

children and families

. Prepared reports for the juvenile court

. Presented findings and recommendations for placement to

the juvenile court judges

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