Service Project

Jeffrey Cobia

Cell Phone: 847-***-****

Address: **** *** ****** * *** 107

Minneapolis, MN 55403

E-mail Address: *******.*****@*****.***

Admitted to the Illinois Bar, November, 2009 - Attorney number 6299308

Education

University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN

J.D., May, 2009

GPA: 3.268

Honors/Activities:

. Dean's List, 2008-2009

. Executive Editor, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology,

2008-09

. Published, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Volume

10, Issue 1

. Staff Member, Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, 2007-

08

. Legal Volunteer - Hennepin County Family Justice Center, 2007-09

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

B.S., General Engineering, May, 2006.

GPA: 3.39

Honors/Activities:

. Winner, Lincoln Arc Welding 2006 Merit Award for senior project,

Probe Waveguide Assembly Redesign.

. Board Member, Gamma Epsilon Engineering Honor Society, 2006

. General Engineering Service Award Recipient, 2004-06

. Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, 2004-06

o Served as President, Service V.P. & Pledge Trainer of Alpha

Alpha Chapter

Work Experience

Contract Attorney, Minneapolis, MN February, 2011 - Present

Currently Team Lead on a project with 35 attorneys.

Meyer & Njus, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, October, 2009 - February, 2011

Law Clerk - Worked on all aspects of debt collection, including FDCPA

review; assisted in other litigation matters including

preparing summary judgment motions, default judgment motions,

drafting summons and complaints, and taking depositions.

Increased involuntary payments in my department by over 400%

year to year.

Kaplan, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, October, 2009 - Present

LSAT Instructor - Taught LSAT classes.

Minneapolis City Council Candidate, Minneapolis, MN, July - November,

2009

Candidate for Third Ward - Ran my own campaign for city council

including managing a budget, volunteers, and a campaign

schedule.

Exelon Corporation, Chicago, IL, June - August, 2008

Summer Law Clerk - Wrote legal memos, researched case law, observed

court proceedings and discussions with outside counsel,

observed regulatory/compliance procedure.

Agustin G. Garcia, Chicago, IL, June - August, 2007

Legal Intern - Assisted solo practitioner with researching, drafting

and filing of Social Security supplemental security income

appeals.

Additional Skills/Jobs

. Conversational in French, Italian, and German

. Well versed in Windows software including Office and programming in

C, javascript.

. Interned for the National Football League as a programmer in 2006.

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