Manager Workers Compensation

Octavia Y. Wright

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Education: Juris Doctor, University of South Carolina School of Law,

May 2004

Honors: Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition

Quarterfinalist, February 2004;

Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition

Quarterfinalist, won the Best Brief for the

Respondent Award, February 2003; Phi Delta Phi

Admitted to the South Carolina Bar. All Rule 403

requirements have been met.

M.Ed. in Student Personnel Services, University of South

Carolina, May 1994

B.S. in Biology, University of South

Carolina, December 1992

Legal

Experience: Staff Counsel, South Carolina Human Affairs Commission,

May 2008 to October 2010

. Reviewed employment and housing discrimination

complaints in accordance with the ADA, Titles

VII & VIII, the ADEA, and the SC human affairs law to

ensure compliance

. Prosecuted housing discrimination cases based on SC Fair

Housing Law and Title VIII

CLE Distance Learning Manager, South Carolina Bar, October

2005 to September 2007

. Created and marketed programs for attorneys through the

Continuing Legal Education Division

. Built and expanded CLE faculty by networking with

judges, attorneys, and law professors

Solo Practitioner, October 2005 to May 2008

. Represented clients in workers compensation, family and

probate hearings

. Conducted legal research, drafted litigation and

discovery documents

Attorney, The Carter Law Firm, Columbia, SC, April to

October 2005

. Conducted legal research on domestic, criminal defense,

probate, and tort issues

. Drafted litigation and discovery documents and assisted

with overall case administration

Law Clerk, Law Offices of Andrew F. Litvin, Columbia, SC,

November 2003 to September 2004

. Conducted legal research on issues regarding insurance

regulation & business

. Drafted litigation and discovery documents

Other

Experience: Student Affairs Professional, August 1994 to August 2001

. Built stronger campus communities through developing the

leadership of college students

. Worked in the areas of multicultural affairs and

residence life

. Oversaw numerous disciplinary hearings to insure proper

due process rights of students

. Chaired and served on numerous student disciplinary

boards as a Campus Judicial Officer

. Chaired numerous departmental and university-wide

committees

. Developed mechanisms designed to enhance the overall

quality of student life

. Coordinated numerous initiatives designed to increase

student involvement on campus

Skills: Creativity

. Designed departmental web page, newsletters, and

advertising to promote departmental goals

. Implemented many academic and co-curricular educational

programs to enhance diversity

Collaborative

. Worked within team environments as a member of

departmental staffs

. Served on numerous community, departmental, and

university-wide committees

References: Available upon request

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