Kristi J. Murray

**** ******* **** **** ? Bluff City, TN 37618 ? 423-***-**** ?

abksgt@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, Virginia

Rank: Top 10%

J. D., Cum Laude, May 2007

Honors: Outstanding Woman Law Graduate of 2007, as awarded by the

National Association of Women in Law, 2007

Senior Articles Editor, Appalachian Journal of Law, 2006-2007

Associate Editor, Appalachian Journal of Law, 2005-2006

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award, Appalachian Journal of

Law

1st Place Advocate, Appalachian School of Law Moot Court

Competition

Best Brief, Appalachian School of Law Moot Court Competition

Book Award in Evidence

Ambassador, Appalachian School of Law

Recipient, President's Merit Scholar

Dean's List

Courses: Contracts (formation, negotiation, breach, remedy)

Business Associations (including partnerships, corporations,

limited liability entities, stocks)

Secured Transactions (UCC Articles 2 & 9)

Payment Systems (negotiable instruments, credit cards, letters of

credit, check collection process, UCC Articles 3 & 4)

Radford University, Radford, Virginia

B.S. in Communication, Concentration in Public Relations, 2004

GPA: 3.34

Honors: Radford University Highlander Scholar- 4 years

Dean's List- 5 Semesters

Lambda Pi Eta (National Communication Honor Society)

Activities: Sigma Alpha Iota

Professional Licenses

Tennessee State Bar Association, November 2007

Experience

The Pope Firm, Johnson City, Tennessee

Associate, January 2010 - Current

Manage two fully staffed satellite offices; prepare voluntary Chapter 13

and Chapter 7 bankruptcy petitions; research legal issues affecting both

state and federal exemptions; analyze clients' financial situations; review

contracts for automobiles financing, rent-to-own agreements for both

personal property and real property, and residential leases; review real

estate documents, including deeds, deeds of trust, mortgage documents, real

estate appraisals, tax valuations, and judicial liens; prepare bankruptcy

schedules; formulate and prepare Chapter 13 payment plans; prepare

reaffirmation agreements; prepare motions; review Proof of Claims and

Motions for Relief.

Clark & Washington, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee

Associate, June 2008 - January 2010

Prepare voluntary Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy petitions; research

legal issues affecting both state and federal exemptions; analyze clients'

financial situations; prepare bankruptcy schedules; formulate and prepare

Chapter 13 payment plans; prepare reaffirmation agreements; prepare

motions; review Proof of Claims and Motions for Relief; review real estate

documents, including deeds, deeds of trust, mortgage documents, real estate

appraisals, tax valuations, and judicial liens.

Elliott, Lawson & Minor, P.C., Bristol, Virginia

Associate, August 2007 - January 2008

Draft memos addressing legal consequences of municipality action addressing

issues ranging from internal board protocol to comprehensive policy

drafting; research legal issues, including the power of eminent domain and

its interplay with Federal Aviation Regulation's approach surface; organize

and prepare legal memoranda for financial institution on issues such as the

current U.S.

legislative committees' review of the issue of the treatment of the deposit

of federally exempt funds (i.e. social security benefits) into an account

which becomes subject to a state garnishment order; drafted court

documents; analyze quantitative data in overtime dispute between employee

and employer; UCC Filings; draft contracts and leases; prepare informative

memo outlining procedure to create and dissolve TN and VA Limited Liability

Corporations; perform title search work; assist in trial preparation; co-

coach Tennessee High 2008's Mock Trial Team.

Gerald Arrington, Office of the Buchanan County Assistant Commonwealth's

Attorney, Grundy, Virginia

Summer Law Clerk, 2006

Researched legal issues; organized and prepared legal memoranda and briefs;

observed court proceedings; interacted with commonwealth attorneys, public

defenders, judges and area attorneys.

Justice Lawrence L. Koontz, Supreme Court of Virginia, Salem, Virginia

Summer Law Clerk, 2005

Researched legal issues; organized and prepared legal memoranda for cases

both at the merit and writ stages; attended sessions of the Supreme Court

of Virginia.

Professor Jennifer Sheppard, Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, Virginia

Legal Writing Research Assistant, September 2005-May 2006

Researched legal issues; assisted in grading the legal writing assignments

of first year students; assisted in grading the legal research and citation

exercises of first year students.

Robert A. Lowman, Attorney at Law, Radford, Virginia

Legal Assistant, 2002-2004

Researched legal issues; organized and compiled bankruptcy petitions and

schedules; attended 341 bankruptcy hearings; organized and compiled

divorce and partition proceedings; interacted with clients, lawyers,

trustees and clerks; managed over 150 active cases; completed and filed

legal documents; performed administrative office duties.

References Available Upon Request

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