Supervisor Years Experience
Resume:
BRIAN A. CADWALLADER
***** **** ***** ***** ** . Stacy, Minnesota 55079
651-***-**** . ********@*****.***
With 17 years experience profitably and efficiently handling small and
medium sized tort cases, this talented and accomplished attorney seeks to
associate with a law firm or in house law department. Strong background in
personal injury, civil litigation, appeals, juvenile, and pro bono cases.
Expertise in developing and implementing procedures, enhancing business
functions, and supervising daily law office operations. Excellent client
support, discovery, depositions, summary judgment motions practice, and
document preparation skills. Consistent record of meeting or exceeding
client expectations. Computer literate.
Litigation Management . Business Operations . In-house Counsel
Civil Litigation . Appeals . Personal Injury Law . Plaintiff Representation
Opposing and Winning Summary Judgments . Document Preparation
Negotiations . Mediations . Arbitrations . Trials
2 BAR ADMISSIONS
Minnesota (sworn October 30, 2009)
Louisiana (admitted 1988)
3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE CADWALLADER FIRM, New Orleans, Louisiana
01-1994 to 08-2005
Sole Practitioner / Attorney
70 hours per week
Average $55,000 per year
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Owner Brian Cadwallader, 651-***-****.
Established and managed successful law firm specializing in plaintiff
personal injury, general litigation, appeals, and juvenile. Managed
complete operations, from scheduling and correspondence to research,
accounting, and billing. Represented clients in court and in mediations.
Prepared pleadings, appellate briefs, and other documentation, reviewed
records and evidence for cases. Handled all facets of case investigation,
preparation, and trial or other disposition. Licensed to practice in
Louisiana state and federal courts. Home office, no staff. Cash handling
and client funds responsibilities. This business ended due to Hurricane
Katrina.
Major Accomplishments:
Increased efficiency by updating and integrating checking and accounting
system to more effectively track income, expenses, client payments, and
costs for reimbursements.
Managed more than 400 cases and maintained above-average client
satisfaction levels.
Successfully collected $250,000 judgment from City of New Orleans.
Reunited several parents and children out of foster care, and facilitated
many adoptions.
Litigated and/or negotiated settlements for plaintiffs in personal injury
cases.
Maintained 80% success rate on appeals, and wrote appellate briefs for
other attorneys.
Recipient of New Orleans Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year Award (1999)
HERMAN, HERMAN, KATZ & COTLAR, New Orleans, Louisiana
10-1988 to 12-1993
Associate Attorney
55 hours per week
Average $30,000 per year
Supervisor attorney Steven Lane, 504-***-****
Practiced general civil law with emphasis on personal injury litigation for
city's premier plaintiff's firm. Identified solutions to various
litigation issues. Constant client communication. Carried out research,
prepared wide variety of
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legal documentation. Conducted case investigations and trial preparation
for several attorneys. Conferred with partners on cases. This employment
ended when I started my own firm.
Major Accomplishments:
Top billing Associate, in hours worked and bills collected, averaging 2,400
hours annually.
Wrote winning defense appellate brief in multi-million abuse of injunction
lawsuit.
Closed 25 year-old food poisoning case. Interviewed 120 clients and wrote
summary judgment motion that prompted insurer to surrender its $100,000
limits.
Completed $250,000 wrongful death case that took 3 years and 2 trips to the
court of appeals and supreme court.
Collected a $100,000 policy limits settlement for a motorcyclist and
negotiated the Medicare and medical liens.
1 OTHER EMPLOYMENT
INTEGREON, Fargo, North Dakota
03-10 to 05-10
Contract Attorney for Document Review
40 hours per week
$24.00 per hour
Supervisor Kelleigh Pearson, 1-866-***-****
Temporary document review. Evidentiary review and coding of tens of
thousands of banking and investment industry documents for major liability
case.. This job ended when contract was fulfilled.
Major Accomplishments:
Reviewed thousands of pages of electronic documents and sorted them
according to rules of evidence and privilege.
Worked out of town for more than two months.
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ROBERT HALF LEGAL, Minneapolis, Minnesota
06-08 to 07-08
05-08 to 05-08
Contract Attorney for Document Review
40 hours per week
$25.00 per hour
Supervisor James Utley, Faegre and Benson, 612-***-****
Temporary document review. Evidentiary review and coding of banking and
credit industry documents for several cases. The contract was fulfilled.
Major Accomplishments:
Reviewed thousands of pages of electronic documents and sorted them
according to rules of evidence and privilege.
Worked overtime as requested. Worked 12 hour days, 7 days/week.
AVENUE STAFFING, Crystal, Minnesota
10-07 to 02-08
Temporary Paralegal
40 hours per week
$20.00 per hour
Supervisor Paul Pendergrass, 651-***-****
Mining of trial transcripts at Thomson West. Reviewed and manipulated
trial court documents, and prepared cover pages. Extensive use of Excel,
Acrobat, and Word. This job ended when client canceled contract.
Major Accomplishments:
Tutored other contract employees in the procedures necessary to locate
trial transcripts in the database, to cut and crop those transcripts into
searchable documents, and to prepare and affix cover sheets.
Worked overtime as requested.
SPECIAL COUNSEL, Minneapolis, Minnesota
07-07 to 08-07
Temporary Attorney
40 hours per week
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$25.00 per hour
Supervisor Stacey L. Neumann, 612-***-****
Temporary document review. Evidentiary review and sorting of medical
device industry documents in major patent case. This job ended when client
cancelled contract.
Major Accomplishments:
Reviewed hundreds of pages of electronic documents and sorted them
according to rules of evidence and privilege.
Worked overtime as requested.
THOMSON WEST, Eagan, Minnesota
03-06 to 03-07
Attorney Editor
40 hours per week
$43,000 per year
Supervisor Jim Scott, 651-***-****
Prepared and/or edited index entries for several states. Converted data
across several computer programs, and proofreading. Worked with other team
members and management, sharing ideas and tasks. This job ended after one
year training period.
Major Accomplishments:
Authored and/or edited more than 24,000 index references for Rhode Island,
Delaware, Florida, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming indices.
Carried out proofreading.
Enhanced efficiency by converting data across multiple computer programs.
ADECCO, St. Paul, Minnesota
10-05 to 03-06
Temporary Attorney Editor
40 hours per week
$21.00 per hour
Supervisor Katherine Freije, 651-***-****
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Contract position involving categorization of trial court documents at
Thomson West. Reviewed expert documents and sorted documents based on
taxonomy. This job ended when I was hired directly by Thomson West.
Major Accomplishments:
Consistently met or exceeded all assigned production quotas.
Achieved record for most documents processed in 1 day.
1 EDUCATION
TULANE LAW SCHOOL, New Orleans, Louisiana
Graduated 1987
Juris Doctor
Civil Law curriculum.
Major Accomplishments:
Dean's Honor Scholarship
Trial Advocacy Fellow
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Fort Worth, Texas
Graduated 1980
1 Bachelor of Arts
2 Majored in Religion, minor in Political Science and Journalism
Major Accomplishments:
Phi Beta Kappa
Truman Scholar
National Merit Scholar
3 AFFILLIATIONS
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
Free and Accepted Masons
Eagle Scout
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