Assistant Plant

DENISE H. BAREILLES

**** **** **., *** *****, CA 92104

671-***-**** ******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

2004: Attorney, State Bar of California, License #233221.

2009: Attorney, Bar of Guam.

Eligible to take the United States Patent & Trademark Office ("USPTO")

registration examination to qualify as a patent agent.

EDUCATION

Lewis & Clark Law School -- Portland, OR.

2004: Juris Doctorate.

University of Hawaii at Manoa - Honolulu, HI.

2001: Master of Science in Plant Pathology. Thesis entitled, "Nutrient

Partitioning in Coffee Infected with the Kona Coffee Root-Knot Nematode."

California State University, Humboldt - Arcata, CA.

1999: Bachelor of Science in Botany with minor in Bio-statistics. Cum

Laude.

1 PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Hurchanik, D. D.P. Schmitt, N.V. Hue & B.S. Sipes. 2004. Plant nutrient

partitioning in coffee infected with Meloidogyne konaensis. Journal of

Nematology 36(1): 76-84.

Hurchanik, D. D.P. Schmitt, N.V. Hue & B.S. Sipes. 2003. Relationship of

Meloidogyne konaensis population densities to the nutritional status of

coffee roots and leaves. Nematropica 33:55-64.

2 WORK EXPERIENCE

07/2008 - 10/2009, Associate Attorney, Mair, Mair, Spade & Thompson -

Hagatna, GU.

Contracts: Counsel for the Guam International Airport Authority. Reviewed

and advised the Airport on various contract agreements, which included an

energy performance contract, confidentiality policies, and leasehold

agreements. Reviewed lease agreements between the Airport and its tenants,

drafted notices of default of the lease agreement, and negotiated with

tenants to comply with terms of lease.

Legal Opinions: Extensively researched and drafted legal opinions in

response to legal issues encountered by the Airport, which included

employment matters, contract agreements, lease agreements, proposed or new

legislation, and other miscellaneous issues.

Foreclosures: Represented the United States Department of Agriculture in

approximately thirty (30) actions to foreclose against mortgagors that had

defaulted on their loans to the Department.

04/2006 - 05/2008, Associate Attorney, Mitchell, Brisso, Delaney & Vrieze -

Eureka, CA.

General Civil Litigation: Responsibilities included preparing cases from

inception to trial under the guidance and supervision of managing attorney.

Conducted client and witness interviews; defended depositions; propounded

written discovery; appeared at hearings on court motions; and first-chaired

one evidentiary hearing. Drafted legal correspondence and memoranda in

preparation for trial and other court appearances.

Estate Planning: Advised and prepared complex legal documents for estate

planning clients to minimize estate taxes and give property to

beneficiaries upon death. Modified and incorporated particular provisions

and clauses in estate planning documents to benefit client. Prepared legal

documents to modify the terms of the will upon agreement of the

beneficiaries after the decedent's death.

Probate Administration: Advised clients on the necessary legal documents

required to open probate and administer an estate for decedent, which

included making public notices, marshaling assets, identifying debts and

making payment to creditors, clearing title to real property, resolving tax

issues, other miscellaneous items, and quantifying and distributing

property to beneficiaries.

Trust Administration: Advised clients on the necessary legal documents

required to administer the more complex trust estate to minimize estate

taxes. Communicated with tax professionals and prepared legal documents to

allocate trust assets among subtrusts upon the death of the first spouse.

Communicated with tax professionals and prepared legal documents to

distribute property upon the death of the surviving spouse. Ensured

compliance of trust provisions throughout the lifetime of the trust to

minimize tax consequences.

07/2004 - 04/2006, Associate Attorney, Tunison-Campbell & Associates -

Eureka, CA.

Business Transactions: Advised client in negotiating the sale of business

valued at $300K. Drafted legal documents for sale of business, which

included contract of sale, security agreement, promissory note, and uniform

commercial code filing with the California Secretary of State. Advised

client in securing rights to intellectual property with the United States

Patent and Trademark Office.

Estate Planning: Advised and prepared legal documents for estate planning

clients to give property to beneficiaries upon death.

08/1999 - 05/2001, Graduate Assistant, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dept.

Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences - Honolulu, HI.

Studied the effect on various zinc and nematode levels on nutrient

partitioning in coffee. Planned and completed graduate research from

beginning to end. Developed research hypothesis. Designed experiments to

manipulate zinc and nematode levels. Maintained experiments over a years

and one-half period. Extracted data from experiments. Analyzed data to

find significant differences in nutrient partitioning based on varying zinc

and nematode levels. Summarized information, prepared written thesis, and

orally defended research findings. Two articles were published from the

thesis in professional scientific journals.

06/1997 - 08/1997, Research Assistant, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science

Reserve, University of Minnesota - Bethel, MN.

Research grant funded by the National Science Foundation. Studied the

spatial patterns of a fungal pathogen that caused a disease on cherry

trees. Developed research hypothesis. Planned and executed sampling

design. Sampled cherry trees over a period of two months. Analyzed and

assessed data to find spatial patterns in the spread of the fungal pathogen

relative to the cherry trees. Summarized and orally defended research

results to senior researchers.

3 RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Lewis & Clark Law School, Intellectual Property, 3 Sem, Fall 2002.

Lewis & Clark Law School, Patent Law/Policy, 3 Sem, Spring 2003.

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5 AWARDS, HONORS, AND RECOGNITIONS

William Boykin Quest for Justice Award, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 2002.

Best Master's Oral Presentation, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of

Science Program, June 2001.

REFERENCES

Paul Brisso, Mitchell Brisso Delaney & Vrieze, Senior Partner, Eureka, CA

707-***-****, *******@***************.***.

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