Education

Bar Admission

State Bar of Michigan: P73454 (active and in good standing)

United States Patent and Trademark Office: 62,464 (active and in good

standing)

Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, FL (Formerly Ann Arbor, MI)

J.D., May 2009

. GPA: 3.2/4.0

. Giles Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition

. Ave Maria School of Law Patent Law Clinic & Advanced Clinic

. Academic Standards Committee Chair

. Dean's Scholarship

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Biotechnology, May 2006

Legal Experience

Contract Attorney Oct. 2009

- Current, Intermittently Lumen Legal, Royal Oak, MI

Lexadigm Solutions, LLC, Bingham Farms, MI

. Review and classify documents with regard to critical anti-

trusts issues

. Review complex documents for relevant patent law issues

. Refine classification system for more accurate, precise

results

State of Michigan Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, MI

Jan. 2009 - May 2009

Extern

. Prepared advisory reports based on case law from multiple

states

. Prepared research reports on equitable doctrines

Washtenaw County Office of Public Defender, Ann Arbor, MI

May 2008 - Aug. 2008

Student Attorney

. Handled pre-trial hearings, pleadings, plea agreements, and

sentencings

. Assisted in trials and obtained favorable judgments

Other Professional Experience

University of Michigan Law Library, Ann Arbor, MI

May 2008 - May 2009

Reclassification & Shelving Assistant

. Reclassified materials into the Library of Congress Call

System

. Shelved books in accordance with multiple classification

systems

Holden/Wilson Halls, East Lansing, MI July

2004 - May 2006

Night Receptionist Coordinator

. Responsible for nighttime needs and safety of 4,500 residents

. Wrote budgets, drafted objectives and facilitated diversity

and sensitivity training

. Reviewed applications; hired, trained, monitored, and

promoted employees

Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr and Huber, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI

May 2000 - Aug. 2004

Accounting Assistant and Surveyor/Field Technician

. Invoiced over 60 civil engineering projects; updated employee

payroll

. Conducted surveying projects on two major highways and a

college campus

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