Real Estate Office

ANDREW J. BLACK

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Martinez, CA ****3

310-***-****

SBN 230531

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Education

John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA 2003

. J.D.

University of California, Berkeley, CA 1998

. B.A. with Honors, Political Science

Experience

Mohajerian, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 2011-2012

Associate Attorney at Intellectual Property Law Firm

. Manage busy caseload in employment, intellectual property, and

business litigation

. Appear regularly at court hearings and conferences

. Successfully defend restaurant franchisee in litigation by

franchisor

. Prepare effective pleadings, demurrers, and verified complaints and

answers

. Conduct legal research on sophisticated legal issues and draft

memoranda

. Draft contracts, agreements, and corporate resolutions

. Interview litigation witnesses

. Prosecute and defend wage-and-hour actions

. Defend automobile manufacturers, clothing manufacturers, and

restaurant companies in trademark infringement actions brought by

competitors in U.S. District Court

. Represent business entities before USPTO and TTAB in trademark

disputes

. Defend restaurant franchisee in breach of contract action brought

by franchisor

. Draft Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss federal RICO and fraud claims

against individual and corporate defendants

. Defend employees in trade secret misappropriation action brought by

former employer

. Write entertainment, confidentiality, and production

contracts for production company

. Defend corporate director in action for breach of duty

. Issue cease-and-desist letters to website administrators to

remove unauthorized material

. Draft complex discovery, motions, oppositions, replies,

declarations, evidentiary objections, motions for summary judgment,

motions to dismiss, and requests for judicial notice

. Take and defend depositions

. Oversee staff calendaring and office policies regarding service of

process

. Appear frequently before courts throughout Southern California

Enright & Ocheltree, LLP, Beverly Hills, CA 2007-2011

Associate Attorney for Corporate Counsel

. Collaborate with general corporate counsel for several large public

agencies, providing effective daily operating and procedural advice

. Represent public agencies at administrative hearings

. Defend corporate employers in age, gender, and racial

discrimination litigation

. Draft opinion letters for corporate clients on operational and

executive matters

. Advise corporate directors on issues relating to corporate restructuring

. Form and advise 501(c)(3) public charities

. Defend corporate employers in wage-and-hour litigation

. Represent homeowner in breach of contract and real estate fraud

complaint against lender and negotiate revision of loan terms and

reduction of principal

. Defend individual borrowers in foreclosure actions brought by banks

. Draft demurrers, motions, objections, and responsive pleadings

. Examine and cross-examine fact and expert witnesses at hearings

. Draft copyright infringement complaint for unauthorized music used

in a television show

. Draft subpoenas for business and consumer records

. Represent investment group in IHOP franchise purchase transaction

. Establish conservatorships

. Draft probate accountings in conservatorships

. Oppose Petitions for Writ of Administrative Mandamus

. Represent individuals in dissolution, parentage, custody, support,

and domestic violence actions

. Draft and appear on petitions, responses, answers, motions, OSC's,

restraining orders, judgments, custody and visitation orders, and

financial declarations and disclosures

. Counsel distressed clients on legal issues relating to child

custody and property division

. Sole Counsel for 7 Family Law trials

. Published in Appellate Case In Re Conservatorship of Whitely (2007)

155 Cal.App.4th 1447

Seton & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA 2004-2007

Associate Attorney at Trademark Litigation Law Firm

. Form and advise 501(c)(3) public charities

. Draft contracts, agreements, and corporate resolutions

. Represent hotel safe manufacturer in trademark litigation before USPTO

. Defend sub-contractor in construction defect litigation by property

owner

. Collect $25,000 judgment through Debtor Examination proceeding

Bassi, Martini & Blum, San Francisco, CA 2003

Law Clerk at Asbestos and Environmental Litigation Law Firm

. Draft motion for summary judgment in CERCLA toxic clean-up action

involving landfills and oil refineries

. Summarize depositions, review discovery responses, and attend

status conferences

. Maintain discovery and deposition library in asbestos and

environmental CERCLA litigation

. Gain proficiency in Summation, Case Map, Time Map, Time Matters,

Time Slips, Westlaw, Lexis, & Legal Solutions

Superior Court, Contra Costa County, Martinez, CA 2002

Court Intern in Family Law Division

. Complete internship in Superior Court

. Research legal issues for commissioners and judges

. Collaborate with Family Law Facilitator's Office and court clerks

Miller, Starr & Regalia, Walnut Creek, CA 2000-2002

Clerk at Real Property Transactions & Litigation Law Firm

. Clerk in toxic tort, asbestos, real estate, land use, and eminent domain

cases

. Collaborate with outside vendors to prepare trial exhibits and document

productions

. Manage large document review projects and discovery libraries in complex

litigation cases

. Perform legal research

. Assist attorneys in courtroom at Federal RICO trial

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