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Resume:
LAURA M. WOODRUFF
Attorney at Law
Brookville, Ohio 45309
*********@********.***
OBJECTIVE: Utilize my diverse professional abilities to perform as highly effective counsel in
a challenging atmosphere for a mid-sized organization.
EDUCATION Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi
Juris Doctorate, May 2006
Honors and Activities: BMI-Cardoza Moot Court Competition: finished top
25%. American Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity,
Environmental Law Association, Legal Eye School Newspaper Staff, Habitat
for Humanity.
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
Bachelors of Arts, Classical Studies, December 2002
Honors and Activities: graduated with College Honors; J. Arthur Funston
Scholarship (excellence in leadership, political science and academics);
Presidential Honors Scholarship (merit-based); Outstanding International
Court of Justice Advocate (Model United Nations).
EXPERIENCE
SOLO PRACTICE
Woodruff Legal Services
September 2006 to present
Practice Areas & Achievements
• Successfully advocate for clients in civil and criminal matters, including
child custody, DUI/OVI, divorce and dissolution.
• Prepare complicated pleadings, motions and briefs.
• Counsel clients truthfully regarding risks, liabilities and potential outcomes.
• Negotiate, draft and review complex contracts including international
modeling contracts, surrogacy agreements, real estate purchase agreements.
Solo practice of law in domestic, plaintiff, criminal defense, juvenile defense,
probate, child custody, unemployment compensation, contracts and real estate
transactions. Manage all aspects of solo practice including clients, cases, files,
scheduling, conflicts, and the business elements of law office.
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
Rets College
Centerville, Ohio April 2007 to present
Courses Taught & Accomplishments
• Contract and Real Property Law
• Introduction to Legal Terminology
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Employment Law
• Law Office Technology
• Instructor of the Term, January 2009
Prepare curriculum including lectures, examinations, and student evaluations for
an ABA accredited Associate Degree Program. Maintain collegiate level
coursework using innovative teaching methods to engage adult students while
accommodating different educational backgrounds and learning abilities.
LAW CLERK/ASSOCIATE
Law Office of Charles V. Homan, Jr.
Jackson, Mississippi April 2006 to December 2006
Practice Areas & Achievements
• Criminal defense, including felonious assault, statutory rape, and engaging
in sexually-oriented businesses without proper permits.
• Contested divorce and dissolution of marriage.
• Corporate counsel for advertising agency, performed detailed accounting for
employee embezzlement.
• Personal injury and insurance claims.
Met with clients, organized case files and schedule. Attended trials and filed
appeals. Reviewed and prepared documents, statutes, affidavits and pleadings.
Conducted direct and cross examination in Chancery court, and reviewed state's
evidence against criminal clients in statutory rape, felonious assault, DUI, and
multiple violations of city ordinance cases.
POTTER LAW FIRM
Jackson, Mississippi July 2006 to December 2007
Practice Areas:
• Contested Divorce, Dissolution, Child Custody, and custody with
allegations of child abuse.
• Contracts and collections for bail bonding company.
• Criminal defense, including felonious assault with a deadly weapon.
• Fraud, trademark infringement and unauthorized use of personal image.
Associate attorney with full responsibilities of all matters of client
representation, through in-take and assessment to final disposition of matter.
EXTERNSHIP
Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Civil Litigation Division
Jackson, Mississippi September 2005 to May 2006
Practice Areas
• Civil liability vehicle collision into Mississippi National Guard Armory.
• Suit alleging conspiracy between multiple banking and state agencies.
• Civil suit alleging entrapment in illegal hunting case.
Researched issues for Assistant Attorneys to the Attorney General.
Summarized primary and secondary sources, including case law and legal
treatises. Drafted Motion for Summary Judgment and Memorandum of
Supporting Authority.
INTERNSHIP
Mississippi Office of Post-Capital Conviction Counseling
Jackson, Mississippi February 2004 to May 2004
Supported convicts’ cases pending execution. Reviewed and summarized trial
transcripts for substantive and procedural errors, evaluated petitioners’
pleadings, evidence and mitigating factors. Researched constitutional issues
including execution of mentally retarded and juvenile offenders, Roper, and
habeas corpus.
FACULTY ASSISTANT
Mississippi College School of Law
Jackson, Mississippi September 2005 to December 2005
Student assistant for Director of Appellate Advocacy Program.
Researched cases for Appellate Advocacy and Moot Court bench briefs and
edited legal citations. Compiled information on drafting briefs and Fifth Circuit
Appellate Brief requirements and created Fifth Circuit rules and references
guide for Appellate Advocacy and Moot Court students.
ACCOUNT CLERK
Montgomery County Adult Probation Department
Dayton, Ohio February - August 2003
Calculated inter-departmental monthly financial, health assessment and client
status statistics and compared statistics monthly to track increasing or
decreasing recidivism and payment trends. Scheduled mental health and
chemical dependency evaluations for inmates and clients convicted of felony
crimes. Received and processed probation payments including dispersal
restitution money, court costs and criminal fines.
MEMBERSHIP Mississippi Bar Association Supreme Court of Ohio
Member 2006 Admitted 2008
Admitted to Limited Practice September 2005
Phi Delta Phi American Bar Association
International Legal Fraternity Member since 2003
Member since 2004
Ohio State Bar Association Dayton Bar Association
Member 2008 Member 2008
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER
• Ohio State Bar Association New Lawyer Training, December 2008.
• Montgomery County Guardian Ad Litem Certification, July 2009.
• Montgomery County Juvenile Attorney Certification, September 2009.
• Diversity Training, Dealing with Difficult Student Behavior, Improving
Customer Service, Grading Rubric, Class Management.
• American Model United Nations staff; international law research and mass
document production.
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