Real Estate Insurance

Olivia R. Gonzalez

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E DUCATI O N

Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY

Juris Doctor, May 2005

• GPA 3.08

• Honors: Dean’s Scholarship

Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Science, Hempstead, NY

B.A., English, B.A., History, May 2001

BAR ME MBE RS HI PS

• NY State, 2nd Dept.

• NJ State Bar

• NJ District Court • Eastern District of NY

E XP E RI E NCE

Contract Attorney, January 2008-Present

Performed contract work for leading law firms located in San Francisco and New York City.

Long term projects included:

• Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP March 2009-June 2009

Electronic review of documents and coding of hot documents related to the defense of a former

CFO accused of securities fraud and malfeasance in a real estate scheme. Prepared key

documents for witness interviews and depositions.

• DLA Piper, LLP December 2008 – February 2009

Electronic review for an international aircraft parts and services provider in connection with an

internal investigation for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Drafted interview outlines

for client’s employees based on key documents. Researched governmental ownership of the

client’s customers to determine if illegal payments were made to government officials.

• Loeb & Loeb, LLP April 2008 – May 2008 and September – October 2008

Intensive electronic document review for a major global financial firm for compliance in

connection with a federal investigation of repurchase trading and securities trading misconduct.

Second phase document review consisted of internal investigation of whistleblowing and

employer retaliation.

• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, August 2008 – September 2008

Electronic review for multi-national computer technology corporation in response to an

investigation by New York State for wage compliance for subcontractors.

• Latham & Watkins, LLP June 2008 – July 2008

Electronic review of documents for responsiveness and privilege for a leading computer graphics

manufacturer in connection with an antitrust litigation.

Nissenbaum Law Group, LLC, Union, NJ

Associate, February 2007 – August 2007

Represented clients in commercial transactions, which included drafting work-for-hire agreements,

customer agreements and distributor agreements; Drafted license, assignment and royalty agreements.

Filed copyrights and trademarks with the USTPO to protect business’s intellectual property. Drafted web

site terms and conditions and privacy policies. Represented plaintiff and defendants in commercial

litigation. Drafted complaints filed in New York, New Jersey and federal district courts in connection with

breach of contract claims, fraud and statutory causes of action.

Maloof Lebowitz Connahan & Oleske, P.C., Chatham, NJ

Associate, January 2006 – February 2007

Represented plaintiff hospitals in insurance litigation; Identified coverage issues relating to prompt pay

agreements in PPO contracts; Performed all tasks related to the management of cases in a civil litigation

practice: drafted briefs, pleadings and motions; propounded and responded to discovery demands;

reviewed documents both manually and electronically for privilege and responsiveness to document

requests; prepared detailed statement of cases; represented clients in pre-trial conferences and

mediations.

OLIVIA R. GONZALEZ, ESQ.

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Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, Newark, NJ

Legal Intern, June 2004 – August 2004

Performed legal research for the Central Judicial Processing Court and the Special Remand Court.

Assisted in arraignment and bail proceedings and presented legal arguments with regard to setting bail.

Set forth plea agreements for disorderly persons offenses.

Mark Cheser, Esq., Union, NJ

Law Clerk, May 2003 – August 2003

Performed legal research on a wide variety of criminal cases including attempted murder, aggravated

assault, and DUIs. Worked closely with attorney to formulate trial strategy and prepare witnesses.

Assisted attorney in all aspects of trial, including, but not limited to, gathering and organizing evidence,

selecting jurors, keeping track of exhibits and preparing expert witnesses.

S KI LLS

Concordance, Relativity, Summation, Docuity, I-Connect, Kroll and PracticeMaster. Have working

knowledge of E-Vault, I-Pro and Stratify.

I NTE RE S TS

Include fantasy and sci-fi novels, comedic plays and outdoor activities such as hiking and mountain

biking.

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