Kendreia Elvis
Email: *********@********.***
Address: 464A Hart Street
City: Brooklyn
State: NY
Zip: 11221
Country: USA
Phone: 917-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: $80,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
See Resume
Educational Background:
See Resume
Job History / Details:
Kendreia O. Elvis
464A Hart Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11221 * Phone: 917-***-**** * Email: *********@********.*** Experience
Malaby Bradley, LLC, New York, NY February 2006 Present
Staff Attorney (JD)/Litigation Manager Asbestos Mass Tort (Products Liability; Strict Liability; Construction Defect)
* Manage on-going litigation and defense of firms largest client, including plan and prepare for client defense in over 750 mass tort claims filed annually in New York State and Federal Courts.
* Evaluate and assess high exposure claims and prepare case evaluation reports for insurance carriers that include fact and liability analysis, defense strategies and recommendations.
* Review pleadings and briefs and draft responsive pleadings, briefs and motions in defense of client.
* Analyze medical documents, plaintiffs exposure allegations, related diagnosis and expert opinions and draft position memoranda.
* Monitor costs and expenses related to defense of client firm wide, and prepare monthly budget.
* Supervise support staff activities related to client.
Lexolutions, LLC/Peak, LLC/HireCounsel, LLC/ TMP, LLC, New York, NY May 2002 February 2006
Contract Attorney (JD) - Products Liability; Chemical Liability Litigation; Securities Law; SEC Compliance Litigation; Insurance Compliance Litigation; Internet Law; Copyright Law; Trademark Law; Contract Negotiation; Breach of Contract; Entertainment Law
* Analyzed confidential documents for privilege in response to discovery and prepare opinion memoranda to supervising attorney in preparation for trial.
* Researched specific points of law, analyzed pleadings and wrote opinion memoranda, substantive motions and build rebuttal arguments in favor of summary judgment and in preparation for trial.
* Evaluated expert reports and medical diagnosis and wrote opinion memoranda in preparation for settlement.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, VA January 2002 May 2002
Legal Intern (JD) (via Franklin Pierce Law School) Patent Prosecution
* Researched specific issues under review by the Federal Circuit, dissect and analyze patent claims at issue and prepare reports in ongoing patent prosecution.
* Drafted responsive briefs pertaining to patent interference and trademark rejections.
Richard A. Goldberg Associates, Ewing, NJ May 2001 - August 2001
Summer Associate (via UNH School of Law) Trademark Prosecution
* Prepared applications for registration of trademarks, service marks and certification marks and domain names registrations in compliance with the Unites States Patent Trademark Office, Madrid Protocol, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names Numbers and Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
* Drafted responses to official objections, initiate and respond to oppositions, infringements and cancellation proceedings.
Education
University of New Hampshire School of Law (f/k/a Franklin Pierce Law Center), Concord, NH
Juris Doctorate, 2002;
Masters of Intellectual Property, E-Commerce Technology Law, 2005
State University of New York at Albany, Albany NY
Bachelor Of Arts, Dual Major, Political Science and African American History, 1993
Computer Skills
MS Office, WordPerfect, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, Concordance and Summation Blaze.
Interests
I enjoy recreational travel, skiing, reading, music, yoga and Pilates.
Litigation; Insurance Compliance Litigation; Internet Law; Copyright Law; Trademark Law; Contract Negotiation; Breach of Contrac