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Location:
Smyrna, GA
Posted:
March 21, 2013

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Resume:

Joshua K. Madsen

**** ***** ****** ** ******, Georgia 30080

Phone: 678-***-**** Email: ******.****@*****.***

Member in good standing with the State Bar of Georgia and also admitted to

the following courts:

United States District Court -Northern District of Georgia, Georgia Court

of Appeals,

Georgia Supreme Court and United States Veterans Court of Appeals

Education

John Marshall Law School - Atlanta, GA, 2009 (Graduated one semester early

and took bar in Feb. 2010)

Juris Doctor

University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Greensboro, NC, 2006

Master of Arts, Program: Mediation and Conflict Resolution Studies

University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Greensboro, NC, 2002

Bachelor of Arts, Major: Political Science; Minor: Geography

Legal Work Experience

Millar & Mixon, LLC - Jonesboro, GA -- January 2011 to Present (Still

employed with firm.)

Business Development and Intake Attorney at a personal injury law firm

focusing on severe injury cases.

. Evaluates new calls to determine if case meets firm's criteria for

acceptance.

. Conducts intake interviews with potential clients and secures them to

firm fee agreement.

. Performs research and drafts complaints, discovery, open records

requests, motions and briefs.

. Attends accident site investigations, depositions and court

appearances.

. Creates content for firm's website, blogs, social media campaigns and

marketing materials.

. Commended for roles in multiple cases that have resulted in six and

seven-figure settlements and verdicts.

Law Office of Jack Witcher - Bremen, GA -- June 2010 to January 2011 (Laid

off due to firm's downsizing.)

Associate Attorney at a law firm handling family, criminal and disability

cases.

. Successfully navigated clients through criminal, domestic and social

security matters.

. Deposed various parties, interviewed witnesses and prepared clients

for depositions, hearings and trials.

. Answered discovery in divorce, custody and child support modification

cases.

. Prepared and litigated cases resulting in successful outcomes in

hearings and trials.

. Appointed as guardian ad litem and as defense counsel in 20+ juvenile

deprivation cases.

Ann Shafer, Esq. - Atlanta, GA -- October 2008 to May 2010 (Resigned after

receiving bar results.)

Law Clerk to criminal and domestic attorney Ann T. Shafer.

. Researched legal issues using Westlaw and Lexis Nexis.

. Drafted complaints, briefs, motions, settlement agreements and

criminal and domestic discovery.

. Answered discovery in all domestic litigation cases in a timely

manner.

. Shadowed attorney at all client meetings and courts appearances;

responsible for keeping notes throughout.

. Maintained attorney's calendar and billing records.

John Marshall Law School - Atlanta, GA -- Summer 2008 (Position was for one

summer only.)

Research Associate to Professor Jeffrey Van Detta.

. Reviewed and researched case law to confirm validity.

. Briefed and summarized state and federal cases for their use in future

law journal articles.

. Wrote about vaccine injuries, federal pre-emption of state tort claims

and punitive damages in international litigation.

Additional Information

. Member of Atlanta Bar Association

. Member of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

. Founding Member of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association's Southside TLA

. Commissioned as a Georgia Notary Public



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