Office State University

BLAIR B. CHINTELLA

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EDUCATION

Georgia State University – J.D. August 2005 – May 2008

• 82.67/100 cumulative GPA. Highest grade in GSU’s Fall 2007 First Amendment class.

• Spring 2007 Externship with the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives –

researched a variety of legal topics to avoid conflicts with current law.

Washington State University – B.A. August 2000 – May 2005

• 3.26/4.0 GPA. Majored in political science and English. Student government Senator for

two terms. Studied abroad in Japan. Member of the student government’s veteran’s

affairs committee.

• Member of the WSU literary magazine LandEscapes for 2003-05 (Poetry Editor – 2004-05).

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

The Law Office of Franklin D. Hayes – Associate August 2012 – January 2013

• Bankruptcy with some worker’s compensation and personal injury. Review petitions,

attend court hearings, adversary proceedings, conduct discovery.

Sole Practitioner June 2009 – August 2012

• Performed closings. Litigated a class action lawsuit involving RESPA and state-law.

• Defended people accused of copyright infringement involving the bittorrent protocol.

Independent Contractor July 2008 – December 2009

• Performed legal research and writing involving numerous areas of law for DeLong,

Caldwell & Bridgers, LLC, Hughes & Associates, and the Law Office of A. Keith Logue.

• Assisted Professor Ogden of Clayton State University research and write an academic

paper titled “Inaccessible School Webpages: Are Remedies Available?”

NON-LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Washington State University Writing Center – Tutor February 2005 – May 2005

• Taught writing classes, held office hours, and assisted students with grammatical,

organizational, and stylistic writing advice on a wide variety of writing assignments.

WSU Office of Veterans Affairs – Chair 2003-04 August 2002 – May 2004

• Served as a resource for student veterans. Helped veterans recalled to active duty un-

enroll from college and prepare for deployment. Worked with the student government’s

veteran’s committee.

• Organized guest speakers Colonel Sizemore and Dr. Gary Pettit, the annual Veteran’s Day

ceremony, highway cleanup, and the annual golf tournament.

United States Army – Specialist (E-4) September 1997 – Aug. 2000

• Honorable discharge. Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems Mechanic (63-T).

SKILLS, INTERESTS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Admitted in all three federal districts. Panelist at the 2012 DragonCon conference. Past

Inspector for the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission. Past Judge for the

Georgia Tech mock trial competition. American Legion member.

• Jogging, reading, billiards, watching mixed martial arts, poker, music, board games,

studying politics, writing.

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