Attorney

KAITLIN PRESTON, ESQ.

**** ******* ** *** *****, CA 92111 * 760-***-**** * *************@*****.*** EDUCATION

Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California Juris Doctor Activities: Women’s Law Society, Advisor; Student Bar Association, Treasurer; Business Law Society, Member; National Trial Team, Competitor, Barbri Student Representative. Civil Procedure Teaching Assistant (Spring, 2016).

University of Redlands, Redlands, California Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Government, May 2012 Honors: Dean’s List, 2009 - 2010

EXPERIENCE

Contract Attorney, Trestick Law Firm, San Diego, CA June 2017- Present Propound discovery and conduct research on Plaintiff’s personal injury cases. Contract Attorney, Larabee Law Firm, San Diego, CA. June 2017-Present. Draft complaints and conduct discovery for Plaintiff’s side employment cases regarding wrongful termination, retaliation, unpaid wages and / or violation of lunch and meal breaks. Contract Law Clerk, The Ahrens Law Firm, San Diego, CA April 2017-June 2017 Respond to Motions for Summary Judgment, Write evidentiary objections in response to Motion for Summary Judgment, and write mediation briefs.

Contract Law Clerk, Erlandson Law Firm, San Diego, CA April 2017-June 2017 Working through discovery and organizing materials and information in preparation for trial. Contract Law Clerk, Aguirre Allen Law, San Diego, CA Jan 2015-August 2015, Oct.- Nov. 2016 -Mar. 2017 Conduct legal research on property disputes, settlement cases, zoning requirements for businesses, and third party debtor issues. Draft notices of depositions, outlines for depositions a motion to compel production of documents. Helped analyze and sort documents during the discovery phase.

Contract Law Clerk, Anderson, Lagasse, Branch, Bell LLP La Jolla, CA October 2016-November 2016 Conducted document review throughout the discovery period on a class action lawsuit regarding break and meal violations. Student Representative, LexisNexis San Diego, CA January 2015-April 2016 Conduct research hours to assist students struggling with research. Help students learn how to efficiently and effectively research using LexisNexis. Teach new tools of Lexis when Lexis adds new features. Legal Clerk, Warren and Burstein, San Diego, CA June 2015-February 2016 Conduct legal research regarding exculpatory material. Working primarily on a capital punishment case by organizing discovery, determining what is most helpful for our defense. Visit the client at Metropolitan Correctional Center and determine pertinent material in the case through wiretapped phone calls. Legal Clerk, Global Legal Resources, Carlsbad, CA June 2014 – February 2015, August 2015-February 2016 Conduct legal research on various civil law cases including: hostile work environment, proper termination of lease, breach of contract actions. Draft complaints, responses, letters, and all discovery pertaining to client representation. ACTIVITIES

Girl Scouts of America - Lifetime Member, Silver Award 2006, Gold Award 2008 1995 – Present Littler Mendelson P.C. Deposition Training- Participated as a witness for Littler’s deposition training regarding client preparation, funneling and witness defense. August 2016 Personal Training- As a hobby, I began training a few of my friends at the gym. LANGUAGES AND SKILLS Conversational German: read and write. Advanced Experience: LexisNexis, Microsoft Office, Powerpoint.