ELIZABETH MCDERMOTT

**** ****** ******

ac4c8k@r.postjobfree.com

251-***-**** (cell)

EDUCATION

University of Alabama School of Law Tuscaloosa, AL

Juris Doctor, December 2012 and LL.M. in Taxation, May 2013

GPA: 3.38

High Pass, Judicial Externship, Summer 2011

Research and Teacher’s Assistant, Professor Susan Pace Hamill, Fall 2012

Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

Bachelor of Mass Communication, magna cum laude, in Journalism, May 2010

GPA: 3.89

Dean’s List, Chancellor’s List, Kappa Delta Sorority Vice-President Secretary, Summer Study Abroad Program- University of Innsbruck, Austria, Summer Intern – Senator Sessions, Washington D.C.

EXPERIENCE

McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, LLC New Orleans, LA

Associate Attorney, October 2014 – present

Handled case management and development including researching potential claims, developing case strategy, propounding and responding to discovery, preparing witnesses, conducting depositions and budgeting

Drafted pleadings, client reports, contracts, retainer agreements, legal briefs, discovery and motions in a number of practice areas such as construction law, premises liability, insurance defense, medical malpractice, products liability, employee benefit, toxic tort, ERISA, employment law and governmental liability law

Argued motions in federal and state court and participated a bench and jury trial

Southern District of Alabama Federal Courthouse: Judge Callie V.S. Granade Mobile, AL

Law Clerk, May 2013 – September 2014

Conducted legal research on Westlaw and LexisNexis, prepared bench memos, and drafted orders, opinions and jury charges on a variety of issues including criminal habeas corpus petitions, employment discrimination under Title VII, § 1983, the Fair Labor Standards Act, breach of contract, admiralty, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, personal injury, Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 and intellectual property infringement

Assisted the judge in case management, effectively ruling on motions, the appointment of counsel and preparing for and attending courtroom proceedings

Communicated with counsel regarding case management and procedural requirements

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre Mobile, AL

Clerk, June 2012 – August 2012

Wrote memos analyzing assigned topics, such as an originating bank’s remedies for fraudulent transfers, damage determination for diminution of property value, rules governing the conduct of Federal Advisory Committee Members, Qualified Terminable Interest Transfer Property (QTIP) tax allocation and abstract of title production

Worked with lawyers from the Mobile, Ala., New Orleans, La. and Washington, D.C. in variety of legal areas including Tax and Estates, Banking, Commercial Litigation, and Government Relations & Legislative Advocacy

McDowell, Knight, Roedder & Sledge, LLC Mobile, AL

Clerk, May 2012 – June 2012

Wrote memos based on research from Westlaw and LexisNexis analyzing assigned legal issues

Drafted legal documents including an amended complaint, plaintiff’s interrogatories and request for production to defendants, entry of default and motion for default judgment in a § 1983 excessive force suit

BAR ADMISSIONS

State of Alabama, 2013

State of Louisiana, 2013

Contact this candidate