Beth Henderson

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Nashville, TN 37207 ac68tt@r.postjobfree.com

BAR STATUS: Licensed, State of Tennessee

EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, TN

Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 2006

GPA: 3.4/4.0 Class Rank: Top 15%

Honors: Deans Award for Excellence for Best Memo

CALI Awards: Secured Transactions, Conflicts, Realty Transactions

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges Activities: Member, American Bar Association Law Student Division

Member: Christian Legal Society, Sports & Entertainment Law Society

HARDING UNIVERSITY, Searcy, AR

Bachelor of Arts in English, cum laude, May 1995

Minor – Radio/Television

GPA: 3.55/4.0

LEGAL EXPERIENCE: TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Nashville, TN

10/12 – present Tax Policy Analyst

* Analyze, research, and help create tax policies for the Department of Revenue.

* Write technical bulletins for the audit division and important notices published on the departmental website.

* Compose and edit tax law manuals for auditor training courses.

* Teach or assist several tax law training classes.

* Answer legal questions and conduct legal research for auditors.

3/08 – 10/12 Tax Counsel

* Wrote legal rulings for taxpayers.

* Acted as in-house counsel for the Department in litigation matters.

* Handled all legal matters for the title and registration division and the alcoholic beverages division

of the Department.

* Performed general legal research, analysis, and writing for taxpayers and the Department.

* Reviewed departmental contracts.

2/07 – 3/08 HAL C. STANLEY, P.C., Memphis, TN

Attorney for Real Estate Practice

* Researched title work and wrote title opinions.

* Conducted closings for sellers, purchasers and those refinancing.

* Reviewed client contracts, drafted letters, advised clients, prepared settlement statements using

SoftPro, etc.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: CHILMARK ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., Memphis, TN

9/02 – 4/04 Office Manager/Assistant

* Registered company music catalog with ASCAP.

* Answered phones, scheduled meetings, wrote letters, handled office accounting.

CHEONG, DENOVE, ROWELL, ANTABLIN & BENNETT, Los Angeles, CA

1/02 – 7/02 Office Assistant

* Wrote letters and faxes of notice to clients and other counsel.

* Opened files on clients and organized pre-litigation work.

* Kept extensive filing system updated and answered phones.

4/00 – 1/02 THE IRV SCHECHTER COMPANY, Beverly Hills, CA

Assistant to a Literary Agent

* Handled incoming and outgoing phone calls, faxed, filed, copied scripts.

* Scheduled client and agent meetings.

* Critically read client scripts and contributed ideas in the writing process.

4/98 – 6/99 THE HATTIESBURG AMERICAN, Hattiesburg, MS

Entertainment Editor

* Produced a sixteen-page weekly entertainment supplement which covers a five-state region.

* Wrote features and edited all copy for the supplement, supervised several freelance writers.

* Paginated and designed the supplement using QuarkXPress, FreeHand & Adobe Photoshop.

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