Attorney

KATIE L BUCKLEY !

** ***** **** ****** ! Batavia, New York 14020

acf5wo@r.postjobfree.com 585!409!0434

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Thomson Reuters Rochester, New York

CONTRACTOR: AUTHOR April 2014 – Present

! Responsible for updating a section of the current version of Federal Procedure, Lawyers Edition,

including verifying the publication’s sources as well as editing any grammar errors

Genesee County Public Defender’s Office Batavia, New York

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT ATTORNEY September 2013 - Present

! Represent clients in the Batavia Town Justice Court for various traffic infractions, violations, and

misdemeanors through negotiations with the prosecutor and oral arguments in front of the Judge

! Draft various legal documents including an Omnibus Motion; a Motion to Dismiss an Information,

pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law § 170.30(e); and a Sentence Memorandum for a violation of

felony probation sentence

Thomson Reuters Rochester, New York

LEGAL EDITOR May 2013 - September 2013

! Researched, drafted, and edited WestlawNext Articles that provide practical guidance on how to best

accomplish legal tasks in employment-law litigation and commercial-law litigation

! Edited articles’ grammatical and language-usage errors as well as validated sources, while interpreting,

analyzing, and organizing complex legal material and complying with strict deadlines

United States District Court for the Western District of New York Rochester, New York

INTERN FOR THE HONORABLE CHARLES J. SIRAGUSA September 2012 - January 2013

! Researched, drafted Decisions and Orders for criminal and civil proceedings, and consulted with Judge

Siragusa regarding various legal issues

! Obtained extensive exposure to the Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) System

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Saint Johns, Michigan

VOLUNTEER TAX PREPARER January 2011 - April 2011

! Interviewed tax payers and prepared tax returns for filing

EDUCATION

Thomas M. Cooley Law School Lansing, Michigan

JURIS DOCTOR, cum laude January 2013

ACADEMICS:

! ! Dean’s List (Fall 2009, Winter 2010,

GPA: 3.21

! Fall 2010 - Winter 2012)

Top 19% (106/438)

! Honor Roll (Fall 2009 – Winter 2012)

! Honors Scholarship Recipient

ORGANIZATIONS:

Thomas M. Cooley Law Review: Thomas M. Cooley Mock Trial Board:

! Casenotes Editor (Fall 2011 - Summer 2012) ! Senior Member (Summer 2011 – Summer 2012),

! Associate Editor (Summer 2011) ! Communications Chair (Fall 2010 - Winter 2011)

State University of New York College at Brockport, Brockport, New York

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, cum laude August 2008

! GPA: 3.6 ! Honors: National Honor Society Member

NEW YORK STATE LICENSES

! New York State Bar (June 2014)

! New York State Notary Public (July 2014)

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