KATIE L BUCKLEY !
** ***** **** ****** ! Batavia, New York 14020
********@*****.*** 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)