Associate Attorney

Rachel E. Reed

**** *** **** ****** *******, Georgia 30324 615-***-****/******@*****.***

EDUCATION

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia

Juris Doctor, May 2014 G.P.A.: 3.21* Awaiting July 2014 Bar Results

Honors: Emory Law Scholarship; Black Law Student Association Scholarship

Activities: Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review (Executive Articles Editor); Mock Trial;

Black Law Student Association (Treasurer); Health Law Society; Houses 3L Coordinator

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

Master of Arts in English with a specialty in Composition and Rhetoric, May 2009 G.P.A.: 3.84

Honors: Graduate and Research Assistantship; Dr. Robbie Walker Outstanding Teacher Award

Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee

Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in English, Minors: History, Spanish, December 2006 G.P.A.: 3.95

Activities: Conversations (Co-Coordinator); Backlog (Associate Editor); Exordium (Editor in Chief)

EXPERIENCE

Office of General Counsel, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

Intern, Spring 2014

Drafted contracts; assisted in administrative hearings; drafted pleadings and responded to Open Records requests;

analyzed documents for fraud and drafted responding outcome to the court system.

John Hafner, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia

Law Clerk, Summer 2013-Present

Draft motions and briefs; conduct medical malpractice, criminal, elder, and bankruptcy law research.

Hilley & Frieder, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia

Law Clerk, Summer 2013

Drafted pleadings; conducted medical malpractice and personal injury research; managed and obtained client

medical records; maintained communication with clients regarding case status, concerns, and future actions.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Legal Unit, Atlanta, Georgia

Extern, Spring 2013

Prepared trial documents; drafted case reviews, pleadings, interrogatories and requests for production.

Georgia Resource Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Intern, Spring 2012-Spring 2013

Prepared expert witness documents; researched state and federal habeas law; managed client cases; prepared briefs.

United States Department of Education, Atlanta, Georgia

Intern, Summer 2012

Monitored compliance cases; analyzed data for Title VII discrimination; participated in early complaint resolution

cases; conducted on-site interviews and statistical analysis of data.

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

Instructor of English & Instructor of English as a Second Language, August 2007 - July 2011

Taught first-year writing courses; created and led faculty workshops; trained interns; designed materials.

First Acceptance Insurance, Nashville, Tennessee

Underwriter, January 2007 - July 2007

Reviewed insurance policies for state requirement compliance; worked with Spanish-speaking clients.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Spanish reading fluency: intermediate; speaking ability: intermediate

Presented original ESL/Academic Literacy research at 10 National and International Conferences

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