NICOLE M. RICHARDSON
*** ****** ****** **** **, El Segundo CA 90245, 310-***-****, *****************@*****.***
EMPLOYMENT AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Restaurant Manager June 2010 - Present
California Pizza Kitchen
Marina Del Rey, California 310-***-****
Manage food service operations: monitor and maintain standards of food quality control, procurement,
storage, preparation, cooking and handling of food, coach and motivate staff, provide staff with constructive
feedback at close of shifts.
Organize and develop restaurant sales level and profitability: forecast weekly sales projections, budget labor
dollars with staffing needs, profit and loss data entry and weekly inventory of food and liquor, balance and
deposit daily charge receipts and cash, prepare cash drawers and allocate petty cash.
Scheduling and Hiring Manager: create weekly schedules for Front of House employees, interview, train,
motivate, supervise and evaluate Front of House employees, plan and direct employee training programs.
Hospitality Manager: resolve guest complaints regarding food or service, organize fundraisers, and determine
contributions to charity organizations.
Restaurant Manager July 2007 – June 2010
El Torito Restaurant
Torrance, California 310-***-****
Managed food service operations: monitored and coordinated procurement, storage, preparation, cooking,
handling and serving of food, supervised work duties of wait staff, met and greeted guests, organized table
reservations, resolved customer complaints regarding food quality and service. Interviewed, hired, trained and
developed hosts, servers and bartenders.
Oversaw liquor and bar productivity: conducted weekly liquor inventory and liquor orders, maintained liquor
sales product mix and profitability, monitored actions of bartenders and customers to ensure health, safety and
liquor regulations are obeyed.
Balanced bookkeeping records: prepared payroll and invoices, collected and totaled charge receipts and cash
to balance against sales, deposited charge receipts and cash.
Law Clerk June 2002 – July 2007
Hudson & Associates
Irvine, California 949-***-****
Assisted and supported attorneys in case management, conducted legal research, performed legal analysis,
investigated facts and law of cases and recommended causes of actions.
Prepared and drafted legal documents: complaints, pleadings, memorandums, trusts and wills.
Created and maintained case files: created client portfolios and prepared client letters for signature.
NICOLE M. RICHARDSON
501 Center Street Unit 18, El Segundo CA 90245, 310-***-****, *****************@*****.***
Public Defender Extern August 2003 – December 2003
Orange County Public Defender
Sexual Violent Predator’s Operation
Santa Ana, California 714-***-****
Performed legal research, examined and analyzed legal documents.
Assisted public defender with trial preparation, observed and evaluated trials.
Read and summarized client files.
EDUCATION:
Western State University College of Law May 2004
Fullerton, California
Juris Doctorate Degree
V.I.T.A (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program) January 2003 – April 2003
Mock Trial Advocacy Team August 2002 – May 2003
University of California, Los Angeles June 2000
Los Angeles, California
Bachelor of Arts in History
BAR ADMISSION:
State Bar of California December 2013
Member Number 293761