Associate Attorney

NATALIE KANE PAPPAS, ESQ.

**** ***’s Creek Road New Windsor, MD, 21776

410-***-**** **********@*****.***

EDUCATION

IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE MARYLAND BAR – SWORN IN DECEMBER 18, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW, Baltimore, MD

Juris Doctor, May 2013

Cumulative GPA: 3.030

Moot Court: Member of the Robert. F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot

Court Competition Team

Activities: International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi; Entertainment, Arts, and Sports

Law Association (co-publicist)

SALISBURY UNIVERSITY, Salisbury, MD

B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, December 2009

Cumulative GPA: 3.598

Honors: University Bellevance Honors

Activities: Varsity Women’s Lacrosse Team

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD J. MAHER, P.C., BALTIMORE CITY, Baltimore, MD

Associate Attorney, February 2014 – Present

Represent landlords and commercial tenants in Maryland District Courts and occasionally in

Maryland Circuit Court. Draft pleadings, motions, answers, and complaints to be filed in the

District Court. Facilitate settlement negations. Research Maryland and Federal statutes and case

law as they pertain to landlord and tenant matters. Review and advise clients regarding

residential and commercial leases and contracts. One of two attorneys in the firm. Handle high

volume of cases from start to finish.

OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY, BALTIMORE CITY, Baltimore, MD

Intern, May 2012 to December 2012

Assisted the Assistant State’s Attorneys in preparing for trials as well as wrote writs, motions,

and subpoenas. Listened and took notes on jail calls. Helped distribute and organize the criminal

misdemeanor case files. Assisted in drafting the State’s response to a post conviction relief.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION, Baltimore, MD

Intern, Spring 2012

Mediated complaints filed by consumers against businesses. Over forty hours of mediation.

BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT, HONORABLE STEPHEN J. SFEKAS, Baltimore, MD

Intern, Fall 2011 to May 2012

Drafted an opinion on a termination of parental rights case. Reviewed and made decisions on

Motions to Modify or Reduce Sentences. Assisted in updating case files for Operation Safe Kids,

program to rehabilitee juveniles, as well as Violations of Probation cases.

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, Baltimore, MD

Intern, Office of Personnel Services and Management, Summer 2011

Drafted memoranda for settling employee grievances and a motion to dismiss. Conducted legal

research for the recommendations. Observed management/employee settlement conferences.

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ASTRACHAN, GUNST, THOMAS, P.C, Baltimore, MD

Intern, Summer 2011

Researched case law as well as wrote footnotes for the Lexis Law of Advertising book.

Conducted research on employment, advertising, and copyright law. Researched case law to

bolster arguments being presented in court or for appeals. Observed depositions.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (PACE), Salisbury, MD

Civic Engagement Survey Assistant, March - September 2010

Survey Shift Supervisor, November 2009 - January 2010

Data Research Assistant, August 2009 - June 2010

Researched questions and drafted questions for the survey designed to measure students’

involvement and knowledge in politics and volunteer work. Created the survey online and

managed data collection. Supervised fourteen students conducting telephone surveys. Imputed

data from a Maryland County survey about tenant rental issues and from PACE’s Presidential

Citizen Scholars program about civic and political trends.

LACROSSE AND FIELD HOCKEY REFEREE, MD

Field Hockey Referee, August 2006 – 2013

Lacrosse Referee, February 2009 – 2014

Officiate high school and youth girls’ field hockey and lacrosse for Howard, Carroll, and

Baltimore County Public and Private Schools. Also, officiate summer field hockey and lacrosse

tournaments all over Maryland.

ACTIVE ALUMNI DONOR TO THE MCDONOGH SCHOOL, Owings Mills, MD,

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