Office Workers Compensation

Sean Michael Hoffman

**** ******* ****. *** # ****, Austin, TX 78723

Mobile: 832-***-**** ****-*******@******.***

EDUCATION

University of Tulsa, College of Law, Tulsa, OK

Juris Doctor Candidate, May 2015 Dean’s List Honor Roll: Spring 2014, Fall 2014

Texas Tech University, Rawls College of Business, Lubbock, TX

Bachelor of Business Administration, Management December 2011

Dean’s List Honor Roll: Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011; President’s List: Fall 2009

EXPERIENCE

Tulsa Public Defender’s Office, Law Clerk-Misdemeanors, Tulsa, OK February – May 2015

Prepared case files by conducting client interviews, researching applicable statutes, and gathering relevant case law.

Gained in court experience through client interaction, document preparations, and motion writing.

Dorado Petroleum, LLC, Land Intern, Fort Worth, TX Summer 2014

Reviewed and researched land details on oil and gas prospects through research and classifying ownership of mineral rights, leaseholds and royalties. Investigated assignments and transaction history.

Led Leasehold Acquisitions for the Company in the Kentucky Play by negotiating lease terms including bonus payments and royalties. Executed five-year leases with five-year renewal terms.

Conducted title searches and examinations of courthouse records, reviewed title opinions and pulled source deeds for properties in West Texas.

Liskow & Lewis, Summer Associate, Houston, TX Summer 2013

Performed hands on case research for workers compensation case, trademark infringement, energy law and drafted research memorandums. Compiled exhibits on workers compensation cases.

Researched and drafted memorandums and discovery motions in trademark and workers compensation cases.

Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Legal Intern, Houston, TX

December-January: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and June 2013

Worked on all aspects of diverse caseload in state and federal courts. Participated in multiple phases of litigation, including research, drafting and argument of substantive and procedural motions; discovery and deposition preparations; preparation for mediation and trial. Prepared and configured registration amendments to Secretary of State.

Reviewed Land and cataloged Joint Operating Agreements of existing properties and potential acquisitions.

Documented and filed oil-well figures; researched billing statements for errors and prepared and communicated amended statements.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Tulsa, OK Spring 2014

The Year in Review – Staff

Phi Alpha Delta, Tulsa, OK, Fall 2012-Spring 2015 Marshall & Social Chair

TU Law Board of Advocates Tulsa, OK Fall 2012-Fall 2014

INTERESTS

Scuba diving, basketball, tennis, golf, fishing, reading, movies

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