Veronica Rotter

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EDUCATION

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Juris Doctor, May 2015

Awards: USC Law Merit Scholarship

Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, staff

Honors:

High Honors Grades: Civil Procedure

Honors Grades: Law, Language, and Values, Criminal Law, Legal Profession, Business

Organizations, Copyright & Fictional Characters, Corporate Finance, Topics

in Corporate Law

Activities: Business Law Soc., President 2013-2014, 1L Representative 2012-

2013; Legal Aid Alternative Break, Vice President of Public Relations 2013-

2014, 1L Representative 2012-2013

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Science, Communication, December 2011

Honors: CLAS Dean's List, Three Semesters 2010-2011

Awards: President's Scholarship, 2008 - 2010

Activities: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alumni Coordinator 2010-2011; Sigma Alpha

Lambda, President 2010-2011

BAR ADMISSIONS

California State Bar admitted December 2015

EXPERIENCE

Locke Lord, LLP Los Angeles, California

Associate September 2015 Present

Worked collaboratively with partners and associates. Worked directly with clients to facilitate the litigation

process. Reviewed case files to facilitate case management.

Researched and wrote memoranda on topics as wide ranging as from insurance litigation to civil procedure and

California evidence. Researched and drafted memoranda on Federal Civil Procedure, California Civil Procedure,

insurance bad faith litigation, successor liability, and employment law.

Drafted complaints, demurrers, motions to dismiss, discovery requests and discovery motions, ex parte motions,

motions in limine, replies, objections, and oppositions. Drafted motions for summary judgment, related

declarations and exhibits, and replies in support of motions for summary judgment. Drafted letters to opposing

parties. Drafted an insert to a corporate client handbook. Drafted settlement offers. Singlehandedly drafted an

article on insurance subrogation to represent the firms California offices in a multi-state and country survey of

insurance subrogation law.

Argued a motion for summary judgment, ex parte motions to continue trial, and a motion for terminating

sanctions in state court.

Locke Lord, LLP Los Angeles, California

Summer Associate May 2014-July 2014

Researched and drafted memoranda on wide ranging litigation topics.

Participated in the summer associate program and mentoring programs.

The Law Offices of Alan Forester Beverly Hills, California

Law Clerk May 2013 September 2013

Performed all work in the multi-practice firm, including, but not limited to, responding to client

questions, review of case files, submitting discovery requests, drafting demand letters, communicating with

government organizations, and drafting client declarations.

Overhauled corporate client's employee handbook. Researched and wrote memoranda on fraud, duress,

breach of contract, lease breaking, and sexual harassment.

Worked collaboratively with co-counsel in litigation matters.

LANGUAGES: Proficient in written and spoken French

INTERESTS: Diamondbacks baseball, comics, health blogging, dog training, cats

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