Attorney

MAX CHANG

**** ********* ***** ******, *******, Georgia 30346 205-***-**** acuhx8@r.postjobfree.com

BAR STATUS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Licensed to practice in the State of Georgia and the State of Alabama

EXPERIENCE

RCO Legal, P.S., Atlanta, Georgia

Associate Attorney, December 2015 – April 2016

Counseled banks, mortgage lenders, and mortgage servicers throughout Georgia and Alabama facing wrongful-foreclosure claims and contested-eviction claims.

Represented financial institutions in civil-litigation proceedings including status conferences, default-judgment hearings, and summary-judgment hearings.

Researched and drafted legal briefs, complaints, pretrial motions, memoranda, and requests and responses for discovery in mortgage-default and financial-services litigation.

Negotiated and drafted agreements settling contested-eviction claims between mortgage servicers and property owners.

The Partners Group and Robert Half Legal, Atlanta, Georgia

Project Attorney, November 2013 – December 2015

Provided electronic discovery and pretrial litigation services for projects in commercial litigation.

Selected for attention to detail and analytical skills to participate in quality control and advanced privilege review for all projects.

Rubin Lublin, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Associate Attorney, April 2013 – October 2013

Represented clients in civil-litigation matters involving creditor’s rights and commercial and residential real estate including quiet title actions, title-curative actions, and lien-priority disputes.

Drafted legal briefs and pleadings for real estate title litigation claims and wrongful-foreclosure claims in courts throughout Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama.

Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama

Staff Attorney, August 2010 – March 2013

Conducted large-scale document-review projects, providing quality control and creating privilege logs.

Drafted memoranda of legal authority and pleadings for business-tort issues in financial-services litigation and securities litigation.

Trimmier, Kudulis, Reisinger, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama

Staff Attorney, September 2009 – August 2010

Negotiated and drafted vendor agreements and service-provider agreements for financial institutions.

Drafted wills, trusts, and powers of attorney for clients of financial institutions.

Cory Watson Crowder & Degaris, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama

Project Attorney, May 2009 – July 2009

Researched product liability issues for multidistrict mass-tort litigation.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Independent Petroleum Broker, September 2007 – October 2008

Drafted title opinions for mineral ownership rights based on research of real estate documents.

Negotiated and drafted leases for land use.

Tuscaloosa Circuit Court, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Judicial Extern, Judge W. Scott Donaldson, Spring 2006

Analyzed and evaluated legal pleadings at various phases of criminal and civil-litigation process.

EDUCATION

The University of Alabama Law School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama J.D., May 2007

Honors: Dean’s Community Service Award Recipient

Activities: Student Farrah Law Society; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity;

Senior American Bar Association Representative

The University of Alabama - Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama B.S., Management, May 2001

Honors: Dean’s List, Winter 1999-2000 & Winter 2000-2001

SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Reader, WestlawNext, Lexis-Nexis, Electronic Discovery software including Catalyst, Relativity, and Ringtail

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Member of Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association

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