Service Assistant

Vlad R. Ghenciu, Esq.

Email: ****.*******@*****.***

ADMISSION:

State Bar of California (December 2013)

EDUCATION:

LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL, Los Angeles, CA

Juris Doctor, December 2012

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC

Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, International Politics, Spring 2007

Of Note: Graduated Cum Laude in three years, with 3.68 Cumulative G.P.A.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

LAW OFFICES OF JACOBSON & ASSOCIATES, APLC, Los Angeles, CA

Associate Attorney, July 2014-December 2015

Defended depositions of workers’ compensation applicants & personal injury plaintiffs and interviewed clients

Negotiated settlement agreements, drafted pleadings before WCAB, i.e. CCP 473b, Motion to Quash

Argued Motions at over 300 hearings before WCAB and interacted with over 100 clients at hearings

Argued Serna (Speedy Trial) Motion before Superior Court, Motion Granted, Complaint dismissed

CLASSACTION.COM & LAW OFFICES OF JENNIFER DUFFY APLC, Los Angeles, CA

Law Clerk & Attorney, Fall & December 2013, April 2014-October 2014

Analyzed class action viability, drafted legal memoranda regarding employment discrimination, wage and hour violations, illegally increased credit card rates, unsolicited commercial email and drafted demand letters

Communicated with clients and potential defendants, drafted discovery tools (RFAs, RFDs & Special Interrogatories)

MIKE FEUER FOR CITY ATTORNEY, Los Angeles, CA

Campaign Assistant, Spring 2013

Worked at campaign events, successfully assisted challenger in his campaign to unseat incumbent city attorney

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Los Angeles, CA

Certified Law Clerk, Central Trials Division, Summer 2012

Tried a case to jury verdict. Defendant charged with Health & Safety Code §11359, Possession of marijuana for sale

Researched and drafted memorandum concerning prosecution’s motion to oppose defendant’s motion to suppress

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE:

Worked in local & national legislative offices or campaign offices of 5 elected officials in past 12 years including 2 U.S. senators (2003, 2005), 2 Pennsylvania state representatives (2002, 2004), and West Virginia attorney general (2008).

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Assisted in establishing mock trial between two Los Angeles area middle schools. (Fall 2011)

LANGUAGES: Romanian

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