Catherine Chesney Thompson *** E. **th Terrace, Kansas City, MO

***** 816-***-****

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EDUCATION

Saint Louis University School of Law Saint Louis, MO J.D., May 2016

GPA: 2.87

Honors and activities: Academic Excellence Award for the highest grade in Professional Responsibility; Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team for 2014-2015 and 2015- 2016 academic years, 2nd Place Brief out of 19 teams at the 2015-2016 regional competition; Honor Council: Judge for the 2015-2016 academic year; Elected Member for the 2014-2015 academic year; Health Law Association; Women’s Law Students’ Association The University of Denver Denver, CO

B.S. in Business Administration; Minor in Spanish, June 2012 G.P.A: 3.70

Honors and activities: Provost Scholar and Hornbeck Scholar; Dean’s List for 4 trimesters; Delta Gamma Sorority (Vice President, Membership), recipient of the Founder’s Award and named Outstanding Member of the Senior Class of 2012; Club Field Hockey; University of Denver Tutoring Partnership with Highline Academy (English and Spanish tutor for seventh grade students) CREDENTIALS

Admitted to the Missouri Bar, September 2016

Admitted to the Kansas Bar, November 2018

Admitted to the United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, September 2018 Admitted to the United States District Court, District of Kansas, December 2018 Admitted to the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, February 2019 WORK EXPERIENCE

Gould, Thompson, & Bucher, P.C. Kansas City, MO

Contract Attorney, December 2019- Present

• Responsible for handling all traffic tickets and all other municipal ordinance violations in many Kansas City Metropolitan municipalities.

• Represent clients in Small Claims Court.

• Assisted lead attorney with discovery for a complex business litigation case by managing data and the e-discovery for the case. Drafted comprehensive summaries of as to the privilege, confidentiality, and relevancy of the discovery. Created the privilege log for this matter. Research relevant case law as it relates to e-discovery and privileged documents.

• Represented a client severely injured in a head on collision from the inception of the matter to the insurer’s acceptance of our demand. Reviewed and summarized all medical records as well as all medical bills.

• Additionally, as a contract attorney, I represent parents in child abuse and neglect cases. Research, analyze and interpret pertinent Missouri Revised Statutes. Manz, Swanson, Hall, Fogarty, & Gellis Kansas City, MO Associate Attorney, April 2019- December 2019

Insurance Defense with a focus on general liability and personal injury claims.

• Responsible for initiating contact with the client.

• Took and defended depositions, including party, witnesses.

• Reviewed and evaluated medical records and bills.

• Conducted legal research.

• Drafted pleadings and discovery motions.

• Attended multiple court appearances.

• 2nd Chair at Jury Trials.

Halbrook Wood, P.C. Prairie Village, KS

Associate Attorney, July 2018- March 2019

• Performed legal research in the area of labor and employment law. Drafted memoranda and legal briefs.

• Conduct interviews with company employees to gather information about the investigation in order to effectively respond.

• Responsible for determining case strategy and preparing detailed status reports for carriers.

• Drafted Position Statements for clients in response to investigations by Missouri Commission on Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in response to their investigations.

• Prepared Motions to Compel Arbitration and other dispositive motions.

• Attended Court Hearings

• Drafted Mediation Statements

• Participated in Mediations

The Sixteenth Circuit of Jackson County, Missouri Kansas City, MO Law Clerk for the Honorable James Dale Youngs, September 2016- July 2018

• Performed legal research, developed legal analyses, and prepared memoranda pertaining to motions, pleadings, and summary judgments.

• Provided facts and law, legal conclusions, and recommendations to the Judge in order to resolve legal issues in pending cases.

• Tracked time limits for filing of responsive pleadings and determined ripeness of issues for Judge’s ruling.

• Drafted orders for the resolution of pending motions.

• Assisted the Judge with all aspects of jury trials.

• Managed the civil and domestic dockets.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Kansas City, MO Law Clerk for the Honorable James Edward Welsh, December 2014-January 2015 and May 2015- August 2015

• Became familiar with several areas of Missouri Law.

• Studied records on appeal, performed legal research, and developed legal analyses.

• Observed numerous oral arguments.

Saint Louis University School of Law Legal Clinic Saint Louis, MO Missouri Rule 13 Law Student, Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic, January 2015-May 2015

• Conducted initial client interviews and presented summaries of factual and legal issues to the supervising attorney for representation determination.

• Handled municipal traffic ordinance violations as well as other ordinance violations for the indigent youth of St. Louis County.

• Routinely interacted with prosecutors and court clerks.

• Communicated with clients to update them on the status of their cases.

• Appeared in municipal courts across St. Louis County on behalf of my clients under the guidance of my supervising attorney.

• Drafted motions and pleadings.

• Assisted clients with obtaining orders of protection. Gould, Thompson, & Bucher, PC Kansas City, MO

Law Clerk, May 2014-August 2014

• Worked as an integral member of this small civil litigation firm assisting attorneys in the management of a variety of cases.

• Assisted the attorneys with all aspects of discovery in relation to the representation of an insurance brokerage firm. I performed document review of hundreds of documents, maintained the privilege log during the document review, and helped the attorneys prepare for meet and confer conferences with opposing counsel.

• Reviewed deposition transcripts of medical experts, witnesses, and parties to prepare deposition outlines and summaries.

• Assisted with trial preparation, including preparing trial binders and securing trial exhibits for a false imprisonment case.

• Reviewed medical insurance policies, performed legal research, and drafted appeals for denial of coverage for medical care.

Mattie Rhodes Center Kansas City, MO

Marketing and Development Intern, June 2012- October 2012 Assisted development coordinator with marketing efforts. Managed social media content and helped plan fundraising events. Translated website content into Spanish. Conducted interviews with program participants in Spanish and wrote articles to share their stories. Volunteer, November 2010- December 2010.

• Assisted in leading an after school program for kindergarten students. Operation Breakthrough Kansas City, MO

Little Kicks Swim Program Director, Summer 2010 and 2011

• The swim program had an enrollment of 120 children, ages 5 to 10 years old. The goal was to prevent drowning incidents by teaching the children how to swim.

• I was in charge of all operations of this program. I organized donation drives to collect swim gear, recruited students to be volunteer swim instructors, designed lesson plans, and tracked students’ progress weekly.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section: Vice-Chair of the Public Service Committee

American Mock Trial Association: Volunteer Judge for Regional Tournament. Missouri High School Mock Trial: Volunteer Judge for the Kansas City Tournament. Girls on the Run, Saint Louis Missouri: Volunteer coach for a group of middle school girls training to run in the Girls on the Run 5K at the end of each season. Medical Missions Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri: Volunteered on three medical mission trips to Botosani, Romania, volunteered at the annual golf tournament, organized the auction item database and auction program for the Art for the Children Gala, and researched grant opportunities and presented them to the foundation’s executive director.

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