Associate Attorney Contract
Resume:
Amy L. Cadwell
Lakeway, Texas 78734
************@*****.***
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Shanley, Price, LLP, Austin, Texas, Remote
Associate Attorney (July, 2023 – May, 2024)
Worked primarily with workers’ compensation defense and regulation through the administrative dispute resolution process. Accomplishments include:
• Appeared at informal benefit review conferences and formal contested case hearings.
• Wrote Requests for Review as well as Responses to Requests for Review to the Appeals Panel.
• Researched and offered case analysis on a case-by-case basis for individual clients.
Levin, Papantonio, Rafferty, Proctor, O’Brien, Barr & Mougey, Remote Staff Attorney (July, 2020-June, 2023)
Worked on the opioid lawsuits reviewing documents electronically for privilege and/or relevance. Assigned to both offensive and defensive review. Accomplishments include:
• Assigned to a specially designated team to provide a second layer of review for defensive documents.
• Worked on documents in preparation for depositions.
• Utilized Relativity and Ipro platforms
MPlace Inc., Austin, Texas, Remote
Contract Attorney (September, 2018-July, 2020)
Reviewed documents, electronically, for privilege and/or relevance. Employed by MPlace as a contract attorney to work temporary jobs lasting from 1 week up to several months. Worked both onsite and remotely using sophisticated computer software. Accomplishments include:
• Analyzed and determined whether documents were relevant or fell under attorney-client privilege.
• Worked on time-sensitive projects that required decisiveness and the ability to work quickly yet thoroughly in determining whether the documents were discoverable.
Texas Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas
Assistant Attorney General, White Collar & Public Integrity Unit (January, 2016- August, 2018)
Traveled in the State of Texas and handled criminal cases in which the elected district attorney may have been conflicted or requested assistance. Assigned a caseload in the White Collar Crime and Public Integrity Unit. Accomplishments include:
• Assisted in the investigation of potential violations of state law, assessed criminal culpability, and prosecuted any cases resulting from the investigations.
• Assigned to prosecute cases involving theft by a public servant, official oppression, terroristic threat, manslaughter, misapplication of fiduciary property, and other criminal offenses.
• Prosecuted cases involving violations of the Texas Health & Safety Code, the Texas Election Code, the Texas Penal Code and the Texas Open Records Act.
• Worked closely with law enforcement in city, county, and state jurisdictions.
• Maintained close working relationships with district attorneys, judges, and state and county officials.
• As an attorney in the criminal prosecutions division I was required to be knowledgeable about current laws and pending criminal legislation. Navarro County Criminal District Attorney, Corsicana, Texas Assistant Criminal District Attorney (August, 2009 – January, 2016) Chief, Special Victims’ Unit & Juvenile Cases (July, 2011 – January, 2016) Responsible for a felony caseload from intake, through trial, appeal and all writs. Accomplishments include:
• Multiple first-degree and aggravated felony jury trials, including: a murder case, aggravated robberies, continuous sexual abuse of a child cases, sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child cases.
• 40+ felony jury trials, multiple trials before the court and contested hearings.
• Supervised all cases involving crimes against children, sex crimes, and juveniles.
• Wrote Appellate briefs and answers to Article 11.07 Habeas Applications.
• Consulted with and advised law enforcement and wrote search warrants.
• Presiding Officer, Navarro County Child Fatality Review Board. o A multidisciplinary team devoted to pursuing strategies to better understand why children die and taking action to prevent child deaths.
• Team Leader, Navarro County Child Protection Team o A multidisciplinary team dedicated to developing, achieving and maintaining a cooperative approach in child abuse investigations. Nacogdoches County District Attorney, Nacogdoches, Texas Assistant District Attorney, (January, 2008 – August, 2009) Assigned a felony caseload in the 420th Judicial District Court. Accomplishments include:
• Reviewed and prepared cases for presentation to the Grand Jury.
• Presented cases for indictment to the grand jury.
• Second chair in an intoxication assault & aggravated assault of a peace officer jury trial.
• Researched and wrote appellate briefs, including a capital murder case.
• Tried an aggravated assault case before the court.
• Negotiated numerous pleas, presented the State’s case in revocation hearings.
• Consulted with law enforcement about white collar crime investigations and assisted in writing search warrants to gain financial information. EDUCATION
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas – JD, May, 2007
• Amy L. Cadwell, Comment, E-Pharmacies Are Making Doctor Shopping Irrelevant, 7 HOUS. J. HEALTH L. & POL’Y 75-126 (Fall 2006) A comment discussing the abuse of prescription drugs, the difficulty of policing e-pharmacies, and proposed legislation to address the national crisis
• HOUSTON JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW & POLICY
o Articles Editor, June, 2006 – May, 2007
o Candidate, August, 2005 – May, 2006
LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas – BBA, August, 2002 LICENSES
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, November, 2007
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