DAVID L. GRAHAM

***** ******* **., *** *****, TX 78617 916-***-**** adbpp4@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California J.D. (Intellectual Property Law Concentration), December 2012 Honors: Barrister’s Scholarship: $7,500

Dean’s Honor List (Two Years)

Traynor Honor Society

California State University, Sacramento, California B.A. in Philosophy and B.A. in English, Summa cum laude, May 2000 GPA: 4.0

Honors: Winner of 1998–1999 Academic Achievement Award (English) Winner of 2000 Nammour Symposium Essay Contest (Philosophy) EXPERIENCE

Freelance Writing, Blogging, Editing; Writing a Novel, Nonfiction, and Music March 2015 – Present

During this time, thanks to a family inheritance, I have had opportunity to drop out of the daily grind to pursue my dream of writing a novel and/or becoming a songwriter. I also did some freelance work to supplement my savings.

Law Offices of K. Greg Peterson, Sacramento, California Law Clerk, February 2013 – March 2015

• Researched legal issues; draft internal memoranda; wrote all articles from June 2013 to March 2015 for office blog at https://kgregpeterson.wordpress.com.

• Drafted pleadings, motions, letters to clients, and settlement agreements.

• Answered phones when necessary.

• Used Lexis Nexis for legal research.

[Attended Law School September 2009 – December 2012] Infor Global Solutions (formerly Hansen), Rancho Cordova, California Business Analyst, June 2007 – October 2008

• Wrote Requirement Specifications for Billing software.

• Diagrammed clients’ business processes.

• Managed the software development cycle for software changes.

• Worked with clients to gather requirements for custom-designed software. Hansen Information Technologies, Rancho Cordova, California Technical Writer, April 2001 – June 2007

• Wrote online help for Hansen 7 and Hansen 8 ERP software, focusing on Utility Billing,

• Assets, GIS, Installer.

• Wrote online help for Integrated Map Viewer, Online Timesheet (used by Hansen

• employees), Roadway Viewer, Parcel Information Viewer, Asset Browser, Reservoir

• Assets, Tax Assessment, Cashiering module, and others.

• Wrote whitepapers on topics such as “Web Farms” and “Billing Overview.”

• Wrote workbooks and other training materials, such as the Integrated Map Viewer and

• Utility Billing workbooks.

• Filled in doing QAQC testing when necessary.

U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California

Technical Editor, June 2000 – April 2001

• Edited scientific reports for grammar, style, coherence, and accuracy.

• Worked with Graphic Designer on the design of graphs, charts, diagrams, and other visual aids that appeared in published scientific reports. PERSONAL INTERESTS

• Music: Classical (Bach, Mozart, Purcell); opera; songwriters like Elvis Costello; playing guitar.

• Film (classics, film noir, sci-fi) and “vintage” TV (Columbo, Star Trek); MST3K; reading nonfiction.

• Following professional tennis. Freelance writing on various topics.