Flat Lick, KY. *****
Phone: 606-***-**** ******.*************@*****.***
Joseph Baron Hammons Esq.
Objective All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. - Albert Einstein
My objective is to have the opportunity to succeed by progressing myself and others around me in the work that I enjoy doing by working and leading by example.
Professional
Highlights
Licensed Attorney for State of Kentucky for seven (7) years
Represent clients in the Judicial System in the state of Kentucky to the best of my abilities.
Create all court documents including, but not limited to, complaints, answers, motions, court orders, depositions, interrogatories, letters, and other things of that nature. Keep all client information confidential and abide by all other rules of the Modern Rules of Professional Responsibility.
Owned and operated two (2) solo law practices. Currently operating one (1).
Substitute Teacher for ten (10) years
Taught school for the Knox County Board of Education.
Managed and taught school in all grades from kindergarten to senior classes of High School Levels.
Managed classes of ca. 20 to 30 kids per classroom on a daily basis. Often at months at a time.
KHSAA Basketball Official
Managed basketball games ranging from Grade School A-Team and B-team games to High School Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Level girls and boys Basketball games including tournament games.
Called all games according to the rules of Basketball handbook and scored 98% to 100% on the yearly required exam on every year.
Negotiated between both teams at every game in a fair and un-biased or prejudiced manner accordingly and fairly.
Legal Assistant for the Law Offices of Millward and Castle for ten (10) years
Managed and maintained important and confidential documents in clients files on a daily basis in and out of the law office.
Assisted the attorney’s in trials, hearing, mediations, administrative hearings, client jail visits, client interviews, and other places of that nature managing and maintaining client files, exhibits, or anything else the attorney’s needed to assist them.
Joseph Baron Hammons Esq.
Made daily deposits for the law firm and cashed checks for the office and employees when they needed it. Delivered checks to pay office bills. Traveled to social security offices, clerks offices, sheriffs offices, deed rooms, or anywhere needed to copy files and other documents/records for the law firm.
Skills
Licensed Attorney with Highly skilled at retaining information and
Kentucky Bar Association. memorization.
Licensed KHSAA Basketball Official for Highly skilled at reading, writing, typing, and all levels of boys and girls basketball. telephone communications.
Highly skilled with computers, can type Highly skilled at managing work material and at an exceptional rate and have managing teams. exceptional public relations skills. Highly skilled at working with others.
Employment History
Licensed
Attorney with Kentucky
Bar Association seven (7) years.
Substitute Teacher for
Kentucky Bar Association, Frankfort, KY.
2012-2019
Knox County Board of
Education
KHSAA Basketball
Knox County Board of Education, Barbourville, KY
2003-2012
Official
Legal assistant for Law
KHSAA, Lexington, KY
2002-Current
Offices of Millward and Castle
Millward & Castle PLLC, Barbourville,
KY
2003-2012
Education
Juris Doctorate Degree
Bachelors Degree in
History, Political
Science, and Criminal
Justice
Appalachian School of Law, Grundy, VA.
Union College, Barbourville, KY
2008-2011
2003-2007
Public Service Work
Bonner Scholars Program
4 Years – Traveled to low income areas 2003-2007
including New York, New Jersey, Chicago IL., Atlanta GA., North Carolina, and Cincinnati OH. helping to rebuild/repair dilapidated homes in the low-income areas for the people who qualified for the program. Stayed at Bonner program Headquarters located on the Princeton University campus in New Jersey during summers.
References available upon request