Christa Turnell
Litigation Manager
Contact
Durango,Co
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Objective
A full time position in criminal defense, environmental and water law. Also interested in administrative law and it’s applications in the environmental law
Education
Hamline Law
2001-2007 Deputy defender Twin Falls County
Represented indigent
criminal clients
2007-2014
Deputy public defender • Kootenai County resolved criminal complaints against criminal defendants with trial or plea negotiation
2014-current
Litigation manager • Paralegal Services Office
I handled. Huge amount of criminal trials and plea negotiation
Key Skills
Litigation management
Legal data bases including West, Lexis Nexus, Clio, Relativity, Teams, zoom and WebEx
Communication
I handled upward of 20 jury trials per month, and counseled people about criminal procedure, their right to jury trial nd the misdemeanor, felony and probation violation hearing
Leadership
I lead an ukulele jam and tutor people taking the Lsat.
References
[Available upon request.]