Legal Assistant Law Clerk

PETRE RACU

*** ***** ******, *** *******, Texas *8204

806-***-**** • *****.****@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Division, San Antonio, Texas Law Clerk, July 2022-July 2024

• Assisted in representing the State during juvenile detention hearings under the supervision of prosecuting attorneys, providing informed recommendations regarding the release or continued detention of juveniles.

• Collaborated with prosecutors during voir dire by observing juror responses and providing strategic recommendations for striking jurors for cause.

• Documented witness interviews on behalf of prosecutors and offered recommendations on case strategy

• Conducted case intake assessments to determine probable cause for prosecution Lubbock City Attorney’s Office, Lubbock, Texas

Legal Assistant, September 2018-May 2021

• Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda on constitutional and legal issues related to various municipal matters

• Assisted attorneys in drafting and organizing council meeting agendas, ordinances and resolutions

• Assisted attorneys in preparing and dispatching a high volume of open record requests to the Texas Attorney General

• Reviewed evidence for 42 U.S.C. § 1983 cases and other civil litigation EDUCATION

St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas Doctor of Jurisprudence, May 2024

Rank: 67/241; Grade Point Average: 3.11/4.00

• Participated in moot court, defending a criminal defendant before a sitting judge while applying Criminal law and procedure, Evidence law and the Predicate Manual

• Earned a position on the St. Mary’s Law School Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester, recognizing students who achieved grades within the top 10% of their first-year classes

• Achieved the highest grade in the section for Constitutional Law during the Spring 2022 semester

Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, June 2014

Rank: 24/50

• Successfully defended a thesis concerning the conflict between various Islamic groups and Western civilizations before a panel of professors

• Experiential Project: Citizen polling on infrastructure development in Romania LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER SKILLS

• Native Romanian speaker with conversational proficiency in Spanish

• Proficient in utilizing the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) and the Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS)

• Fluent in operating LexisNexis and Westlaw, with experience in traditional legal research COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

• Training youth from marginalized communities in San Antonio in boxing and mentoring them on essential life skills

• Volunteering with St. John Cassian Romanian Orthodox Church of San Antonio for fundraising activities aimed at supporting orphans and marginalized youth in Romania LICENSE

• Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas; SBN 24136467

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