Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney and Trial Advocate

ANNA K.

NORDTVEDT

**** *. *** ******, *******, USA, 509-***-****, ***********@***.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am a hardworking, energetic attorney with extensive experience in several areas of law. I am always learning, and am not afraid of new ideas.

SKILLS

Excellent oral advocacy

Excellent trial preparation skills

Efficient work and time management skills

Research and writing skills

Ability to deal with difficult clients and counsel

Computer literacy; ability to prepare own documents if necessary

EXPERIENCE

Senior Trial Attorney

Spokane County Public Defenders Office Spokane, USA

June 2004 - April 2021

Represented clients in a variety of felony cases, including homicides, vehicular assaults/homicides, robbery and other theft related cases, sex cases, domestic violence cases, and various other types of cases.

Duties included meeting with clients, often in a jail setting, reading police reports and other written forms of discovery, watching videos and body cameras, using a computer for researching various issues, interviewing witnesses, and reviewing criminal histories.

Additional duties included writing motions and briefs, negotiating with prosecutors, and trial preparation.

Additional duties included arguing motions in court and conducting trials, some of which were quite complex.

Attorney at Law

Anna K. Nordtvedt, Attorney at Law Newport, USA

December 1988 - June 2006

Private practice in Spokane, Washington for two years and then relocated to Newport, Washington in 1990.

Primary areas of practice were criminal defense, family law, and Social Security disability.

Additional areas of practice included representing the Pend Oreille County Civil service Commission, serving as a Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court Commissioner, guardianships, dependencies, landlord/tenant, boundary disputes, and real estate foreclosures.

Judge Pro Tem

-end Oreille/Stevens County District Court Newport/Colville, WA, USA

February 1989 - April 2004

Judge Pro Tem in Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties for several years. The dates above are for Pend Oreille County. The dates for Stevens County are December 1997 through April 2004.

Duties included conducting first appearances, hearing pretrial conference dockets, plea calendars, motion dockets, traffic court dockets, small claims dockets, and occasionally presiding over trials.

Superior Court Commissioner

Pend Oreille County Superior Court Newport, USA

October 1998 - February 2000

Served as Superior Court Commissioner under two Superior Court Commissioners. I conducted weekly dockets where I conducted hearings in the areas of family law, landlord/tenant, general civil law matters, anti-harassment and civil protection cases, dependencies, and estate matters..

Conducted a weekly Juvenile criminal law calendar.

Daily availability to review and sign ex parte matters in a variety of civil matters.

Intern/Associate Attorney

Pat Stiley and Associates Spokane, USA

April 1988 - December 1988

Intern for the first year of employment, and then hired as an associate attorney.

Primary areas of practice included criminal defense, family law, and Social Security cases.

Additional areas of practice included occasional employment, landlord/tenant, and Labor and Industries cases.

Additional areas of practice included occasional employment, landlord/tenant, and Labor and Industries cases.

I supervised one staff person and several interns after becoming an attorney.

Server

Onion Bar and Grill Spokane, USA

May 1983 - May 1984

Server at this busy downtown restaurant to help with law school expenses.

Security Officer

Sheraton-Spokane Hotel Spokane, USA

July 1982 - May 1983

Worked mostly nights as a security officer at this downtown Spokane hotel to help defray law school expenses.

Bartender

Sundance Saloon Bozeman, USA

June 1978 - July 1982

Worked as a bartender to pay for undergraduate school at Montana State University.

The Sundance Saloon was an extremely busy establishment in a college town.

Additional duties included frequently doing daily bookkeeping, making schedules, and training new bartenders and servers.

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor

Gonzaga Law School, Spokane, USA

Criminal Justice/Sociology

Montana State University, Bozeman, USA

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