JD & BSBA

Craig Horvath

**** ** **** ****** ****** City, MO 64151

816-***-**** **********@*****.***

PROFILE: - licensed in MO - willing to relocate - willing to obtain dual licensing - interests: business, corporate, securities, tax, estate planning, contracts, procurement

EDUCATION:

2006-Present Washburn University School of Law Topeka, KS

J.D. December 2008

Business & Transactional Law Certificate December 2008

o 500 minutes extracurricular instruction

o 3.0 GPA in certificate courses

- Family Law Quarterly, Student Editor

o Researched and summarized cases that substantially impacted or changed the current law on multiple Family Law topics

o Edited articles written by various professors and well-known professionals on many issues of Family Law

- Business Law Society

- Sports and Entertainment Law Society

2002-2005 University of Missouri Columbia, MO

B.S. in Business Administration December 2005

Major: Business Management

- Delta Tau Delta

o New Member Educator

o Several academic awards

- Earned Columns/Excellence Scholarships

- Inducted into National Honor Society

- Worked to finance education

EXPERIENCE:

2008 Law Clerk, Bryan, Lykins, Hejtmanek, & Fincher Topeka, KS

- Conduct legal research relating to civil litigation practice, primarily in the areas of personal injury, social security, bankruptcy and conservatorships

- Draft memoranda, personal injury and automotive liability statements, social security appeals and settlement offers

- Prepare and advise 30 conservators on tax issues and various state and local filings

- Successfully negotiate and communicate with manufacturers and vendors to recover $11,000 for a conservator relating to $20,000 of unauthorized equipment purchases

2005-2006 Mutual Fund Representative, DST Systems Kansas City, MO

- Processed all incoming mutual fund shareholder requests for purchases, sales, transfers, etc. in accordance with a strict legal manual and regulatory guidelines

- Contacted customers and representatives to clarify issues

- Received highest performance evaluation

- Earned employee of the month honors

ASSOCIATIONS:

- Missouri Bar Association

- American Bar Association

- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

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