Legal Professional

QUALIFICATIONS

Licensed Attorney by the State Bar of Texas, November 2006

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Contract Attorney – The Dine Group, Houston, TX March 2009 – Present

• Hired to aid Merrill Lynch with discovery.

• Conduct document review analysis using Document Mapper as the platform.

• The document review assignment includes privilege and confidential investigation; and whether particular sections of a document need redaction.

Contract Attorney, Houston, TX Intermittent

• On the client’s behalf, write or call individuals concerning breach of contract issues.

Contract Attorney – Huron, Houston, TX May 2008 – February 2009

• Based on the client’s criteria, conducted discovery by reviewing documents for privilege, confidentiality and whether a particular document applies to the issue at hand.

• Utilized the following platforms: Concordance, I-Connect and Velocity

Clerk - Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Lubbock, TX August 2005 – July 2008

• Researched criminal law issues.

• Edited and maintained the confidentiality of legal documents.

• Retrieved various criminal laws and conducted legal research to locate pertinent cases using Westlaw.

• Worked as a team member and assisted in the development of a criminal law pamphlet.

Pro Bono Intermittent

• Provide free legal advice pertaining to family law, contract law and traffic court cases.

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas

Juris Doctorate, May 2006

• Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association, President 2004-2006, 1L Board Member 2004.

• Rocky Mountain Black Law Students Association, Communications Director, 2004-2005.

• Black Law Student Association (Local), Treasurer 2004-05, Parliamentarian 2003-04.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas

B.S. Criminal Justice, magna cum laude, December 2002

B.A. Political Science, magna cum laude, December 2002

• Dean’s List; National Dean’s List.

• Alpha Phi Sigma (National Criminal Justice Honor Society), President, 2002.

• Criminal Justice Society, Secretary, 2002.

• Circle K International, Secretary, 2000-2002.

LAW SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Clinic – Innocence Project August 2005 – December 2005

• Provided legal help to inmates who had been wrongly convicted of crimes in Texas and performed all aspects of investigation into claims of actual innocence.

Intern – First Court of Appeals, Houston, TX July – August 2005

• Read appellate briefs, wrote pre-submission memorandums, and conducted substantive cite checks.

Student Worker - Texas Tech School of Law Career Services, Lubbock, TX July 2004 – May 2005

• Searched the internet for legal jobs and facilitated distribution of information to students and alumni through the Texas Tech School of Law web site.

Intern - Texas Tech Student Legal Services, Lubbock, TX June – August 2004

• Conducted legal research in a variety of subject areas

• Created cease and desist letters to adverse parties.

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