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EDUCATION
January -December University of Florida College of Law Gainesville, FL
&#; Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (Judicial Extern) (Present)
&#; Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Team (Fall -Present)
--Executive Board Member, Chair of Publicity (Fall )
--Advocate, Florida Bar Moot Court Competition, Semi-Finalist, rd Best Brief (Summer )
--Coach, Final Four Moot Court Competition, U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Spring )
--Advocate, Final Four Moot Court Competition, Florida Supreme Court (Fall )
&#; University of Florida Trial Team (Fall -Present)
--Advocate, St. John’s Tournament of Champions Trial Competition (October )
--Executive Board Member, VP of Publicity and Special Events (Spring )
&#; Florida Journal of International Law (Member Candidate) (Spring -Present)
&#; LexisNexis Student Research Representative (Fall -Present)
Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL
--Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Minor in Military Science, Cum Laude
LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart and Shipley West Palm Beach, FL
&#; Drafted memos and motions; prepared for and attended motion hearings, trials, a Frye hearing, and oral arguments before the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Morgan Stanley v. Coleman (Parent) Holdings, Inc.
Summer & Winter Break Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, Ft. Pierce, FL Summer Associate (- hours a week) McManus, Watson, & Sperando, P.L.
&#; Prepared for and attended hearings and mediations in civil and commercial litigation matters;
&#; Assisted with and prepared for the Maris v. Anheuser Busch trial in Gainesville, FL;
&#; Completed an appellate brief to the Fourth District Court of Appeals in a wrongful death case;
&#; Completed memorandum of law assignments using LexisNexis and Westlaw.
Summer & Winter Break Law Offices of Attorney HT Smith, PA Miami, FL
Law Clerk (- hours a week)
&#; Prepared for hearings, mediations, and depositions in criminal defense and personal injury cases;
&#; Completed legal memorandums, settlement demand letters and settlement demand packets;
May ‘-Dec. ‘ Herman, Mathis, Kitchens, Casey, & Gerel LLP, Atlanta, GA
Legal Intern (- hours a week) and The Mathis Law Firm, P.C.
&#; Assisted with, prepared for, and attended oral arguments in TGM v. Jennings, trials, hearings, depositions, and mediations in product liability, wrongful death, and medical malpractice matters;
&#; Met with clients and witnesses during intakes, discovery periods, and pre-trial.
Oct. ’- May ’ (& Spring Break ) Parks & Crump, PA Tallahassee, FL
Litigation Paralegal (- hours a week)
&#; Drafted complaints and filed personal injury law suits;
&#; Oversaw roughly thirty cases in the litigation division;
&#; Prepared and maintained pleadings, discovery and trial notebooks in litigation matters.
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Summer (June) Virgil Hawkins Summer Program Gainesville, FL
Teaching Assistant
&#; Supported the legal research and writing department of this program by counseling and providing assistance to students that were enrolled in this simulated law school semester.
Summer Florida A&M University Allied Health Program Tallahassee, FL
Academic Counselor
&#; Advised high school students as they took and received credit for college level health and science courses on the campus of Florida A&M University.
Summer St. John Community Development Corporation Overtown, FL
Economic Development Aid
&#; Assisted the economic development arm by proposing and executing programs to revitalize Overtown Miami and attended various community meetings in that same regard; and
&#; Initiated and oversaw the very first “Overtown Comes Alive!” Festival which is still a yearly event.
Summer WLRN Channel Miami, FL
&#; Rendered pre-show preparations;
&#; Operated camera, audio, and video equipment for live and taped broadcasts;
&#; Monitored phone calls from students during live Dial-A-Teacher segments;
&#; Assisted in implementation of improvements to the station programming.
JOURNALISM WORK EXPERIENCE
Spring “Express Yourself: The College Show” Tallahassee, FL Radio Host WTAL am
As the host of this weekly, -minute talk-show, I communicated with college students from Florida A&M University, Florida State University, Keiser College, and Tallahassee Community College. Topics to discuss for each segment were selected from a pool of e-mail, faxes, and phone calls. We covered topics ranging from “Parenting as a College Student,” “Inter-Racial Dating,” “Time Management,” “Domestic Violence,” as well as other issues concerning college students.
Fall ’-Fall ’ CHOICE Entertainment Magazine Tallahassee, FL Executive Editor
As Tallahassee’s first Black entertainment publication, we received much exposure from news stations as well as local publications. My responsibilities included assigning stories to each column editor for each publication, ensuring that all deadlines were being met, proof-reading each issue in its entirety for typographical and grammatical errors, and coordinating interviews and follow-ups with interviewees.
Fall ’-Spring ’ Your Life, Your CHOICE TV Tallahassee, FL Television Co-Host FAMU Channel
This weekly -minute broadcast served as a supplement to the publication. We aired footage of the interviews that had been published in the prior week’s issue. As the Executive Editor of the print publication, I, along with the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, served as the host of this exciting television series.
REFERENCES
Mr. Christian Searcy, Esquire
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart and Shipley, PA
Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Mr. Lorenzo Williams, Esquire
Gary Williams Parenti Finney Lewis McManus Watson and Sperando, PL
W.E. Gary Professional Center
South Indian River Drive
Ft. Pierce, Florida
Mr. Paul McMahon, Esquire
Gary Williams Parenti Finney Lewis McManus Watson and Sperando, PL
W.E. Gary Professional Center
South Indian River Drive
Ft. Pierce, Florida
Mr. H.T. Smith, Esquire
Law Office of HT Smith, PA
NW th Court
Miami, Florida
Mr. Darryl Parks, Esquire
Parks and Crump, LLC
North Magnolia Drive
Tallahassee, Florida
Mr. Benjamin Crump, Esquire
Parks and Crump, LLC
North Magnolia Drive
Tallahassee, Florida
Mr. Charles Mathis, Jr., Esquire
Herman Mathis Casey Kitchens & Gerel, LLP
The Equitable Building, Ste
Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA
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