Contract Attorney Resumes in US New York: Deborah

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Name:

Deborah

Location:

US-New York

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Most Recent Job Title:

Contract Attorney

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Objective:

Either full or temporary employment

Resume Text:

Deborah L. Givens (Number Hidden 20 River Road, Apt. 6R, New York, NY 10044

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EDUCATION

The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law Washington, D.C.

Juris Doctor and Certificate, Law & Public Policy Program May 2002

Class Rank: Fourth

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Activities: Catholic University Law Review

Ohio University Athens, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology June 1982

Honors: Cum Laude, Deans List

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Ajilon Legal/Update Legal/Constantine Cannon, LLP/Peak Discovery New York, NY

Contract Attorney Case Manager/Independent Contractor January 2005 to Present

Extensive experience managing and conducting smart document reviews developing and implementing predictive coding and clustering review techniques. Trial and arbitration preparation and discovery for major antitrust, securities fraud, Congressional investigations, consumer product safety, pharmaceutical, employment, contract and other litigation cases, including project management, supervision and quality control of attorneys, drafting factual and legal memoranda, deposition summaries, privilege review, privilege logs, summary judgment and class action motions, expert and legal research, etc.

Arent Fox PLLC Washington, D.C.

Associate Attorney September 2002 to October 2004

Member of the Litigation and the Regulatory and Public Policy Departments. Duties included research and writing legal briefs, documents and memoranda involving complex legal issues related to environmental and transportation regulatory compliance and litigation, FOIA matters, class action suits, insurance prosecution, labor law, securities issues, nonprofits, appellate practice and commercial and contract law.

Summer Associate/Law Clerk/Senior Legal Assistant June 1998 to April 2002

During law school, performed research and writing of legal briefs, contract documents and memoranda. Performed paralegal duties, including development, organization, coordination and execution of complex property loan conversion procedures.

Shostak Law Office Athens, Ohio

Office Manager/Paralegal August 1991 to June 1998

Created, organized and implemented a new solo practitioner law office, including accounting, bookkeeping and billings systems, office procedures, scheduling and docketing systems, computer systems, office staffing, training and supervision, client case management, client, attorney and court correspondence and contacts. Paralegal duties included drafting pleadings, discovery requests and responses, coordinating criminal cases for three county municipalities, legal research, compilation and analysis of deposition transcripts and organizing and coordinating a complex environmental class action suit.