Contact:
Gus Cawley

404.250.0790
LawStaffGroup.com

06/15/2005

We specialize in the placement of:

Attorneys

Corporate Executive Assistants
Litigation Support

Legal Administrators
Legal Office Services

Legal Secretaries
Paralegals

Below is a sample of high caliber Attorneys currently available on a direct hire, temporary, or temp-to-hire basis through The LawStaff Group.

1. Corporate Counsel with M&A Experience

·        Practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecommunications, Litigation, Corporate

·        Education/Certifications: JD from The University of Miami Law School, Graduated in the Top 9%

·        Responsibilities:

1.     Handled two multi-million dollar acquisitions and responsible for all merger & acquisition activity for the strategic growth of the Company.

2.     Responsible for all commercial transactions of the Company, including the drafting and negotiating of all strategic agreements for the Company.  Handled two major partnership agreements last year for the strategic geographic and technological expansion of the Company.

3.     Management responsibility of personnel and budget for the legal department; managed Corporate Counsel and worked with the executive team to create a budget for 2005 to cut legal costs by 35% to reach Company financial goals.

4.     Worked closely with outside counsel on the handling and management of all litigation for the Company.

·        Salary Requirement: Six figure Package

 Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #1

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2. Contract Attorney – Document Review Projects

·        Practice areas: Document Review, Construction Litigation, Tort Litigation, Class Action, Trial Preparation

·        Education/Certifications: JD John Marshall Law School

·        Responsibilities: Contract Attorney with 5 years experience working on various litigation assignments.  My experience includes substantive document review both electronically and manually wherein I provide legal analysis for potential trial strategies.  My software experience consists of Summation, Concordance, MS Office and Westlaw.

·        Salary Requirement: OPEN

 Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #2

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3. Corporate Finance Attorney

·        Practice Area(s):  corporate lending (prior experience with corporate and securities), asset based lending, asset securitizations, venture capital

·        Education/Certifications:  J.D. with Honors from The Florida State University College of Law; B.S. Management with High Honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology (with certificates in Accounting and Finance).  Member of the Georgia Bar and the Florida Bar.

·        Responsibilities: This attorney has 8 1/2 years of law firm experience handling commercial transactions, including over 3 years of large law firm experience drafting and negotiating secured lending transactions and more than 5 years of large law firm experience with general corporate, venture capital and securities transactions. This attorney has worked for a Top Tier law firm since 1999, spending the past 3 years in its secured lending group.  Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating all types of commercial lending transactions, including secured and unsecured senior debt and mezzanine debt, in connection with single and multi-lender and borrower facilities representing both syndication agents and participants.  Also spent 14 weeks during 2003 assisting a Fortune 100 commercial lender on an in-house basis.  Hardworking and service-oriented.  Works on deals both as lead counsel and as a member of a deal team.  Other experience includes 3 1/2 years managing a specialty practice group at a Big 6 accounting firm.

·        Software Skills: MS Word, Excel, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Carpe Diem.

·        Salary Requirements:  $120k's

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #3

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4. Corporate Commercial Real Estate Attorney

·        Practice areas: Commercial Real Estate

·        Education/Certifications: University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Juris Doctor degree (May 1989); Managing Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

·        Responsibilities: Responsible for supervising worldwide Real Estate project managers in support of company’s retail initiatives in the northeastern United States, as well as direct handling of complex projects in the Northeast Region.  Responsibilities included the acquisition and leasing of commercial and industrial real estate on behalf of his current company.  Significant accomplishments include major role in acquisition of office / residential / retail complex and other lands surrounding company’s corporate headquarters

·        Salary Requirement: Six figure package


Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #4

 

5. Senior Corporate Counsel, General Counsel

·        Practice areas: Mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance ('34 Act), Corporate Governance and General Corporate Compliance. 

·        Education/Certifications: University at North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Juris Doctor, with Honors

·        Responsibilities: Experienced corporate lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance ('34 Act), corporate governance and general corporate compliance.  In addition, this candidate has significant experience in several other subject matters over the years including international law, real estate (primarily leases), and lending through my his work on all of his organization’s credit facility agreements. Finally, this candidate has experience in dealing with Board matters such as drafting corporate resolutions, giving Board presentations and serving as the corporate secretary taking minutes of meeting for our subsidiaries and joint ventures.

·        Salary Requirement: Six Figure Package

 Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #5

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6.     Insurance Defense Litigation Attorney

·        Practice areas:  Insurance Defense, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury, General Civil

·        Education:  Graduated from Howard University School of Law, Wash. D.C. ; BS Degree from California State University, Long Beach, CA- Major/Minor: Criminal Justice/English

·        Responsibilities: This attorney has over 12 years of  law firm experience handling insurance defense litigation, employment and  premises liability litigation, including over three years in house counsel experience with a Fortune 500 Corporation.  For the past three years, he has worked for State Farm Insurance Company.  Responsibilities have included monthly calendar of civil jury trials, deposing parties, witnesses and experts, drafting pleadings and discovery.  He has a heavy amount of first chair jury trial experience.   Also prepares all motions, appeals and related documents.

·        Software Skills: Excel, Westlaw, LexisNexis, MSWord

·        Salary Requirement: $125k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #6

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7. Insurance Defense Trial Attorney - Corporate

·        Practice areas: Insurance Defense, Litigation, First Chair

·        Education/Certifications: JD from Nova, Southeastern University

·        Responsibilities: Responsible for managing a large caseload of files and preparing cases for litigation. Responsible for litigating negligence, contract, premise liability and subrogation cases.  Research and interpret case law, statutes and regulations as they relate to issues that arise in the course of trial preparation. Prepare various motions, memoranda, pleadings, and trial reports. Conduct discovery on cases through interrogatories and depositions.  Counsel clients and claims personnel on the merits of each case and the appropriate disposition of liability disputes. Determine and recommend settlement ranges and case values. Evaluate medical records and negotiate settlements with opposing counsel. Participate in mediations as well as binding arbitrations. Review, analyze and interpret contracts when necessary as they relate to the handling of my cases. Utilize excellent interpersonal skills in communicating with management, clients and opposing counsel. Work with support staff in order to enhance their legal skills, and assign appropriate tasks based on their individual abilities and talents.

·        Salary Requirement: Low $80’s    

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #7

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8. In-house counsel

·        Practice areas: Business Law, Charitable Organizations, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Employment, ERISA Law/Employee Benefits, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property – Litigation, Labor Law, Litigation, Product Liability Law, Toxic Torts, Trial Law, Trial Law - First Chair Experience

·        Education/Certifications: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D., cum laude, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, B.A., cum laude

·        Responsibilities: Extensive experience managing complex litigation, with experience in labor and employment matters, intellectual property disputes and technology issues. First chair trial experience. Experience negotiating major settlements and agreements.  Involvement in planning of workforce management and other legal strategies.  Interactions with and representation before regulatory agencies. Experience working directly with clients in a team environment to achieve solutions to various legal problems.  Strong sense of loyalty and desire to contribute to the success of an organization

·        Salary Requirement: Low $100’s

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #8

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9. Securities/Labor & Employment Litigation Attorney

·        Practice areas:  Anti-trust, Securities, Products Liability, Labor & Employment and Corporate Fraud

·        Education/Certifications: Graduated from #12 Top Tier Cornell Law School with Moot Court accolades; BA degree in Political Science/French, from Clemson University, Cum Laude Member of the Georgia bar.

·        Responsibilities: This attorney has 5 1/2 years of law firm experience handling class action and single-plaintiff litigation in state and federal courts across the country. For the past 2 and 1/2 years, has worked for AmLaw 10 law firm in its Litigation group. Responsibilities have included coordinating and supervising class action discovery, conducting depositions and extensive motion practice.  Also has considerable experience counseling employers regarding securities, anti-trust, contract, product liability, labor and employment and corporate fraud issues.  Industry experiences include aerospace, automotive, paper, pharmaceutical, banking, retail and telecommunications companies as well as government contractors.  Hardworking and extremely dedicated to top-rate client-service.  Mentors younger associates and takes pride in leadership positions in the community. 

·        Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, LexisNexis, Westlaw,  Carpe Diem, Summation, 110 wpm typing

·        Salary Requirement: $135k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #9

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10. Telecommunications/Contracts Attorney

·        Practice Areas:  Contracts Administration, Telecom Law

·        Education: Barred in the State of New York. EMORY UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL, E.M.B.A. 1991. Sponsored and paid for by Nortel Networks; Graduated in the top 20% of class; Member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Fraternity. Top Tier #3 STANFORD LAW SCHOOL J.D.  Graduated in the top 12% of class;  President of Stanford Law Student Association;  COLGATE UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, magna cum laude,  Phi Beta Kappa; Graduated in the top 5% of class; Auerback Award as Outstanding Political Scientist

·        Responsibilities: This attorney served as Senior Counsel at a large telecommunications company since 1986, and in the law department until 1999.  Negotiated, drafted and reviewed multinational, multi-product  line purchase contracts, some exceeding $1 billion in value, with major  telecom companies including AT&T, the RBOCs, major inter-exchange carriers, utilities and cable companies;  Led legal team in the spin-off and transfer of intellectual  property of Nortel's hybrid fiber coax equipment business into a new joint venture, Arris Group Inc. (now a NASDAQ company with average annual revenues exceeding $500 million dollars);  Supervised two attorneys and reviewed the drafting and negotiation of contracts by up to twelve Nortel contract negotiators; . Provided legal counseling on a wide variety of legal issues including antitrust, distribution, international trade and intellectual property issues;  Additional experience included training contract negotiators, supervising litigation and negotiating distribution arrangements,  maintenance agreements, software licenses, OEM agreements and software/hardware technology licensing agreements.

·        Salary Requirement: Six Figure Package

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #10

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11. Corporate Counsel with Technology Transactional Experience

·        Practice areas: Technology Transactions, Employment, Intellectual Property

·        Education/Certifications: In the top 33% of class at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; BS in Finance and Economics at St. Cloud State University. Received a scholarship for the top economics student; received several awards for outstanding work and community service.

·        Responsibilities:  This attorney has over seven year of experience where his major responsibilities include, but are not limited to: (a) draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts such as master purchase, software license, software escrow, telecommunications, manufacturing, supply, professional services, and other e-commerce related agreements; (b) participate and represent his company in court ordered mediation and settlement discussions; (c) provide legal assistance and advice to senior contract specialists within the legal department; (d) advise human resources on employment related issues, such as employment matters in Mexico, foreign born personnel, and employment contracts; (e) write letters involving collection matters; and (f) manage trademark and copyright issues. 

·        Software Skills: background as a software engineer. Has in-depth knowledge of MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Oracle and other software programs.  He also types at 60 wpm.

·        Salary Requirement: $85k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #11

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12.      Insurance Defense /Medical Malpractice Attorney

·         Practice Areas:  15+ years practicing law, with the past 8 years specializing in civil litigation including wrongful death, personal injury, medical malpractice defense, hospital/ nursing malpractice defense, nursing home malpractice defense, products liability defense, catastrophic personal injury, automobile liability, representation of healthcare providers and premises liability claims filed in courts throughout the State. 

·         Education: JD from #5 Top Tier New York University School of Law and BA in Political Science from Wellesley College. Admitted: Georgia Supreme Court; U.S. District Courts; 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

·         Responsibilities: Manages substantial caseload including discovery, hearings, briefs, trials and appeals, and advise insurance adjusters about claims made against the state.  Certified Arbitrator and Certified Mediator, State of Georgia. 

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw and electronic timekeeping systems.

·         Salary Requirements: low $90k’s 

 Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #12

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13.  Insurance Defense and Subrogation Litigation Attorney

·         Practice Areas: Litigation, Insurance Defense, Subrogation, Personal Injury

·         Education: South Texas College of Law – J.D.; University of Rochester – B.A.; admitted to practice in Michigan and Texas; eligible for licensing by reciprocity in other states

·         Responsibilities: Nearly 22 years of litigation experience, including 20 years as an in-house attorney for a major national insurance carrier in all areas of personal injury, including workers’ compensation defense. Over 60 trials with no discovery and a win percentage above 90%. National leader in subrogation recoveries. Extensive deposition experience, including medical experts. Experienced in review of medical records, claim evaluations, settlement negotiations and alternative dispute resolution. In addition to litigation duties, gave training presentations nationally on subrogation case handling to other attorneys as well as claims personnel. Responsible for reviewing and purging subpoenaed claim files. Also experienced in employment law.

·         Software Skills: Windows XP, Word, Outlook, Outlook Express, Westlaw, CLMS, Visibility

 Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #13

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14. Insurance Defense Litigation Attorney

·    Practice areas:  Insurance Defense, Litigation, Mass Torts, Coverage

  • Education:  Graduated in the top 15% of class at Emory University School of Law; BA in Political Science from Georgia State University, cum laude; also attended Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Responsibilities:  This attorney has 20 years of insurance defense litigation experience with an AmLaw 100 law firm, the last ten years of which as an equity partner.  Practice ranged from insurance counseling, including drafting of policy wordings, to multi-state direct and supervisory litigation, coverage analysis, and claim management primarily on behalf of Lloyd's syndicates and companies in the London insurance market, with occasional representation of domestic insurers.  Represented primary and excess liability and property insurers, reinsurers, and brokers.  Litigation and case management in respect of railroads, utilities, and other heavy industry policyholders.  Types of litigation handled included class actions, mass torts, mass joinder, and coverage disputes arising from catastrophic accidents, derailments, state and federal environmental cleanup orders, various occupational diseases, property damage, business interruption losses, and personal injuries.  Extensive experience negotiating compromises of multi-million dollar coverage disputes and underlying class actions.  Direct litigation experience in coverage disputes with policyholders; supervisory litigation experience with respect to underlying claims.  Numerous presentations to international insurance market leaders and bar association groups.  Supervision and mentoring of associate attorneys and staff.  Very strong oral and written communication skills.  Thorough knowledge of the insurance industry, international and domestic.  Member of the Georgia bar, ABA, and National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
  • Software Skills:  MS Word, PowerPoint, and various litigation and document management programs
  • Salary Requirement:  low $90k’s
 Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #14

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15.   Labor & Employment Attorney - Contract

·         Practice Areas: Labor/Employment

·         Education/Certifications: B.A. degree from Howard University in Washington D.C.; J.D. degree from Indiana University; Participated in the civil, criminal, and trial practice clinics.

·         Responsibilities: Labor/Employment Attorney with 9 years of experience.  Has experience in employment law counseling, compliance, training, litigation, and benefits. Previously worked at a 300-member national law firm as a labor/employment associate.  Has had exposure to Title VII, ADA, FMLA, sexual harassment, constitutional law matters, whistleblower and wage and hour issues, and negligent hiring and retention.  Has worked in a law firm setting for 5 years.  Formerly worked as an attorney for federal and state government entities handling employment, unfair labor practices, medical malpractice, and bankruptcy matters.  Has strong oral and written communication skills and provides daily advice to human resources managers regarding employment-related issues including discipline, termination, disability leaves, and payroll.  Has coordinated and presented numerous training seminars to managers, executive staff, employees, and other attorneys.  Has had experience representing clients in DOL audits and EEOC on-site investigations.  Has also represented clients in administrative hearings, mediations, and other litigation-related proceedings such as settlement conferences, oral arguments, motion hearings, depositions, and trial.  Handles internal employment discrimination investigation matters, conducts witness interviews and drafts recommendations to decision-makers. 

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate # 15

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16.   Labor & Employment Attorney

·         Practice Areas:  Labor & Employment, Franchise Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financing, Securities Regulation, Contracts, Telecom, FAA/FCC regulations, Environmental law

·         Education: University of California, Los Angeles, California J.D., 1971, Moot Court Executive Board, Outstanding Advocate, Chairman, Community Participation Center. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. B.A., Economics, 1968. Regents Scholar, Crown Zellerbach Foundation Grant

·         Responsibilities: Six (6) years with his most recent employer, as Corporate Counsel for 360 stores in 13 states. Directed corporate legal and business affairs for operation of enterprise.  Held responsibility for employment, personnel, benefit issues, including Title VII, EEOC, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, COBRA, ERISA, HIPPA, OSHA and DOL interpretation and compliance.  Led technology and intellectual property rights creation, development, clearance, licensing, protection, and enforcement.  Directed corporate transactions and financing.  Implemented the application of legal concepts to complex business transactions.  Supported and advised senior management on personnel, financing, business development, marketing, and strategic planning. Supervised and managed activity and billings of outside counsel.  Negotiated, drafted, reviewed, and approved all forms of agreements for business operations, including real estate, wholesale and retail purchasing, vendors, merchandising, government permits, licensing, and personnel.  Supervised the creation and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark matters.  Advised on operations, including accounting, disbursement, financial reporting and fiscal matters, including expenditures, investment management, physical plant, personnel, payroll and benefits administration, purchasing, inventory, outside services, insurance, telecommunications, and security.

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #16

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17.  Labor & Employment EEOC Attorney

·         Practice areas: Affirmative Action, Employment and Labor law

·         Education/Certifications: JD from Top Tier University of Georgia School of Law; BA, Economics, University of Virginia. Member of the Jackson, Lewis national Diversity Committee and Women’s Business Development Committee.  Member of the Georgia bar.

·         Responsibilities: Senior associate attorney handling all phases of affirmative action plan preparation for government contractors.  Prepared annual affirmative action plans, defended government contractors during audits by the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and advised clients on various other labor and employment law issues.  Defended approximately twenty-five OFCCP audits per year and prepared in excess of 200 affirmative action plans annually.  Assisted clients in federal filing requirements including EEO-1 reports, EO Surveys, and VETS-100 forms.  Performed training and prepared materials on affirmative action regulations and compliance, sexual harassment, discrimination and all diversity related issues.  Performed compensation analyses and adverse impact analyses.  Advise clients on compliance with general labor law issues, Fair Labor Standards Act, federal and state wage and hour laws.  Handled all phases of employment litigation lawsuits and labor disputes.  Drafted briefs, affidavits, agreements and litigation related documentation.  Managed harassment and discrimination cases.  Represented clients before the Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board.  Performed numerous wage and hour audits for clients all over the country. Defended class action wage and hour claims.  Performed payroll analyses and risk assessment audits for wage and hour compliance.  Negotiated union contracts and employment agreements, advised clients faced with union organization, and counseled employers on compliance with Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and federal and state wage and hour laws.  Represented management in numerous union organizing campaigns.  Performed training sessions on complicated statistical analyses and affirmative action obligations and takes pride in the ability to assist non-lawyers in understanding legal concepts and consequences. 

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, LexisNexis, Westlaw, DTE, EZAAP, PRI AAP Planner Program, Summation, 60 wpm typing

·         Salary Requirement: $130,000

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #17

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18.  Litigation Toxic Tort Attorney

·         Practice areas:  Litigation, Toxic Tort, Environmental Law

·         Education/Certifications:  LLM. Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C. (Master of Laws) International and U.S. Law; J.D. Equivalency Certification, Top Tier George Mason School of Law Arlington, VA; Certification that my legal education is the equivalent of the ABA-approved J.D. from George Mason Law School. Satisfied state requirements for bar admission; Practice Certificate Bond University School of Law (Postgraduate) Queensland, Australia; LL.B. (Hons) Bond University School of Law Queensland, Australia (Bachelor of Laws with Honors); B.F.A. Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA

·         Responsibilities: Assisted in defense of asbestos-related litigation. Reviewed and summarized asbestos discovery documents for responsiveness and privilege. Assisted in defense of litigation involving a Natural Resources Damages Claim brought by the U.S. Government on behalf of Native American tribes. Duties primarily involved privilege and Privacy Act / FOIA review. Researched a Superfund-related action involving environmentally contaminated Government property. Researched and drafted legal memoranda for use by trial attorneys. Developed systems using Microsoft Office for extraction of key information from briefs and depositions. Proofed and formatted trial briefs. Performed privilege reviews. Performed Privacy Act redactions. Performed onsite interviews and research at National Archives installations in various states. Performed document collection and research using document electronic retrieval systems such as Livelink and InfoDox. Very experienced with Summation and Concordance.

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #18

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19.  Litigation Attorney

·         Practice areas: Class Action and Consumer Litigation, Regulatory, Securities, Insurance Coverage

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated in the top 33% of class (Cum Laude) at the American University, Washington College of Law; BA degree in Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has 7 years of law firm experience handling class action and consumer litigation on behalf of several major insurance companies.  For the past 5 years, this candidate worked for a law firm in Los Angeles, California but has recently relocated to Atlanta.  Responsibilities have included drafting pleadings including appellate briefs, drafting discovery requests and responses, taking depositions, and serving as nationwide coordinating counsel for a major insurer on all of its automobile total loss litigation nationwide.  Also has first chair trial experience.  This candidate is hardworking, service-oriented and has worked closely with clients, their employees, experts and opposing counsel.  Georgia bar pending (February 2005 Attorney Exam).

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, LexisNexis, Westlaw, TimeSlips, Summation, Concordance

·         Salary Requirement: $75k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #19

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20.   Litigation Attorney

·         Practice areas: Class Action and Consumer Litigation, Regulatory, Securities, Insurance Coverage

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated in the top 33% of class (Cum Laude) at the American University, Washington College of Law; BA degree in Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has 7 years of law firm experience handling class action and consumer litigation on behalf of several major insurance companies.  For the past 5 years, this candidate worked for a law firm in Los Angeles, California but has recently relocated to Atlanta.  Responsibilities have included drafting pleadings including appellate briefs, drafting discovery requests and responses, taking depositions, and serving as nationwide coordinating counsel for a major insurer on all of its automobile total loss litigation nationwide.  Also has first chair trial experience.  This candidate is hardworking, service-oriented and has worked closely with clients, their employees, experts and opposing counsel.  Georgia bar pending (February 2005 Attorney Exam).

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, LexisNexis, Westlaw, TimeSlips, Summation, Concordance

·         Salary Requirement: $75k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #20

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21.   Litigation Attorney (Junior)

·         Practice areas: Education, Civil Rights, Legislation

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated in the top 50% of class at Widener University School of Law, with Service Honors from Phi Alpha Delta, as well as the Widener University Outstanding Achievement Award.

·         Responsibilities: New attorney who spent the past several months working for her state’s Department of Education’s Office of Chief Counsel.  Work involved performing background checks on teacher applicants, presenting reports to the Deputy Secretary of Education,  reviewing and filing complaints for teacher discipline and performing the follow up on teacher discipline cases.  Drafted pleadings regarding the discipline of educators, and is currently working on evidence files related to the preliminary investigations of these matters.  During internship with the State House of Representatives observed the procedures of the state legislature, worked through campaigns and learned the necessary steps in the government process.  Worked for the State Human Relations Commission, refined legal research and writing skills while working on a brief to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.  Completed an internship with the Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau.  Drafted amendments and proposed legislation for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, LexisNexis, Westlaw (certified), Publisher, SPSS, 50 wpm typing

·         Salary Requirement: $40k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #21

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22.  Medical Malpractice Litigation Attorney

·         Practice areas: Medical and Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death and Catastrophic Personal Injury, Products Liability and Toxic Torts, Pharmaceutical Liability, Construction Law, General Civil Litigation

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated Emory University School of Law, 2001.  Georgia Civil Justice Foundation Trial Advocacy Scholar, 2000.  Top 10% Oralist, Legal Writing, Research and Advocacy Program 1999.  National Semi-finalist, Dean Jerome Prince memorial Evidence Competition, Brooklyn, New York, 2000.  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, BS, Magna Cum Laude, Political Science, 1998.  1998 Outstanding Graduate in Political Science (denotes highest GPA of graduating senior in PolSci).  Dean’s List, 3 semesters.  Phi kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Societies.  American Institute for paralegal Studies, 1995.  Certificate of Distinction (denotes highest GPA in class).

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has four years experience in civil litigation, with primary emphasis last two years in medical malpractice.  Jury trial experience as second chair, numerous non-jury trials, motions hearings, and magistrate proceedings.  Extensive motions practice including appellate work.  Extremely knowledgeable in asbestos-related litigation and toxic torts.  Products liability experience includes pharmaceuticals and industrial machinery.  Highly experienced in all phases of trial practice from drafting of Complaint or Answer, through discovery, pre-trial preparation, and trial.  Published in areas of professional (legal) malpractice and Daubert evidentiary requirements.  Mature, responsible, tenacious individual.  Exceptional interpersonal skills.  Very client-oriented.  Enjoys fast-paced, challenging work environment.  Member of Georgia bar.  Admitted to Georgia state courts, Georgia Court of Appeals, United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, and the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Outlook, GroupWise, Westlaw, LexisNexis, Tabs III, ProLaw, Premise.  Approximately 60 wpm typing.

·         Salary Requirement: $85k – 90k Flexible. 

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #22

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23.  Securities/Labor & Employment Litigation Attorney

·         Practice areas:  Anti-trust, Securities, Products Liability, Labor & Employment and Corporate Fraud

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated from #12 Top Tier Cornell Law School with Moot Court accolades; BA degree in Political Science/French, from Clemson University, Cum Laude Member of the Georgia bar.

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has 5 1/2 years of law firm experience handling class action and single-plaintiff litigation in state and federal courts across the country. For the past 2 and 1/2 years, has worked for AmLaw 10 law firm in its Litigation group. Responsibilities have included coordinating and supervising class action discovery, conducting depositions and extensive motion practice.  Also has considerable experience counseling employers regarding securities, anti-trust, contract, product liability, labor and employment and corporate fraud issues.  Industry experiences include aerospace, automotive, paper, pharmaceutical, banking, retail and telecommunications companies as well as government contractors.  Hardworking and extremely dedicated to top-rate client-service.  Mentors younger associates and takes pride in leadership positions in the community. 

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, LexisNexis, Westlaw,  Carpe Diem, Summation, 110 wpm typing

  • Salary Requirement: $135k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #23
 


 

24.   Securities Enforcement Attorney

·         Practice areas: Securities, Administrative Law

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated in the top 50% of class at Mercer University School of Law; BA, History and Art History, Emory University. Member of the Georgia bar.

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has over three years of regulatory experience handling securities enforcement cases, including negotiating over 75 settlements which garnered over $1 million in restitution to Georgia investors, as well as barring and suspending over fifteen people from the securities industry.  For the past 3 years, has worked for the Secretary of State, Securities Division.   Responsibilities have included representing the Commissioner in administrative hearings, drafting subpoenas and orders, and conducting informal conferences and depositions.  Also lectures on Blue Sky Law at Mercer University Law School, presented a paper and presentation at a CLE seminar, and was a member of the North American Securities Administrators Association Task Force on Trading & Exchanges, a division of the Corporation Finance committee.    Hardworking, detailed, organized, and service-oriented. 

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, GroupWise, Lexis, Westlaw, 65 wpm typing.

·         Salary Requirement: $70k

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #24

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25.   Tax & Corporate Transactional Attorney

·         Practice Areas: Tax Law, Banking Law,  Finance Law, Corporate Law, and Contract Law

·         Certifications: Admitted in the New York Bar, Admitted in the Philippine Bar, CPA- Philippines

·         Education: Graduated from #5 Top Tier New York University School of Law, LL.M. –International Tax.  Graduated in top 20% at Ateneo De Manila University, J.D. Graduated in top 8% at St. Scholastica’s College, BSC – Accounting. Certified Public Accountant [CPA] (Philippines)

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has extensive experience in tax, banking, and corporate legal work. Highly engaged in legal work in the law firm and banking industry. Extensively engaged in research in US corporate, partnership, and international tax issues, including corporate reorganization, pass-through entities, Subpart F, foreign tax credits, foreign source income, tax treaties and US check the box regulations. Worked in law offices as well as an in-house-counsel in a bank. Responsibilities have included negotiation, drafting,  and closing of corporate contracts, real estate contracts, commercial contracts, loan agreements, mortgages, other financial contracts; structured  and implemented tax planning involving transfer and distribution of property and estate planning.  Researched and wrote opinions on tax laws, corporate laws, banking laws, property laws, commercial laws and securities laws.  Drafted legal briefs, appeared in court and performed other litigation work. Analytical, dynamic, service-oriented and result driven lawyer and tax professional.

·         Salary Requirements:  Open for  Negotiation

Please email me the resume for Attorney Candidate #25

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26.    Telecom Contracts Corporate Attorney

·         Practice Areas:  Telecom, Corporate Law,

·         Education: Ph.D., J.D. State University of NY at Buffalo; M.A., History, University of     Rochester;  B.A. History, cum laude, Brooklyn College.  Fulbright Fellowship, University of Bonn, Germany.

·         Possibilities:  Experience includes his role as General Counsel for telecommunications company providing wireless engineering, network design, construction, short message, internet, network operations products and services.  Negotiated engineering services, software licensing/distribution/marketing, equipment (wireless infrastructure) procurement, site lease, interconnect, long distance carrier, network services, fiber lease and other agreements.  Currently providing legal services to various organizations; optimized alliance/reseller/end-user agreements for internet software, appliances and services; negotiated/closed services agreements                                                                                                                         

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27.    Transactional Attorney

·         Practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions, General Corporate Work

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated in the top 20% of class at Baylor University School of Law; BBA, Accounting, Baylor University, Cum Laude

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has 11 years of law firm experience handling both commercial transactions and various litigation matters, including 5 years of large law firm experience drafting and negotiating various commercial contracts.  Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating all types of commercial contracts, including the key dispositive transactional agreements.  Also has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation matters, including securities and/or accounting fraud based upon his accounting expertise.  Hardworking and service-oriented.  Works on deals primarily with clients' business staff and takes pride in the ability to assist non-lawyers in understanding legal concepts and consequences.  Member of the Texas bar and willing to relocate for the appropriate position.

·         Software Skills: WordPerfect, MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, GroupWise, LexisNexis, Westlaw, TimeSlips,  Carpe Diem, Summation, Concordance, 50 wpm typing

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28.  Transactions/Labor & Employment/Corporate Attorney

·         Practice areas: Transactional, Labor & Employment

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated from DePaul University College of Law in 1990; BBA Finance from University of Iowa with a minor in Sociology.  Member of the Tennessee and Illinois bar, and willing to expand to other jurisdictions.

·         Responsibilities: This attorney has 14 years of diverse in-house experience handling commercial transactions, including drafting and negotiating contracts for broad range of matters, including but not limited to acquisitions, joint ventures, manufacturing, financing, leasing, licensing, sales and vendor agreements. For the past 3 1/2 years, has worked for the fourth largest security service company in the world. Responsibilities also included investigating and responding to EEOC claims and handling a wide variety of miscellaneous employee/HR matters. Also has experience in international transactions, regulatory compliance, trademark management, and software licensing. Hardworking and focused on providing solutions to all levels of company employees from line personnel to executive level management. 

·         Software Skills: MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Westlaw

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29.      Transactional/Litigation Attorney

·         Practice Areas: Commercial and consumer debt collection; contract negotiations and drafting; insurance purchasing and negotiation; law office management; first chair litigation; real estate law; subrogation law; medical law; merger and acquisition experience; pubic company experience; intellectual law experience including copyright law and trademarks; human resource experience; training and many other areas to which a General Counsel must be involved with in a company.   

·         Education/Certifications: Graduated in top 20% of Thurgood Marshall School of Law, undergraduate at Southern Methodist University with a major in Business Administration. Licensed to practice law in Texas and Florida. Mediation certified in Texas

·         Responsibilities: Over 9 years of directly supervising the Legal Department and indirectly supervising other staff.  Drafted and negotiated client agreements, employment agreements, commercial contracts, and various other corporate agreements.  Legal defense and/or settlement for federal and/or state violation claims or complaints against various companies, oversaw the legal outsourcing of these claims - personally defended most lawsuits which are instituted against the company in all states and jurisdictions where allowed.  Experience in determining the legality of all corporate practices and polices, establishment and continuation of all necessary state permits and licensing, providing legal counsel for the corporate officers, managers and departmental staff members. Involved in all legislative affairs and issues that affect company industry and state laws which affected the various companies for which was employed with.

·         Software Skills:  MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, LexisNexis, Westlaw, AS400, and many other software packages and have at least 50 wpm typing skills.

·         Salary Requirements: My prior salary was $130,000 per annum, with year end bonus, a company car, fully paid insurance coverage and many other intangibles.

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