Work Experience
(Jan 2013 - Current)
City of Atlanta Solicitor's Office-Atlanta, Georgia
Assistant Solicitor
- Prosecute Housing Code violations
(Aug 2011 - Jan 2013)
City of Atlanta, Atlanta City Council, District 5-Atlanta, Georgia
Chief of Staff
- Build credibility, establish rapport, and facilitate and coordinate communication between Councilmember Archibong, City Officials, staff, constituents, and stakeholder
- Manage and resolve constituent issues exercising independent judgment to determine and implement appropriate courses of action
- Attend committee meetings, special meetings, work sessions, hearings, and briefings on behalf of Councilmember Archibong
- Conduct legal research and write memoranda
- Assisted in the City of Atlanta redistricting process by researching Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and helped City Planners adjust boundary lines between Council Districts 5 and 2 that led to a unanimous vote for the 'Plan 5' map
- Draft, edit, and track ordinances and resolutions through the legislative process
- Responsible and accountable for the management of several special projects
(May 2011 - Aug 2011)
Grady Health System-Atlanta, Georgia
Legal Extern
- Drafted a nursing facility smoking policy, a facilities use agreement, contracts, affiliation agreements, guardianship petitions, interrogatories, requests for the production of documents, and answers
- Interviewed and prepared witnesses for court hearings, unemployment hearings, guardianship hearings, and depositions Attended magistrate court, guardianship hearings, involuntary commitment hearings, unemployment hearings, status hearings, depositio
- Attended magistrate court, guardianship hearings, involuntary commitment hearings, unemployment hearings, status hearings, depositions, committee meetings, and conferences
- Conducted research and wrote memoranda concerning a racial discrimination case, a premises liability case, discharging homeless patients, FMLA guidelines, attorney's fees, and no smoking policies
- Developed a presentation for physicians on the protocol of subpoenas, contacted physicians, district attorneys, and investigators regarding subpoenas
(Apr 2010 - Sep 2010)
Law Office of Catherine Groll, P.L.L.C.-Lansing, Michigan
Legal Intern
- Took notes during the voir dire process of a hospital negligence trial to discuss ideas of potential jurors with attorney
- Took notes during the hospital negligence trial to discuss ideas with attorney
- Assisted prepare exhibits for the hospital negligence trial
- Conducted research and wrote memoranda concerning a sexual harassment case, a personal injury case, and piercing the corporate veil of a non-profit organization
- Drafted and submitted motions, interrogatories, and requests for the production documents
- Observed client meetings and drafted summaries about the meetings
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