LEGAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN, Staff Attorney, January, 2002 to March, 2009:
Responsible for document review and document production in Asbestos Defense, Toxic Tort, and Antitrust Cases. Duties include privilege and relevance reviews, document coding, and supervision of contract attorneys.
Created indexes of reviewed documents, and maintain separate indexes of produced documents, and documents of importance. Also used indexes to create case time lines and outlines. Have reviewed electronically produced documents, and have used Summation and Concordance production databases.
CONTRACT ATTORNEY, August, 1997 to December, 2001:
Contract attorney with various Houston-area law firms, including the firms Clements, O’Neill, Pierce & Nickens, L.L.P. and Gibbs & Bruns,, L.L.P. Responsible for document review and document production in Environmental, Commercial Litigation, and Antitrust Cases. Duties included privilege and relevance reviews, document coding, and summarizing of depositions.
FAHL & TAKEUCHI, Associate, April, 1995 to July, 1997:
Insurance defense and automobile accident litigation attorney responsible for research, writing motions, and arguing before the Court. Mediated cases, took depositions, and conducted witness preparation. Prepared and filed discovery.
Second chaired three trials, all of which resulted in a good verdict for the client. Assisted with jury selection.
125TH TEXAS STATE DISTRICT COURT, Briefing Attorney, June, 1994 to March, 1995:
Read all motions before the Court, checked cases cited, and conducted independent research to verify asserted claims and defenses. Briefed all summary judgments motions before the Court, and advised Judge as to possible rulings.
Responsible for researching trial briefings, taking notes during trials, aiding with the jury selection process, and assisted with docket calls.
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:
McGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW, August, 1993 to May, 1994: LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice. Studied international law in Salzburg, Austria and Sacramento, California and interned with an international law firm in Copenhagen, Denmark.
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW, August, 1990 to May, 1993: JD. Studied basic Texas Law, Antitrust, and Environmental law.
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, August, 1984 to December, 1988: BA in Radio-Television with a minor in English. Graduated with membership in the University of Houston Honors Program.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT:
HOUSTON PRESS, March 2007 to Present: Sports columnist/reporter.
HOUSTON TEXANS, August, 2002 to December 2006: Graphics coordinator.
HOUSTON ASTROS, April, 1988 to October, 2001: Responsible for video graphics and video replays that aired on stadium video screens.
KPRC-TV, December, 1989 to August, 1990: Videotape Librarian and Logger responsible for logging video tapes and commercial times for syndicated programming.
