Law Clerk Resume
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Minneapolis, MN
EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Minneapolis, MN
Law Clerk
Responsibilities:
- Assist commercial litigation attorneys with legal research
- Review and prepare documents to produce in discovery
- Review and assess documents received in discovery
- Review and organize exhibits for trial preparation
- Assist in reviewing and editing of legal memoranda
- Distinguish cases from opposing counsel’s legal memoranda
- Attend hearings to assist attorneys as needed
- Assist commercial litigation attorneys with legal research and discovery
- Participate in general office assistance and reception
- Review and help organize exhibits for trial preparation
- Assist in reviewing and editing of legal memoranda
Confidential, St. Paul, MN
Extern, Legal Department
Responsibilities:
- Assist Employment and Labor Law attorneys with case management, analysis, and planning
- Assist Legal Department efforts with Human Resources in staff education
- Draft company policies and procedures
- Update internal resources on state - by-state employment laws and amendments
- Review agreements
- Research questions on state law for employment-based claims
- Coordinate with legal team on internal control issues and prevention
Confidential, Bloomington, MN
Mentor Externship
Responsibilities:
- General law clerk assistance, including:
- Drafting complaints, summons, and memoranda
- Reviewing and organizing statements of facts
- Facilitating client communication, as needed
- Greeting clients in reception, as needed
- Maintaining client files
- Attend various legal events and experiences with my mentors
- Meet regularly with my mentors to debrief the work, events, and experiences
Confidential, Jacksonville, FL
Director of Personnel and Human Resources Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Oversee firm compliance to employment laws
- Graduated in certification to Senior Professional in Human Resources through examination by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)
- Worked with management in employee development and jobs-needs analyses
- Advised management in handling employee issues and administering disciplinary procedures
- Responsible for recruitment and onboarding of new hires
- Responsible for employment terminations
- Reviewed and proposed amendment and updates to internal policies, procedures, and documents
- Maintained personnel and health benefits files
- Educated firm management of compliance issues
- Trained staff on changes or additions to firm policies and procedures
- Maintained documentation of employment-based discussions with staff.
- Oversee firm bookkeeping, accounting, tax preparation and pricing strategy
- Processed bi-weekly payroll through internal record preparation, reporting of hours and salaries to ADP, and calculated payroll taxes
- Administered employee benefits
- Responsible for the data entry of receipts, disbursements, and payroll
- Conducted general ledger coding and entry of credit card statements
- Accountable for monthly bank reconciliation and reconciliation of billing and collection between Practice Solutions billing software and Peachtree accounting software
- Prepared monthly budgets with management
- Established pay grades and salary levels of staff
- Proposed ideas to management for expense reduction to prevent layoffs during the recession, which were adopted and all positions were preserved
- Responsible for the preparation of all accounting work papers and general ledger reconciliations for the firm’s activity
- Prepared federal, state, and local income tax returns and state property tax returns
- Reviewed pricing strategy with management and developed a value-priced billing system for the consulting and valuation division
- Worked with clients on billing inquiries and payment plans
- Consult with clients on human resource compliance and management issues:
- Consulted with clients on issues of employment compliance, strategy for personnel structure, employee development, recruitment, salary review, bonus administration practices, employee benefits, and employee disciplinary policies
- Worked with attorneys on updating clients’ employment documents and employee manuals
- Trained clients’ management teams on personnel issues and compliance
- Lectured at various meetings, seminars, and conferences on human resources and management issues
- Provided general clerical assistance to staff
- Assist in marketing and planning of seminars and potential client outreach