Experience

Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska LLC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program (DAPP)

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Board Member

  • Jul 2019 - Feb 2022



Levin & Perconti

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

  Draft motions, complaints, demand letters, deposition abstracts, and court orders as well as perform legal research to supplement personal injury, nursing home, and medical malpractice cases. Cover motion calls and case management conferences in Cook County and collar counties daily.Draft and respond to request for written discovery and document production.Assist in trial preparation, including drafting and responding to motions in limine and trial briefs.Prepare and present plaintiffs in depositions and depose nursing home facility representatives. Participate in settlement discussions and mediations.Review and analyze medical records and bills.

• Law Clerk

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

  Draft legal memoranda, motions, complaints, discovery, deposition abstracts as well as perform legal research to supplement personal injury, nursing home, and medical malpractice cases. Assist in trial preparation, including drafting motions in limine and trial briefs. Additionally, drafted demand letters to obtain pre-suit settlements.



DePaul University College of Law - Journal for Social Justice

• Editor-In-Chief

  • Aug 2018 - May 2019

  Provided a platform for social justice advocates to speak up against injustices in the community. The Journal presented a panel discussion on police accountability and community safety, featuring civil rights attorneys, a County police officer, and an Investigator from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The panel discussed the Chicago Police Consent Decree in conjunction with issues of holding both law enforcement agents and agencies responsible for effectively delivering basic services of crime control—a conversation that was, and will always be, critical in maintaining safety in Chicago communities.



DePaul University College of Law - Civil Rights Clinic

• 711 - Licensed Student Attorney

  • Aug 2018 - May 2019

  Gained invaluable experience with the federal court process, civil rights complaints, the federal discovery process, and maintaining a case load. Within the clinic, I performed mock depositions, and drafted complaints and discovery for ongoing civil cases. Gained invaluable experience with the federal court process, civil rights complaints, the federal discovery process, and maintaining a case load. Within the clinic, I performed mock depositions, and drafted complaints and discovery for ongoing civil cases.



Caras Law Group

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Law Clerk

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2018

  Drafted legal memoranda, motions, and subpoenas as well as perform legal research to supplement personal injury cases. Drafted legal memoranda, motions, and subpoenas as well as perform legal research to supplement personal injury cases.



The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County - Criminal Division

• Summer Law Clerk

  • May 2017 - Jul 2017

  Provided assistance to attorneys on misdemeanor cases, performed research and discussed case overview with clients. Provided assistance to attorneys on misdemeanor cases, performed research and discussed case overview with clients.



Domestic Violence Legal Clinic

• Austria
• Law Practice

• Self-Representation Assistant

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2017

  Worked on the Self Representation Assistance Project to provide free, pro se paperwork assistance. Interviewed litigants, prepared pleadings, explained the court process, and accompanied litigants to court for support under attorney supervision. Worked on the Self Representation Assistance Project to provide free, pro se paperwork assistance. Interviewed litigants, prepared pleadings, explained the court process, and accompanied litigants to court for support under attorney supervision.



St. Mary's School of Law Center for Legal and Social Justice

• Intern

  • Jan 2015 - May 2015

  • As an intern, worked at the front desk while assisting clients, walk-ins, and other pro-bono case clients. • Logged phone calls, took messages for lawyers and paralegals, transferred phone calls to appropriate employees. • As an intern, worked at the front desk while assisting clients, walk-ins, and other pro-bono case clients. • Logged phone calls, took messages for lawyers and paralegals, transferred phone calls to appropriate employees.



The Rattler Newspaper

• Photographer and Writer

  • Sep 2013 - May 2015

  - Coordinated photo shoots of people and events as well as generate stories concerning a variety of topics in the commentary section.- Achieved weekly deadlines for print publication schedule.- Worked with photoshop and other online applications to perfect the photos for the newspaper as well as the newspaper's website. - Coordinated photo shoots of people and events as well as generate stories concerning a variety of topics in the commentary section.- Achieved weekly deadlines for print publication schedule.- Worked with photoshop and other online applications to perfect the photos for the newspaper as well as the newspaper's website.



Get the Vote Out!

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations

• Fall Fellow

  • Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Organizer and leader in contacting voters, recruiting volunteers, and building neighborhood teams to help with voter turn out in November. • Worked directly with field organizers to plan and participate in phone banks, block walks, voter registration drives, and team planning meetings. Worked with my region to organize and execute the regional Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) effort leading into Election Day. • Organizer and leader in contacting voters, recruiting volunteers, and building neighborhood teams to help with voter turn out in November. • Worked directly with field organizers to plan and participate in phone banks, block walks, voter registration drives, and team planning meetings. Worked with my region to organize and execute the regional Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) effort leading into Election Day.