Experience

Hoffenberg and Block, LLC
• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Attorney

  • Jan 2019 - Present

Rosenfeld Hafron Shapiro & Farmer
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Attorney

  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2018


The Barclay Law Group P.C.

• Associate Attorney

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2014

  Associate attorney practicing in family law and civil litigation - Lead counsel on pre-decree and post-decree matters and parentage proceedings. - Appear regularly in the domestic division for evidentiary and non-evidentiary hearings, motion practice and pretrial conferences. - Negotiate and draft marital settlement agreements, custody judgments and agreed orders. - Draft petitions and motions; draft and answer discovery requests. - First chair on trials involving maintenance, child support and property allocation issues. - Trial preparation for multiple cases including: preparation of exhibits, stipulations and discovery updates; drafting of trial outlines and questions for direct and cross examinations; drafting and presentation of motions in limine; and preparation of opening statements and closing arguments. - Prepare deposition outlines and represent client’s interests in depositions - Prepare motions to dismiss and argue motions in chancery and law division



Legal Clinic at Chicago Kent College of Law

• Contract Attorney

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

  - Appeared up on a variety of family law issues including contested motions and prove up hearings. - Drafted various documents including answers, petitions, motions, and discovery documents. - Researched and wrote legal memoranda on a variety of family law issues including property ownership and child support. - Appeared up on a variety of family law issues including contested motions and prove up hearings. - Drafted various documents including answers, petitions, motions, and discovery documents. - Researched and wrote legal memoranda on a variety of family law issues including property ownership and child support.



Hofeld and Schaffner

• Law Clerk

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  - Co-authored Continuing Legal Education presentation on complex issues in discovery for tort lawyers. - Assisted in trial preparation through discovery, finding expert witnesses and compiling trial exhibits. - Co-authored Continuing Legal Education presentation on complex issues in discovery for tort lawyers. - Assisted in trial preparation through discovery, finding expert witnesses and compiling trial exhibits.



DiTommaso Lubin

• United States
• Law Practice

• Law Clerk

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

  - Researched legal issues and drafted motions, pleadings and memoranda in various areas including corporate governance, consumer fraud, trademark infringement, family law and commercial law. - Drafted discovery materials including interrogatories, requests to admit and document requests. - Wrote class action complaints and prepared trial outlines and exhibits - Researched legal issues and drafted motions, pleadings and memoranda in various areas including corporate governance, consumer fraud, trademark infringement, family law and commercial law. - Drafted discovery materials including interrogatories, requests to admit and document requests. - Wrote class action complaints and prepared trial outlines and exhibits



Law Offices at Chicago Kent

• Receptionist/Legal Secretary

  • Nov 2006 - Jun 2009

  - Assisted attorneys in editing court documents and filed pleadings at state and federal courts. - Oversaw opening and closing of all legal files for 14 attorneys. Managed record keeping for over 25,000 files both at onsite and offsite storage locations. - Assisted attorneys in editing court documents and filed pleadings at state and federal courts. - Oversaw opening and closing of all legal files for 14 attorneys. Managed record keeping for over 25,000 files both at onsite and offsite storage locations.