Experience

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  McCord & Tran, LLC

  • Bend, Oregon

  • General Partner

    • Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
    • Bend, Oregon

    Criminal Defense, General Litigation, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Land Use, FED, Probate, Personal Injury, and Bankruptcy practice areas.Obligations include:• Managing a diverse general litigation and criminal defense caseload• Providing knowledgeable, reasoned advice to clients throughout a wide-ranging caseload• Drafting, editing and revising correspondence, complaints, motions, orders and responses• Conducting legal research and writing on issues encompassing a number of practice areas • Communicating and negotiating with opposing counsel and pro se entities• Providing local counsel mediation and arbitration attendance for several firms Noteworthy representations:• Successfully secured the appearance of six Jackson County, Oregon individuals as defense witnesses in a Colorado prosecution• Assisted a client with academic sanctions stemming from criminal drug possession charges• Successfully defended a property owner against numerous counterclaims in a four day FED trial before a twelve-person jury

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  Jackson County, Oregon

  • Medford, Oregon Area

  • Deputy District Attorney 1

    • Apr 2009 - Dec 2013
    • Medford, Oregon Area

    Domestic Violence, General Misdemeanors, Juvenile Delinquency and Dependency Units. Obligations included:• Managing approximately 200 active cases• Reviewing and adjudicating law enforcement narratives to ensure legal and factual sufficiency under applicable state statutes and appellate determinations, and making reasonable charging decisions for felony and misdemeanor offenses • Overseeing all facets of trial advocacy, including: reviewing germane evidence; issuance of subpoenas; preparation of anticipated witnesses; arguing motions in limine; conducting voir dire; qualifying expert witnesses; examining all witnesses; raising timely objections; organizing, offering and publishing exhibits; presenting evidence in accordance with the state’s understanding of the facts; arguing for a finding of guilty; and, at all times, ensuring that all due process protections were respected and enforced • Conducting approximately 20 trials• Advocating on behalf of county and state agencies, such as Adult Probation and Parole, the Juvenile Department, and the Oregon Youth Authority, in contested hearings before the Court• Providing investigative, administrative, and policy advice to law enforcement personnel• Presentment of indictments for grand jury consideration• Supervising arraignment, suppression, status, docket call, sentencing, probation violation, and oral argument hearings• Directing strategy planning meetings with colleagues, law enforcement personnel, case workers, and named victims • Ensuring fairness and balancing state interests with those of the interests of justice while overseeing negotiation and settlement meetings with opposing counsel and pro se litigants• Conducting legal research in support of drafting responses to various memoranda of law, including suppression claims, scope of discovery requests, and discovery production issues

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  Brown, Hughes, Bird, Rote & Brouhard LLP

  • Grants Pass, Oregon Area

  • Associate Attorney

    • May 2008 - Mar 2009
    • Grants Pass, Oregon Area

    General Civil Practice, Family Law, Personal Injury, and Criminal Defense Obligations included:• Counseling a client through a grand jury homicide investigation• Representing a juvenile charged with significant animal abuse offenses• Guiding a client through a sexual abuse law enforcement inquiry• Reviewing contractual obligations for clients in business and litigation contexts • Consulting clients; corresponding and negotiating with opposing counsel; attending depositions and arbitration hearings; conducting legal research and writing; drafting pleadings; and making court appearances for arraignment, status, docket call, sentencing, show cause and motion hearings

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  Josephine County District Attorney's Office

  • Grants Pass, Oregon Area

  • Deputy District Attorney 2

    • May 2006 - Apr 2008
    • Grants Pass, Oregon Area

    General Felony UnitObligations included:• Managing approximately 250 active cases, including Measure 11 (mandatory minimum sentence) offenses and a homicide matter• Reviewing and adjudicating law enforcement narratives to ensure legal and factual sufficiency under applicable state statutes and appellate determinations, and making reasonable charging decisions for felony and misdemeanor offenses • Overseeing all facets of trial advocacy, including: reviewing germane evidence; issuance of subpoenas; preparation of anticipated witnesses; arguing motions in limine; conducting voir dire, qualifying expert witnesses, examining all witnesses, raising timely objections; organizing, offering and publishing exhibits; presenting evidence in accordance with the state’s understanding of the facts; arguing for a finding of guilty; and, at all times, ensuring that all due process protections were respected and enforced • Conducting approximately 30 trials• Providing investigative, administrative, and policy advice to law enforcement personnel• Presentment of indictments for grand jury consideration• Supervising arraignment, suppression, status, docket call, sentencing, probation violation, and oral argument hearings • Directing strategy planning meetings with colleagues, law enforcement personnel, case workers, and named victims• Ensuring fairness and balancing state interests with those of the interests of justice while overseeing negotiation and settlement meetings with opposing counsel and pro se litigants• Conducting legal research in order to draft responses to various memoranda of law, including suppression claims, scope of discovery requests, and discovery production issues

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  Oregon Judicial Department

  • Eugene, Oregon Area

  • Judicial Clerk

    • May 2004 - May 2006
    • Eugene, Oregon Area

    Obligations included: • Assisting with show cause, probation and parole violation, and criminal and civil motions hearings; during trials, documented exhibits, swore witnesses prior to testimony, and saw to the jurors’ needs• Responsible for court’s audio recording system; ensuring proper functioning in order to capture all communications among the bench, attorneys, and witnesses• Conducting legal research and crafted judicial advisory memoranda on various criminal and civil matters, such as the permissibility of withdrawal of a guilty plea, and applicability of the federal Fair Use Doctrine in the context of a pleading document

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  University of Oregon School of Law

  • Eugene, Oregon Area

  • LRW Tutor

    • Aug 2001 - May 2003
    • Eugene, Oregon Area

    Obligations included: • Overseeing research and writing workshop tutorials; cite checking and editing student memoranda; and conducting oral arguments coaching and individual tutoring assignments

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  United States District Court, District of Oregon

  • Eugene, Oregon Area

  • Summer Intern

    • Jun 2002 - Aug 2002
    • Eugene, Oregon Area

    Obligations included:• Conducting legal research and drafting memoranda, bench briefs and judicial orders regarding various facets of federal law, including: appellate Social Security disability benefits matters and criminal and civil pleadings and motions

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  Perkins Coie LLP

  • Portland, Oregon Area

  • Summer Associate

    • May 2001 - Aug 2001
    • Portland, Oregon Area

    Obligations included:• Conducting legal research and drafting memoranda on various client matters, including: First Amendment free speech rights under the federal and Oregon state constitutions; contractual disputes; enforcement of judgments; immigration law; and reporting requirements under the Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines

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  Long Beach Unified School District

  • Long Beach, California Area

  • Teacher

    • Jul 1997 - Jul 2000
    • Long Beach, California Area

    Obligations included:• Instruction in a self-contained, year-round, fifth grade classroom serving a diverse, language-minority, urban student population• Crafting and executing daily, weekly, and monthly lesson plans in accordance with district curriculum standards, and complying with district student evaluation and proficiency benchmarks• Providing direct instruction and guiding collaborative learning sessions; assigning homework and devising quizzes and tests• Supervising student teachers and instructional aids• Teaching half-day enrichment class sessions during instructional period breaks• Tendering service on a number of school-wide committees and projects, including: school science advisor, safety committee, remedial reading intercession teacher, chess club coach, and mock trial director