• January 2000 - Present, Attorney-Editor/Trainer
  West Group -- Thomson Corporation -- Thomson Reuters (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
  

  • Analyze judicial opinions and draft synopses and points of law.
  • Train new attorney-editors to edit case law documents.
  • Teach how to frame summaries, capture headnotes, and recognize treatment history.
  • Review editorial work product of junior editors.

• June 1995 - December 1999, Attorney-Editor
  West Publishing Company (Eagan, Minnesota)
  

  • Analyzed case law documents.
  • Drafted synopses and points of law.
  • Identified and recorded negative indirect treatment history.

• June 1994 - May 1995, Law Clerk/Small Claims Mediator
  La Crosse County Circuit Court (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
  

  • Reviewed the parties' pleadings and briefs.
  • Decided the appropriate disposition and wrote the corresponding opinion for judges' signature.
  • Mediated small claims cases.

• January 1994 - May 1994, Judicial Intern, Honorable Moria Krueger
  Dane County Circuit Court Branch 7 (Madison, Wisconsin)
  

  • Reviewed the parties' pleadings and briefs.
  • Decided the appropriate disposition and drafted the corresponding opinion for judge's signature.

• February 1993 - April 1994, Law Clerk
  Melli, Walker, Pease & Ruhly, S.C. (Madison, Wisconsin)
  

  • Researched legal issues, primarily in the fields of labor and employment law.
  • Drafted briefs and wrote memos.

• June 1992 - January 1993, Law Clerk, Bureau of Legal Services
  Department of Natural Resources (Madison, Wisconsin)
  

  • Researched federal and state water issues.
  • Drafted memos and interrogatories.
  • Updated a Department resource on Wisconsin water law cases.

• January 1991 - May 1991, Legal Intern
  Office of State Public Defender (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
  

  • Assisted the attorneys by conducting research and preparing diagrams for trials.
  • Created an office resource system on treatment facilities for clients.

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