The Pattis Law Firm - Connecticut since May 2012
Associate Attorney
The Law Office of Kevin Smith - New Haven, CT Aug 2011 - May 2012
Attorney
The Honorable Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator, District Office - Hartford, CT Jan 2011 - May 2011
Intern to the State Director
Defense Appellate Clinic, Quinnipiac University School of Law Aug 2009 - Oct 2010
Certified Legal Intern
Pattis & Smith, LLC May 2010 - Sep 2010
Summer Associate
Education:
Quinnipiac University School of Law 2008 - 2011
JD, cum laude
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2004 - 2006
B.A., Political Science, History
Skills:
Legal Writing Litigation Criminal Defense Courts Appeals Hearings Trials Trial Practice Legal Issues Motions Legislation Briefs Oral Arguments Legal Research Westlaw Press Releases Civil Rights Litigation Mediation Federal Courts Lexis Wills
Awards:
3rd Place, American Judges Association Essay Competition American Judges Association, National legal writing contest soliciting commentary on J.D.B. v. North Carolina, _ U.S. _, 131 S.Ct. 2394, 180 L.Ed.2d 310 (2011) prior to issuance of judgement. My article, Hear My Words That I Might Teach You: The Rights to Silence and Counsel Down at the Schoolyard, advocating the position on custodial interrogation and Miranda warnings at school, that the Supreme Court ultimately adopted, won third place. See:
Hartford Courant, November 17, 2011
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-litchfield-judges-honor-student-1118-20111117,0,4035291.story
Litchfield County Times, November 19, 2011
http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2011/11/17/news/doc4ec580e798a8f580097526.txt?viewmode=default
Janice Ferro, Thomas Mcdonald, Bill Lanning, Kathleen Mctighe, Jerry Quinn, Patricia Swenson, Judy Henderson, Barbara Naylor, Vivien Buggle, Esther Freire, Richard Reeve
Dan Perry (1961-1965), Roseanne Donnelly (1951-1955), Daniel Erwin (1951-1955), Ken Sidler (1961-1965), Anita Arnold (1957-1961), Erenay Kasterko (1966-1967)
But it's not the rocket's altitude that should get people excited, said Daniel Erwin, a professor of astronautical engineering at the University of Southern California. "It reached less than a mile in height," he told ABC News. "But this isn't really an altitude test as much as it is testing the abi