Attorney Sample Resume

Morgan K. Smith
1234 Cambridge Drive
Jackson, Mississippi 39000
Home: 601-555-5555
Cell: 601-555-5556
Email: mksmith@frontfocus.com
  Objective: Attorney focused on providing outstanding legal assistance and counsel in a corporatesetting   Qualification Summary:

• Negotiation skills to set up legal transactions/settlements and ensure the organization'sinterests are represented.
• Outstanding arbitration and counseling skills
• Effectively interact with both internal and external contacts
• Coordinate legal activities and formulate contracts and policy recommendations
• Draft documents, make recommendations and communicate with both internal and external customers.

  Education: Juris Doctor
Washington University Law School
May 2000
  Bachelor of Science degree in Government
University of Mississippi
May 1994
  Work Experience: Attorney, Benson & Benson., Jackson, MS
December 2003 - present
Provide professional legal assistance, advice and counsel to corporate management regarding legal rights, obligations and privileges of corporations to enhance the internal decision-making process and ensure adequate protection of the Company's legal rights, interests and objectives. Study constitution, statutes, decisions and ordinances of judicial bodies. Prepare and present project proposals and negotiate with federal and state agencies to achieve program goals. Prepare legal memoranda on litigation issues.   Attorney, Carlson, Wells and Stowe, Jackson, MS
May 2000 - December 2003
Drew up contracts involving leases, licenses, purchases, sales, real estate, employment,insurance and other matters. Examined legal data to determine advisability of defendinglawsuits. Negotiated complex legal contracts and transactions. Prepared, filed andprosecuted patent, trademark, and copyright applications personally and via outside counsel. Rendered legal advice on protection of intellectual property rights in inventionsand in products/services. Reviewed organizational documents and prepared and examined contracts which involved government grants, leases, licenses, purchases, sales, insurance, and/or easements.   Professional Affiliations: Mississippi State Bar AssociationMember, Board of Directors, Youth Council on LeadershipAssociate Editor, The Law Review, 2005-2006   Languages: Fluent in Spanish and English