EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2007 - Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Miami School of Law

2004 - Bachelor of Business Administration, Baylor University

EXPERIENCE

Law Firm of Solomon Musyimi

• Handled civil suits from initial client intake through post trial.
• Managed a case load of over 100 cases.
• Leads representation on over 50 family law cases including divorce, child custody adoption, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
• Leads representation on criminal cases and civil cases ranging from breach of contract, personal injury suits and insurance matters, to wills, employment, bankruptcy and business organization.
• Prepare legal briefs, develops strategy and arguments in prepatation for presentation of cases and trial.

Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP/ Pye Legal

• Assisted in internal investigations.
• Reviewed documents and determined if subject matter was privileged or responsive.

Public Defender Service, Mental Health Division

• Conducted legal research and analysis using Lexis and Westlaw.
• Prepared documents to assist a team of 7 attorneys.
• Worked with attorneys to help create proposed new statute provision.

Patchen & Mitcham

• Assissted in diverse areas of law at this general litigation law firm.
• Drafted documents, including legal memorandum, briefs, orginal petitions, answers, discovery and motions.
• Assisted in several trials and contested matters.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Licensed, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
• Certitied, Atterney Ad Litem
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Houston Bar Association
• Member, Associate of Women Attorneys
• Member, Phi Alpha Delta International Legal Fraternity