25F631BD-B6F7-4674-A9CB-7E8536 20 Paralegal/Legal Assistant True Any Full Time true True True Originally from Illinois, my fiancé and I have moved to Centre, AL, while we look for employment in the Atlanta, Georgia area in order to be closer to his family which resides in that area. Although I was and am a licensed attorney in Illinois I am not in Georgia but seek to continue to use my experience and training to work in the legal community. I have extensive and varied experience practicing law in Illinois as you will note from my resume and hope you consider my history and experience in evaluating my usefulness in working for your firm and their attorney’s as a paralegal or legal assistant. Upon graduating law school I began practice as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Winnebago County prosecuting felony cases for five years then began my own private practice, both of which required me to utilize skills I have learned and honed in my past Admissions: Illinois Bar, US District Court Northern District of Illinois University of Illinois, College of Law Champaign, Illinois: J.D. May 2003 GPA 2.96/4.00; MPRE 134 § Trial Team: Texas Young Lawyers National Trial Competition, Spring 2003 § Civil Litigation Clinic: Spring 2003 § Appellate Defender Clinic: Spring 2002 § Hispanic National Moot Court: 5th Place, Fall 2001 Scholarships/Grants: § Lincoln Scholar: Academic Excellence, 2000-03 § Hispanic Lawyers Association, 2000-01 § National Association for Public Interest Law: AmeriCorps, Summer 2001 § Public Interest Law Foundation: Summer 2002 Organizations/ Groups/ Graduate Occupation: § American Constitution Society: President, Founder 2002 § Latino/a Law Student Association: Co-Chair Banquet Committee, Co-Chair Speaker’s Committee, 2000-03 § Graduate Advisor: University of Illinois; College of LAS, Aug. 2001- May 2003 § Ameri-Corps University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Major in Sociology, minor in History, May 2000 GPA 3.30/4.00 § President’s Award Scholarship Recipient: High Achiever Status § Dean’s List, Certificate of Academic Excellence § Sociology Department: Teacher’s Assistant § Crisis Line Volunteer, East St. Louis Action Research Project Volunteer Law Office of Geannette S. Wittendorf Rockford, IL: May 1, 2008-December 2009 § Admissions: Illinois Bar, US District Court Northern District of Illinois § Solo Practitioner with bilingual abilities § Appeared on cases throughout Northern Illinois Areas of Practice § Criminal Litigation § Civil Litigation § Personal Injury § Family Law Job Related Training § Divorce Basics for Pro Bono Attorneys: October 31, 2008 § Sharpen Your Trial Skills: ISBA Tort Law, February 27, 2009 § Arbitrator Training Seminar, June 26, 2009 Trials Experience: § 30 Jury Trials: 20 as the Lead Chair, 10 as the Second Chair § 35 Bench Trials Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office Rockford, IL: August 18, 2003-April 11, 2008 Assistant State’s Attorney, Felony Trial Team Divisions worked in: § Traffic 8/03; Misdemeanor Pre-trial; Juvenile Abuse and Neglect 3/04-9/04; Misdemeanor Trial Team 9/04-1/06; Felony Drug Unit, Felony Trial Team 1/06- April 11, 2008 Some agencies worked with: § State, city and county narcotics units, DEA, various city police agencies, appellate prosecutor’s office, attorney general’s office, IS Forensic scientists, animal control, auto task force, US Attorney’s offices, counseling agencies/experts, medical experts, defense attorneys and public defenders. Some previous experiences: § Prepping and examining experts (forensic, medical), discovery motions, researching issues and preparation of memos for inter-office and police agencies, depositions, instructed new police officers on court room testimony, review and authorization of search warrants/arrest warrants/criminal charges, interview/locate/trial preparation of witnesses, prepare motions to reconsider rulings and notices of appeal, prepare for and conduct bench/jury trials, always keep up to date on new laws/court rulings/statutes and respond to opposing party. Job Related Training: § Basic Trial Advocacy Training, State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor Springfield, Illinois: May 6-10, 2004 § Trial Advocacy I, National District Attorneys Association Columbia, South Carolina: August 15-20, 2005 § The Prosecutor and the Jury, National District Attorney’s Association Columbia, South Carolina: July 17-21, 2006 § New Developments in Investigation and Prosecution of Illinois Meth Cases Illinois Attorney General, Elgin, Illinois: September 20, 2006 § Trial Advocacy Training II, State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor <span style=" University of Illinois College of Law Spanish Geannette Wittendorf (815) 621-9723 gwitt11@hotmail.com PO Box 699 Centre AL 35960 False 1/20/2010 9:00:00 AM 1/20/2011 9:00:00 AM 0 1