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(763) 515-2879 <br />Admissions <br />Minnesota State Bar (2008) <br />■ <br />Associations and Volunteer Experience <br />Minnesota State Bar Association <br />Am er i can Bar Association <br />Washington County Bar Association <br />Anoka County Bar Association <br />Ramsey Business Links <br />Jill S. Ide, Esq. <br />Weikel Law Firm, LLC <br />Legal Services Proposal - Prosecution <br />7533 Sunwood Drive, Suite 213 Ramsey, MN 55303 jillide @weikellaw.com <br />Legal Experience <br />Weikel Law Firm, LLC Ramsey, MN November 2008 — present <br />Associate Attorney <br />■ Represent clients in the areas of Family Law, Estate Planning, Criminal Law <br />• Manage all aspects of client files from initial meeting to case completion <br />■ Brainstorm case strategies given the relevant facts of the case at hand, current statutes, and case <br />law <br />• Verbally advocate for clients through oral argument at motion hearings; direct and cross <br />examination of witnesses at trial; opening statements and summations at trial <br />• Advance client positions through written legal memoranda and summations <br />• Interview and prepare witnesses for trial and evidentiary hearings <br />■ Participate in mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods with clients in order to <br />resolve cases in a collaborative manner <br />Weikel Law Firm, LLC = Ramsey, MN February 2007 — May 2008 <br />Law Clerk <br />• Assisted three attorneys in the practice areas of Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Family <br />Law, and Business Law <br />■ Drafted client correspondence, pleadings, Health Care Directives, Power of Attorneys, Wills, <br />Marital Termination Agreements, and Judgment Decrees <br />Public Defenders' Office —10 Judicial District Stillwater, MN August 2006 — March 2007 <br />Certified Student Attorney, Volunteer Law Clerk — Minnesota Justice Foundation <br />• Represented defendants in bail hearings, client interviews and advocacy before judges <br />• Researched legal issues using Westlaw and LexisNexis <br />Education <br />William Mitchell College of Law Saint Paul, MN Juris Doctor, May 2008 <br />• Volunteered 50 hours of legal service on behalf of Minnesota Justice Foundation <br />• Prosecuted misdemeanor cases as Certified Student Attorney in the Misdemeanor Clinic <br />• First - chaired two court trials in the Misdemeanor Clinic <br />• Prepared Appellate brief for Criminal Appeals Clinic <br />University of Saint Thomas Saint Paul, MN B.A. Sociology - Criminal Justice, 2000 <br />Magna Cum Laude <br />7 <br />