Talk to sales Try for Free
Michelle Bushman

Michelle Bushman

Jewelry Engraver

Followers of Michelle Bushman522 followers
location of Michelle BushmanProvo, Utah, United States

Connect with Michelle Bushman to Send Message

Connect

Connect with Michelle Bushman to Send Message

Connect

  • Timeline

  • About me

    Deputy Director and General Counsel at Western States Water Council

  • Education

    • Brigham Young University

      2003 - 2008
      Master of Science - MS Geology

      Activities and Societies: Emphases in geochemistry, hydrology, geophysics. **Thesis: Contribution of Recharge Along Regional Flow Paths to Discharge at Ash Meadows, Nevada (https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1380/) **Publication: Michelle Bushman, Stephen T. Nelson, David Tingey and Dennis Eggett, Regional groundwater flow in structurally-complex extended terranes: An evaluation of the sources of discharge at Ash Meadows, Nevada, Journal of Hydrology, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.013, 386, 1-4, (118-129), (2010).

    • Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School

      2005 - 2008
      J.D. Law

      Activities and Societies: Natural Resources Law Society

    • University of Nevada-Las Vegas

      1998 - 2001
      Geology

    • Brigham Young University

      2001 - 2002
      BS Geology

      Activities and Societies: Geology Club

  • Experience

    • Walmart

      Nov 1993 - Dec 1993
      Jewelry Engraver

      Engraved lettering on pens, bracelets, etc., and assisted Jewelry Department during the Christmas season.

    • Savon Drug

      Jun 1994 - May 1995
      Cashier

      Rang up sales, stocked shelves with merchandise, assisted in Customer Service and Pharmacy.

    • Nu-Home TV & Furniture

      Oct 1995 - Sept 1996
      File Associate

      Assisted office personnel with filing paperwork, data entry, running errands and answering phones. Created a new filing system to organize disheveled boxes and stacks of sensitive credit applications, with color-coded index cards in neatly filed drawers so that the location of any application could be immediately identified.

    • Pembroke Children's Center

      Oct 1996 - Feb 1997
      Preschool Teacher

      Planned and taught lessons involving pre-literate skills and social interaction.

    • Sapura Telecom, Inc.

      Feb 1997 - Jan 1998
      Administrative Assistant

      Made travel arrangements, trained customer service representatives, wrote memoranda, scheduled meetings, summarized site reports from CSRs on the east coast.

    • Employer's Insurance Company of Nevada

      Feb 1998 - Aug 1998
      File Clerk

      Assisted the Permanent Partial Disability Unit with typing, filing, answering phones, entering case notes and authorizing repeat prescriptions for pharmacies.

    • University of Nevada Las Vegas

      Aug 1998 - Aug 2001
      Office Assistant, Faculty Senate Office

      Assisted Faculty Senate with clerical duties (typing, filing, answering phones, running errands, intake of student petitions, preparing Faculty Senate Handbook for accreditation).

    • Brigham Young University

      Oct 2001 - Apr 2002
      Custodian, BYU Bookstore

      Early morning cleaning of the bookstore and offices.

    • Brigham Young University

      Aug 2002 - Apr 2003

      Assisted professor in preparation for lectures; assisted students to understand lectures, homework, exams; graded homework and exams; taught undergraduate geology lab to students preparing to become primary or secondary school teachers. Preparing Kazakstan rock samples for carbon-13 analysis.

      • Teaching Assistant, Geology

        Jan 2003 - Apr 2003

      • Research Assistant, Geology

        Aug 2002 - Dec 2002

    • Brigham Young University

      Sept 2003 - Oct 2005
      Stable Isotope Laboratory Manager

      Scheduled student and professor use of mass spectrometer and extraction line; ordered lab supplies; taught students to prepare and analyze water samples; used mass spectrometer and extraction line to prepare and analyze isotopic values of rock and water samples for academic and commercial purposes

    • Moyes Storey

      May 2006 - Jun 2006
      Legal Extern

      Externship for BYU Law School credit. Researched Arizona water adjudication issues, reserved water rights for state trust lands, priority water rights for Arizona ranch; attended Department of Water Resources meetings and a water rights settlement meeting; prepared documents and evidence for civil trial; drafted a template CC&R for small developers.

    • Brigham Young University

      Jan 2007 - Apr 2007
      Teaching Assistant, Jewish, Roman and Greek Law

      Assisted professor in class preparation, graded exams and homework, prepared an extensive database of students' research, assisted students in understanding assignments

    • Western States Water Council

      May 2007 - Jun 2007
      Legal Extern

      Externship for BYU Law School credit. Researched groundwater laws in the 18 western states, including conjunctive use of surface and groundwater, and domestic well exceptions.

    • Ford & Huff LC

      Aug 2008 - May 2014
      Associate

      Civil litigation, drafting pleadings and motions, hearings; researching; teaching interns.

    • Bushman Research & Drafting LLC

      May 2014 - Aug 2016
      Owner

      Legal research and drafting of legal documents as an independent contractor for law firms and solo attorneys.

    • Orange Legal Technologies

      May 2014 - Apr 2015
      Attorney

    • Western States Water Council

      May 2015 - now

      • Deputy Director and General Counsel

        Jul 2023 - now

      • Assistant Director and General Counsel

        May 2020 - Apr 2024

      • Legal Counsel

        May 2015 - May 2020

  • Licenses & Certifications