Anne Schmidt

Experience

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  Hershorin & Henry LLP

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Law Clerk

  • Ensured proper chain of title in property documents. If there were problems, I drafted reports and discussed with senior attorneys• Outlined meet and confer letters, sent to senior attorneys for review and mailed to the opposing party• Drafted initial discovery requests, including Interrogatories, Requests of Admission and Requests for Production of Evidence

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  Malcolm Cisneros, A Law Corporation

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Law Clerk

  • Evaluated complaints against mortgage lenders and drafted various responsive pleadings including motions to dismiss, settlement agreements and stipulations• Regularly examined banking documents including mortgages, deeds of trust, loan modification requests and supporting information, and bankruptcy schedules• First law clerk to maintain database of active cases including current status, client contact, next hearing date and litigation strategy• Only law clerk that supported an out of area senior attorney. Therefore, I: • Instituted communication between parties, including all counsels, senior counsel and court clerks • Formulated calendar of all important dates, including hearing dates, settlement dates, etc., and ensured senior counsel was aware of these dates • Succeeded in solving a major customer service complication between the senior attorney and opposing counsel. I was given written accolades from opposing counsel and my firm's management Show less

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  GLOVIS America, Inc.

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Legal Counsel

  • Created a position from the ground up, working with very little initial input• Devised the first organizational system to review and revise all old contracts to ensure they comported with the most recent laws as well as company policy• Drafted and negotiated various new contracts, including: • Commercial contracts with vendors including major railroads, seaports, vehicle processing plants and trucking companies; Master Agreements, Letters of Intent, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, Software Licensing Agreements, Due Diligence Memorandums and Marketing Agreements with contractors• Formulated appropriate contracts and documents for Glovis’ new lines of business• Executed risk mitigation on every contract, protecting the company from business loss and litigation• Reviewed Requests of Proposals and responded accordingly• Created presentations for the executives in order to break down “legalese” into business terms• Performed legal research on state, federal, and international contract law; transportation law and miscellaneous topics as requested by the directors of the company Show less

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  UnitedLex

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Discovery Contractor

  • Gained tremendous experience in civil procedure including Rules of Evidence and Discovery• Learned how to apply evidentiary rules on relevancy, confidentiality, privilege, partial privilege• Reviewed thousands of documents, yet learned to locate confidential information quickly

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  EPIC LEGAL

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2022

  Discovery Contractor

  • Reviewed multiple types of documents to determine relevance to on-going major national lawsuit• Evaluated each document to determine relevance to case and, if relevant, capture each and every legal claim the document touched upon• Reviewed hundreds of spreadsheets, where small determine whether a document is responsive