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Setara Ozan

Setara Ozan

Paralegal/Legal Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Labor & Employment Trial Lawyer at The Kullman Firm

  • Education

    • Samford University, Cumberland School of Law

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      Juris Doctor

      Activities and Societies: Cumberland National Trial Team, National Trial Competition (Regional Co-Champion, National Qualifier), Honor Court Justice, Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board (Senior Executive Board Member), R. Max Mediation Fellow, Phi Alpha Delta, Women in Law, Defense Research Institute, Black Law Student Association (Community Service Chair) Champion - Tournament of ChampionsScholar of Merit - Constitutional Law I Scholar of Merit - Advanced Skills in Trial AdvocacyScholar of Merit - Advanced Evidence

    • The University of Texas at Dallas

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      Bachelor of Arts Political Science

      Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. President, NPHC President, Student Government Senator, Multicultural Peer Advocate

  • Experience

    • Wilson Legal Group, P.C. formerly Myers Wilson, P.C.

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
      Paralegal/Legal Assistant

      Paralegal/legal assistant to member attorneys. I assisted with preparation of trial briefs, pleadings, discovery, client/attorney communications, and managed the case files for 100+ cases.

    • Jefferson County Alabama - Family Court & Cumberland Community Mediation Center

      Jan 2011 - Aug 2012
      Student Director - Jefferson County Service and Paternity Docket

      I volunteered (and coordinated student volunteers) for the Jefferson County Service and Paternity Docket. Service Docket students assist Jefferson County Family Court and the Alabama Department of Human Resources with conducting client and litigant interviews to complete service of process, establishing paternity, ordering paternity testing, and setting child support for families in Birmingham.

    • State of Alabama - Alabama Law Institute (ALI)

      Feb 2012 - May 2012
      Legislative Term Clerk

      I completed legal research regarding legislation pending before the State of Alabama House of Representatives and Senate Committees. I built and maintained relationships with elected legislative members and provided comprehensive legal research and analysis for them on pending and proposed bills. Three of the most expansive projects I worked on were vertical integration of Alabama wineries and vineyards, updating the Alabama Probate Handbook, and wiretapping litigation.

    • Ferguson, Frost & Dodson, LLP

      Aug 2012 - Jul 2014
      Associate Attorney

      Civil defense litigation practice including insurance defense, premises liability, personal injury, financial services litigation, consumer and commercial fraud, medical malpractice and appellate practice in both state and federal courts throughout Alabama.

    • Ferguson, Frost, Moore & Young, LLP

      Aug 2012 - Oct 2020

      FFMY is a civil defense litigation firm concentrating in insurance defense and financial services litigation. My practice includes defending wrongful death, commercial transportation and trucking, products liability, personal injury, premises liability, medical malpractice, UM/UIM, and bad faith suits. I also defend creditors in state and federal suits against claims filed under the FDCPA, TCPA, and FCRA. I am admitted to practice in the State of Alabama and before the United States District Courts in the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama. I have handled and delivered favorable outcomes to clients in high-exposure suits, and have taken several cases to verdict. For more information about the firm, visit: http://www.ffmylaw.com/For more information about my practice, visit: http://ffmylaw.com/attorneys/setara-c-foster/ Show less FFMY is a civil defense litigation firm concentrating in insurance and financial services litigation. My practice includes defending personal injury, premises liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, trucking, UM/UIM, and bad faith suits. I also defend creditors in state and federal suits against claims filed under the FDCPA. I am admitted to practice in the State of Alabama and before the United States District Courts in the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama. I have taught continuing legal education classes focused on collections activities and the FDCPA, and continuing insurance education classes focused on evidence spoliation and soft tissue injury claims. I was also one of four panelists at the 2014 Claims Litigation Management Alliance Annual Conference to discuss provisions of the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulations available to protect trucking industry clients during discovery and at trial. For more information about the firm, visit: http://www.ffmylaw.com/For more information about my practice, visit: http://ffmylaw.com/attorneys/setara-c-foster/ Show less

      • Partner

        Feb 2017 - Oct 2020

      • Associate Attorney

        Aug 2012 - Feb 2017

    • Samford University, Cumberland School of Law

      Jan 2015 - now

      Cumberland Law School's National Trial Team has been consistently ranked among the Top Ten Trial Advocacy schools in the country, taking the #6 spot in 2017. The trial team's coaching staff is comprised of Alabama judges and practicing attorneys dedicated to training and teaching law students to become exceptional trial lawyers.

      • Adjunct Professor

        Jan 2018 - now

      • Coaching Staff

        Jan 2015 - now

    • Moore, Young, Foster & Hazelton, LLP

      Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
      Partner

    • The Kullman Firm

      Dec 2021 - now
      Trial Attorney

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Bar Admissions: Alabama, U.S. District Court-Northern District of Alabama, U.S. District Court-Middle District of Alabama, U.S. District Court-Southern District of Alabama