Overview
Work History
Education
LICENSES
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Annie Goldstein

Chicago,IL

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Litigation Associate

Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC
08.2023 - Current
  • Draft motions and pleadings.
  • Propound written discovery.
  • Analyze discovery and determine its impact on the case's outcome.
  • Research substantive law and the Seventh Circuit's holdings on relevant procedural issues.
  • Prepare for depositions.
  • Communicate with co-counsel and opposing counsel about efficiently progressing each case.
  • Speak with clients about case status and legal proceedings, and answer their questions about case progress.

Summer Associate

Elk & Elk Co., Ltd.
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • Drafted legal memoranda and pleadings for 5 ongoing medical malpractice cases.
  • Edited pleadings and written discovery for style, clarity, and effectiveness.
  • Prepared visual exhibits and exhibit lists for trial.
  • Researched legal issues in potential causes of action and predicted whether clients were likely to prevail on issues.
  • Communicated with co-counsel about case strategy and assignment delegation.

Law Clerk

Ritzler, Coughlin, & Paglia, Ltd.
12.2021 - 08.2022
  • Drafted pleadings, including motions to dismiss, summary judgment motions, and motions to compel discovery.
  • Created affidavits to supplement pleadings.
  • Reviewed and summarized thousands of medical records to determine liability.

Judicial Extern for the Honorable Judge T. Osowik

Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • Drafted 3 judicial opinions for criminal matters.
  • Reviewed and summarized trial court proceeding transcripts.
  • Analyzed physical and testimonial evidence admitted at trial and determined evidence's admissibility.
  • Evaluated appellant and appellee briefs, and discussed the validity of parties' arguments with Judge Osowik.
  • Reviewed cases cited in appellate briefs to verify the common law's applicability on the case.

Education

J.D. -

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
05.2023

Bachelor of Science - Political Science

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
05.2019

LICENSES

  • Licensed Attorney, Supreme Court of Ohio (Issued November 2023)
  • Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Issued November 2023)
  • Licensed Attorney, Illinois Supreme Court (forthcoming 2024)


Timeline

Litigation Associate

Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC
08.2023 - Current

Summer Associate

Elk & Elk Co., Ltd.
06.2022 - 08.2022

Law Clerk

Ritzler, Coughlin, & Paglia, Ltd.
12.2021 - 08.2022

Judicial Extern for the Honorable Judge T. Osowik

Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals
06.2021 - 08.2021

J.D. -

Case Western Reserve University

Bachelor of Science - Political Science

The Ohio State University
Annie Goldstein