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Jillian Blum

Ventura Park,AL

Summary

Accomplished legal professional with extensive experience at Perkins Coie LLP, specializing in settlement negotiation and litigation management. Proven expertise in navigating complex litigation and arbitration cases, highlighting strong legal writing and oral advocacy abilities. Successfully led high-stakes investigations, ensuring compliance and achieving favorable outcomes for clients. Career goals include leveraging skills to drive impactful legal strategies in a dynamic environment.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Partner

PERKINS COIE LLP
Chicago, USA
02.2018 - Current
  • Acts as nationwide counsel for world’s largest technology and e-commerce platform regarding product safety claims for retail and third-party sales, including monitoring outside counsel, providing day-to-day point of contact for client, managing litigation strategies, preparing client witnesses for deposition and trial, briefing motions regarding regulatory disputes, negotiating favorable settlements, and conducting vigorous discovery
  • Oversees sophisticated litigation and arbitration matters, including developing comprehensive case strategies, supervising the organization and management of large-scale e-discovery, drafting dispositive motions, taking and defending depositions, preparing witnesses for deposition and trial, presenting oral arguments in court, and preparing for trial
  • Conducts independent investigatory matters for public and private institutions, including directing witness interviews, managing witness protocols and databases, reviewing internal and regulatory policies for compliance, and drafting factual reports

Associate

CLARK HILL PLC
Chicago, USA
09.2014 - 01.2018
  • Represented large-scale clients in complex litigation matters involving contract disputes, shareholder disputes, business torts, class action matters, patent improvements, and secured transaction issues
  • Managed discovery for all aspects of litigation matters and conducted and defended depositions of clients
  • Acted as second chair in commercial federal jury trial from filing of complaint through verdict
  • Reviewed and revised non-solicit and non-competition agreements, employment agreements, trademark registration applications, and intellectual property assignment agreements

Judicial Extern for the Hon. Ronald A. Guzman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
Chicago, USA
08.2012 - 12.2012
  • Provided analytical legal research and drafted judicial opinions for dispositive motions

Education

Juris Doctor -

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW
Chicago, IL
05.2014

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction - Political Science and Psychology

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, MI
04.2011

Skills

  • Settlement negotiation
  • Depositions expertise
  • Legal writing
  • Discovery Process Coordination
  • Oral advocacy
  • Litigation management

Hobbies and Interests

  • Avid Michigan football fan
  • Wunderlust traveler

Languages

Spanish
Limited

Timeline

Partner

PERKINS COIE LLP
02.2018 - Current

Associate

CLARK HILL PLC
09.2014 - 01.2018

Judicial Extern for the Hon. Ronald A. Guzman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
08.2012 - 12.2012

Juris Doctor -

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction - Political Science and Psychology

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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