Jason Nguyen
Chandler,AZ
Summary
Litigation focused second year attorney with an extensive experience in Court proceedings, motion practice, and customer service with exposure to personal injury defense through position as an associate with Tyson & Mendes. Flexible and outgoing team player commended for demonstrating honesty and integrity with customers, team members and supervisors. Highly-motivated individual with desire to take on new challenges.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate
Tyson and Mendes
Phoenix, Arizona
10.2023 - Current
- Represented large insurance companies and their insured in ongoing civil litigated claims from the onset of the filing of the Complaint to trial.
- Prepared answers, assist in discovery and drafting of written discovery, prepare for and conduct depositions of parties and experts involved in the claim.
- Engage in settlement negotiations with opposing counsels.
- Provide exceptional customer service to claim representatives through numerous phone calls, updates, and ongoing drafting of the initial litigation plan.
- Prepared a total of five successful disposition motions.
Assistant Attorney General
AZAGO
Phoenix
05.2022 - 09.2023
- Represented the Arizona Department of Child Safety in Dependency Court proceedings
- Maintained a morning calendar of report and review hearings, publication hearings and contested evidentiary hearings
- Maintained an afternoon calendar of in person bench dependency trials, severance trials, contested temporary custody hearings and appointment of guardianship trials
- Led as first chair in over 40 contested trials
- Prepared written persuasive motions, lodged court orders and various litigation motions in contested ongoing dependency trials and cases
- Advise the Department's Case Specialists of ongoing legal issues to ensure policies are met
- Worked alongside law enforcement, service providers, medical experts, and community coordinators in discovery of records for contested litigation and prepared them for direct and cross examination
- Maintained a case load of 110+ ongoing dependency and adoption cases.
Law Clerk
Snell & Wilmer
Phoenix
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Assisted 7 associate attorneys and 5 partners with various clerical tasks
- Entered and kept track of partners' timesheet
- Handled scheduling and organization of partners' calendar.
Law Clerk
Bailey Law Firm
Phoenix
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Actively engaged in multiple ongoing medical malpractice claims, contract disputes, and personal injury cases under supervision of an associate and the firm's owner
- Conducted advanced legal research for relevant case law
- Drafted a variety of pre-litigation and ongoing litigation documents; motion to dismiss, motion to compels, motion for summary judgments, demand letters, complaints, initial disclosure statements
- Drafted written interrogatory requests and responses.
Summer Intern
Legal Aid Society of San Diego
San Diego
06.2019 - 10.2019
- Prepared a high volume of low-income San Diego residents for pro se eviction responses, eviction defenses, and domestic violence complaints under supervision of a managing attorney.
Law Clerk
Zanes Law
Phoenix
09.2017 - 08.2018
- Maintained consistent client communication and provided updates to clients in ongoing litigated personal injury claims
- Sat in on depositions and witness interviews, written interrogatories and assisted in discovery of records under supervision of a managing attorney
- Conducted intake interviews of potential clients and assisted 5 associate attorneys in obtaining necessary information to make an accurate evaluation of a case
- Prepared a high volume of low-income San Diego residents for pro se eviction responses, eviction defenses, and domestic violence complaints under supervision of a managing attorney.
Education
Juris Doctorate, Merit Based Scholarship -
California Western School of Law
01.2021
B.S. Philosophy in Politics, Morality, and Law -
Arizona State University
01.2018
References
- Antony Lam, Junior Associate, antony.lam@dentons.com
- Angelina Whitfield, Senior Managing Associate, angelina.whitfield@dentons.com
- Honorable Pamela Sue Gates, Associate Presiding Judge, pamela.gates@jbazmc.maricopa.gov
Languages
Vietnamese
Professional
Timeline
Associate
Tyson and Mendes
10.2023 - Current
Assistant Attorney General
AZAGO
05.2022 - 09.2023
Law Clerk
Snell & Wilmer
10.2021 - 05.2022
Law Clerk
Bailey Law Firm
08.2020 - 05.2021
Summer Intern
Legal Aid Society of San Diego
06.2019 - 10.2019
Law Clerk
Zanes Law
09.2017 - 08.2018
Juris Doctorate, Merit Based Scholarship -
California Western School of Law
B.S. Philosophy in Politics, Morality, and Law -
Arizona State University