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If you can't stand up for yourself, you can't stand up for others.
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Vickie Clemens

Vickie Clemens

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Take charge lawyer who knows her way around the courtroom. Ability to multi-task with a sharp eye for detail. Formidable, hardworking, self starter that needs little to no supervision. Hybrid remote ideal for this gal!

Assertive lawyer who possesses background in criminal law and litigation, skilled in jury selection and trial and all courtroom procedure and the track record to prove it from voir dire to verdict.

Most recent accolade: Super lawyers Rising Stars.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Trial Lawyer

Confidential (to be discussed during interview.)
Korea Town, CA
06.2023 - 01.2024

All client contact including correspondence.

Discovery: Propound and respond.

Motions: Write and argue, including summary judgment.

Pre-trial: Mediation, negotiation, deposition (defend and sit in.)

Trial: Investigation- go to scene, trial briefs, notebooks, all pre-trial hearings, exhibits for trial.

I settled 25 out of the 40 cases I was assigned in about four months.

Software: TriTek, ProLaw, Excel, Clio.

Attorney at Law First Chair

Self + County Bar Panel of Los Angeles
04.2005 - 06.2023

Meet with client and family.

All jail visits both MCJ and Pitchess.

Investigate the crime scene.

Strategize a defense for trial.

Prepare for jury trial with brief writing, motions in limine, trial notebook and exhibits for trial.

Prepare Power Point

Proficient in Pro Law and Clio.

Trial Lawyer

Waterman & Harris Law
06.2003 - 07.2005

Jury trial and preparation, investigation.

All phases of discovery and correspondence, client contact.

All hearings including but not limited to: Case Management Conferences, Trial setting conferences, Mandatory settlement conferences, Final Status Conferences, mediation.

Draft and argue motions.

All pre-trial phases including deposition and mediation.

Education

J.D. - Law

Univ. West Los Angeles
Inglewood, CA
04.1997 - 05.2000

Skills

  • Criminal investigations (jury trials, bench trials)
  • Civil Law, client contact re: treatment and issues of concern
  • Civil law, investigations, law & motion, jury trials
  • Oral argument
  • Litigation management
  • Court procedures
  • Court appointed mediation (CMC, MSC)
  • Settlement Structures
  • Discovery understanding
  • Evaluating/documents

Certification

  • Personal Injury 2004-2010 (Including Civil Trials)
  • Criminal Defense 2005 to 2023. Los Angeles County Bar (Bar Panel) 1099
  • Real Estate License, Victoria Clemans - 2016 to present.
  • Licensed Attorney - 2003 to present
  • Certified Attorney first chair, Criminal Defense bar panel

Accomplishments

  • Rated Superb by Avvo for over 10 years
  • Promoted to first chair in jury trials due to number of acquittals and hung juries that achieved tremendous results.
  • Super Lawyers Rising Stars Award.
  • Am Jur and Corpus Juris Secondum in Torts.

Personal Information

Title: Attorney At Law. Victoria grew up in the Bay Area where she studied the performing arts. By the age of 19, she moved to New York City to pursue her dreams to become a professional dancer. It was then that she learned mental toughness through the discipline of the artform, ballet, jazz and modern dance. Victoria did take to the stage and ended up in Las Vegas performing as a Copa Girl. Victoria has always had ambition and determination and comes from a family of Stanford Graduates (her late father, her uncle, as well as her Aunt Beth and her mother, Barbara Clemans, who graduated valedictorian from Stanford.) Although she hasn't had an easy life, Victoria has made her way to becoming a real trial lawyer, perhaps from having a rough start. She transitioned into the practice of law while working for Theodore Cohen, (her mentor) who talked her into going to law school. Victoria has fought for people for the past 20+ years and "goes to the matt" (a quote from her favorite bondsman) for people. Covid changed the complexion of her long standing term at the bar panel and that is when she transitioned back to her roots in Personal Injury. As the middle child, Victoria is "Switzerland" and is sometimes too kind. She has learned in law not to be pushed around. "If you can't stand up for yourself, you certainly can't stand up for others," as Victoria likes to put it. She understands teamwork, hard work and Corporate structures. Victoria remains teachable, enthusiastic and curious about life and the practice of law. Victoria brings her life experience into her practice and this has served her tremendously.

Quote

If you don’t become the ocean you’ll be seasick every day.
Leonard Cohen

Interests

Ballroom dancing, social salsa, social media

Awards

  • Nominated Top-Rated lawyer in 2020 by Avvo
  • Nominated Top-Rising Stars by Los Angeles Magazine 2015
  • Nominated Top-Women Attorneys by Los Angeles Magazine 2013
  • Rated Superb By Avvo

If you can't stand up for yourself, you can't stand up for others.

I was bullied as a child in middle school at Sacred Heart in San Francisco. That put me through a lot and I found that during the years that I was raising my niece (from when she was a10 to 21 years of age,) that I really could not tolerate bullying in any form or fashion. I met with teachers, police and parents to resolve the on-going problem that Allison had with being bullied due to her weight. She is now a college graduate and is thinner than me!

Timeline

Trial Lawyer

Confidential (to be discussed during interview.)
06.2023 - 01.2024

Attorney at Law First Chair

Self + County Bar Panel of Los Angeles
04.2005 - 06.2023

Trial Lawyer

Waterman & Harris Law
06.2003 - 07.2005

J.D. - Law

Univ. West Los Angeles
04.1997 - 05.2000
Vickie Clemens