Resume – Justin Brewer

Email – jwbrew01@lousiville.edu      Print PDF of this Resume

Phone – (859) 621-8678       

Address – 800 S 4^th Street, APT 2102, Louisville, KY 40203

Education

2007—present University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law

n  Wrote “The Downfall of Riparianism: A Comparison of Tennessee and Kentucky in Water Pumping Permits”, published in October in the Journal of Animal and Environmental Law

n  Scheduled to graduate May 8^th, 2010 with honors

n  Senior Articles Editor for the Journal of Animal and Environmental Law (JAEL)

n  Obtained a GPA of 3.208, placing me in the top 25% of my class

n  Tutored for Civil Procedure II

n  Worked with River Fields, Inc. to fulfill my public service requirement.  Fulfilled the requirement by writing a memo concerning the available causes of action for damage to one of their conservation easements.

n  Director of Environmental Law for the Environmental Law and Land Use Society (ELLUS)

2001-2006 University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY

n  B.A., English

n  Minor in Computer Science

1997-2001 West Jessamine High School; Nicholasville, KY

n  Due to my GPA of 3.76 and my ACT score of 30, I received a KEES scholarship of $1000 per semester for my first two semesters of college

Experience

Summer 2008, 2009, 2010 Offices of Mark Hall

n  Intern

o   Filed various documents with the court

o   Wrote several memos, both fact and law based

o   Adapted many forms to fit case files

o   Summarized and organized discovery for a capital murder case

o   Did the bulk of the paperwork for a few uncontested divorces

2003-2003 Southeastern Data Cooperative;  Atlanta, GA

n   Intern

o   Traveled to two different electric cooperatives and assisted in the process of easing them through various billing problems

o   Was asked to help the CEO’s secretary, who was manually copying postage billings.  Found a way to automate the process given her data and methods.

o   Was consistently ahead of schedule, completing assigned tasks far ahead of schedule.

o   Learned a great deal about databases, spreadsheets, and the business world

1999-2007 Kroger; Lexington, KY

n  1999-2001 Front End Clerk

o   Began as a bagger and due to attendance and work performance was trained as a cashier

n  2001-2007 Meat Department Clerk

o   Worked 40 hours a week while attending college

o   Learned valuable people and customer service skills