NINA VIJ EDUCATION Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ Currently enrolled in the Masters of Arts in Teaching program with a concentration in mathematics Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA Juris Doctor, May 2005 Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, Washington, DC Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, May 2002 Major / Minor: International Business / Economics Honors: Dean’s Citation for Academic and Extracurricular Excellence EXPERIENCE System One Holdings, LLC (formerly Compliance Staffing), New York, NY Contract Attorney for Patton Boggs. Review file for relevant information regarding party and non-party witnesses in preparation for depositions; prepare deposition outlines and binders; draft deposition summaries; and review documents to determine privilege and relevancy. August 2011 to January 2012. Hire Counsel, Westfield, NJ Contract Attorney for Deloitte Consulting. Reviewed documents for privilege and relevancy. May 2011 to August 2011. Compliance Staffing, New York, NY Contract Attorney for Patton Boggs. Reviewed file for relevant information regarding party and non-party witnesses in preparation for depositions; prepared deposition binders; gathered and organized relevant information to provide to expert witness; and reviewed documents to determine privilege and relevancy using the XLS database. June 2010 to April 2011. Compliance Staffing, New York, NY Contract Attorney for Patton Boggs. Assisted with all aspects of trial preparation. Drafted undisputed facts for motions for summary judgment and proposed facts and conclusions of law for pre-trial Order; prepared outlines for direct examination of fact and expert witnesses; assisted in preparation of expert witness for trial; summarized transcripts of deposition and grand jury testimony; researched case law, court rules and statutes; and prepared exhibits for trial. August 2009 – February 2010. Robert Half International, New York, NY Performed legal analysis for Bloomberg Law, a Bloomberg LP project. March 2009 – July 2009. Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, Lyndhurst, NJ Associate. Drafted a variety of briefs for the Law Division, Appellate Division and the District of New Jersey including briefs in support of motions for summary judgment, reconsideration, leave to appeal, in opposition of plaintiff’s motion to file a late notice of tort claim, to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint and Rule 11 motions; researched and analyzed applicable case law in preparation of briefs and memoranda; drafted pre-trial motions and jury instructions, prepared trial binders, organized exhibits, interviewed witnesses to gather facts for pleadings, and summarized depositions in preparation for trial; drafted discovery to propound on plaintiff and responses to discovery propounded by plaintiff; took fact witnesses’ depositions; argued and won summary judgment motion; researched the negotiability of issues for collective bargaining agreements; drafted preliminary and final notices of disciplinary action, settlement agreements and employee handbooks. Representative matters include §1983 civil rights actions, notice of tort claim issues, age and disability discrimination, and sexual harassment. February 2006 – November 2007. BAR ADMISSIONS New Jersey, U.S. District Court of New Jersey, and New York