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ATTORNEY (Civil Law)

Rajan Sharma
956/6, Gandhi Nagar,
Delhi – 110011
(+91-11) 456 789

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PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

A position in Civil Litigation within the business or environmental arenas.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992-Present Attorney
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, P.C., Atlanta, GA
Trial attorney in medium-sized, general practice law firm with extensive corporate dealings. Areas of concentration have included environmental, public utility, general business and appellate litigation.

1984-1991 Assistant District Attorney

THENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Athens, GA Senior Trial Attorney responsible for prosecuting major felony cases in the Superior Court. Supervised criminal investigations and trained assistant district attorneys. Prosecuted over thirty major felony jury cases including murder, rape, and child abuse. Briefed and argued over forty cases before the Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court.

1981-1983 Law Clerk/Assistant Town Council
TOWN OF MARIETTA, Marietta, GA General municipal and appellate litigation.

EDUCATION

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA
J.D., 1980, Cum Laude.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, Decatur, GA
B.A., Political Science, 1975, Magna Cum Laude.

BAR MEMBERSHIPS

Georgia Bar Association, 1980
U.S. District Court for the District of Georgia, 1981