49 Forest Hill Court
Carrollton, Kentucky 41008
(502) 732-4194      

Margaret Kathleen Owen Goodsole      

Professional Experience:

Hectus & Strause PLLC
and Integrity Title Services, Inc.
Louisville, Kentucky
Associate Attorney            
September 2003-September 2004

•General practice included personal injury, commercial, employment, and real property litigation; insurance defense; criminal defense; domestic relations; guardianship law; probate law; and residential real estate.

Hon. Benham J. Sims, III
 Louisville, Kentucky

Law Clerk                            
January 2003-September 2003

•Practice concentrated in criminal defense.

•Responsibilities included conducting legal research; drafting legal memoranda, correspondence and pleadings; attendance at client interviews and court appearances; and general management of Mr. Sims’ office and schedule.

Jeffrey B. Skora, Esq.
Louisville, Kentucky

Law Clerk                            
January 2003-September 2003

• Practice concentrated in criminal defense.

•Responsibilities included conducting legal research and drafting legal memoranda and pleadings.

O’Bryan, Brown & Toner, PLLC
 Louisville, Kentucky
Summer Associate              
May 2002-September 2002

·Practice areas included medical malpractice, workman’s compensation, and general insurance defense.

·Responsibilities included conducting legal research; summarizing depositions; and drafting legal memoranda, correspondence, and pleadings

Ricketts & Travis, Attorneys at Law
 Louisville, Kentucky

Law Clerk                            
March 2001-March 2002

•Practice areas included insurance defense, personal injury, real estate, commercial, and employment litigation.

•Responsibilities included general case management, including conducting legal research; drafting legal memoranda, correspondence, and pleadings; client and witness interviews; on-site investigations; summarizing depositions; and reviewing medical records.

The Law Office of J. Warren Ott
 Atlanta, Georgia

Legal Assistant
September 1998-March 1999; July 2000

•Practice areas included trusts and estates, probate, and corporate formation. 

•Responsibilities included assisting with the preparation of legal documents and correspondence; interacting with clients; and organizing and managing client and administrative files.

Lawson, Davis, Pickren & Seydel, LLP
 Atlanta, Georgia
 Legal Assistant
April 1999-December 1999

•Practice involved commercial real estate loans procured through the Small Business Administration and Rural Development. 

•Responsibilities included reviewing Loan Authorizations and Conditional Commitments; opening, organizing and managing client files; preparing all closing documents; ordering title searches, EPA reports, and appraisals; drafting and reviewing correspondence; and interacting with lenders, borrowers, and other individuals involved in the loan process.

Memberships:

•Kentucky Bar Association, admitted to practice October 2003

•Carroll County Bar Association

Education:

Louis D. Brandeis School of Law,
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

J.D. received May 2003                                GPA: 2.93

•Recipient of Non-resident Merit Scholarship 2000-2003

•Brandeis Law Journal, Member 2001-2002

•Student Bar Association, Social Chair 2001-2002; Vice President 2002-2003

•Delta Theta Phi, Member 2000-2003; Vice Dean 2002-2003

•National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, Pace University,
Best Oralist Award 2003

•Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys Award 2003

•Student Bar Foundation, Charter Member 2003

•Research Assistant to James T.R. Jones, J.D. 2001-2003

·University of Louisville Student Government Association, Senator 2002-2003

•University of Louisville Internal Liabilities Committee 2002-2003

•Environmental Law Society 2001-2003

·Honor Council 2002-2003

·Tutor, Property II 2002;  Criminal Law 2003

·Moot Court Board 2002-2003