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Michael F. Wasserman
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Aug. 1990
May 1993
J.D.
May 1993
14.08
16.00
Order of the Coif
Magna Cum Laude
Legal Writing Honors
Minnesota Law Review
Middletown
Connecticut
Sept. 1985
May 1987
B.A.
April 1990
89
100
Government
Arlington
Virginia
July 2004
present
Antiquarian Bookseller
Specializing in English and American law and history and books from the hand-press era, principally through venues on the World Wide Web.
District of Columbia Government
April 2002
May 2004
Assistant Corporation Counsel, Appellate Division
Briefed and argued civil and administrative appeals in local and federal courts of appeals.
March 1994
Nov. 1994
Assistant Corporation Counsel, Major Case Section
Prepared pleadings, framed discovery requests and responses, took depositions, briefed and argued motions, and conducted evidentiary hearings on behalf of government in class actions, administrative appeals and government contracts cases pending before local and federal trial courts and administrative agencies.
June 1993
Feb. 1994
Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, Appellate Division
Briefed and argued two appellate cases on behalf of municipal government on a volunteer basis.
Private Law Practice
Washington
D.C.
Jan. 2000
March 2002
Solo Practitioner
Represented individuals and small businesses in all phases of commercial, consumer, and employment discrimination disputes.
Washington
D.C.
Sept. 1997
Dec. 1999
Associate
Member of a large team of lawyers representing major corporations in complex litigation; represented a death penalty inmate in post-conviction proceedings on a pro bono basis; tried one small commercial case.
Washington
D.C.
Feb. 1996
Aug. 1997
Associate
Member of a team of lawyers representing large and medium-sized organizations in a variety of commercial, employment, and product liability litigations.
Nov. 1994
Jan. 1996
Law Clerk
As the first law clerk for a newly-appointed judge, prepared bench memoranda, debated merits of arguments in chambers, and drafted opinions in civil and criminal cases.
District of Columbia
1994
Maryland
1994
Virginia
1993
Sample Briefs, 2002 to 2004