Sample Work Assignments

Our summer associates receive a variety of work assignments that not only interest and challenge them, but also are an important part of the firm's effort to help sophisticated clients achieve desired results. Examples of work assignments that summer associates have completed in the past include:   

• assisting in preparation for and attending the deposition of a key witness in a multi-million dollar insurance coverage dispute;
• traveling to Tanzania to assist with preparation for the gas to power negotiations between the firm's clients and a Canadian-based petroleum exploration and production company, attending and participating in the negotiation sessions and assisting with the drafting of agreements discussed during meetings;
• participating in a conference call with a client and drafting a covenant not-to-compete agreement based on information provided during the call;
• reviewing the transcript of an expert witness' deposition along with other case materials and preparing a Motion and Supporting Memorandum;
• reviewing and analyzing environmental permits, plans and reports as part of a transactional due diligence;
• pursuing restraining orders on behalf of pro bono clients at a women's shelter; reviewing coverage, terms, and conditions of insurance contracts for a national insurer to determine whether the contract provided coverage for the assessment of punitive damages in several large class action lawsuits;
• reviewing and analyzing key issues in a child custody case to aid an attorney's preparation for a custody hearing;
• assisting in drafting a petitioner's brief in a multi-party administrative claim challenging an agency action before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals;
• brainstorming and researching applicability of the federal and state constitutional right to jury trial in civil cases which involve facts "collaterally estopped" during the course of administrative proceedings, where no such right to trial by jury exists; and
• drafting client memoranda regarding applicability of "slayer statutes" to an insurance coverage dispute.