Trevor Carson

I am currently attending McGeorge School of Law for a J.D. and working at the Department of Real Estate where I prepare and litigate disciplinary cases relating to licensing.

During the Spring 2008 1L school year, I worked at the Planning and Conservation League drafting legal memoranda and a bill on environmental law.
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Prior to attending McGeorge:

I assisted in the expansion of a small Advertising Agency ($2.2 million in net sales for 2007) through increasing clientele and consulted the Vice Presidents in areas of ascertaining new business.

Certified to administer workers' compensation claims in the state of California and worked in the industry for approximately 1 year. Received top audit scores while managing over 1000 uniquely different litigated WC claims.

Information Technologist / Consultant for approximately 2 years and performed miscellaneous duties surrounding the areas of computers, networking and servers.

Trevor Carson’s Specialties:

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc), legal research, legal writing, problem solving and detection skills, litigation, workers’ compensation, business plans and analysis, paperless system ACS, JURIS, cost analysis, multi-tasking, basic HTML and Java.

Trevor Carson’s Experience

Legal Intern

Department of Real Estate

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Litigate administrative hearings on behalf of Department.
• Litigate disciplinary case files regarding the licensing of real estate brokers and salespersons by organizing and submitting evidence, calling witnesses, and arguing the case through opening and closing statements.
• Research case law and CA codes.
• Draft Real Estate regulations.
• Prepare large transaction cases with "boxes" of evidence.
Legal Intern

Planning and Conservation League

(Public Policy industry)

January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

• Research and draft legal memoranda in the area of environmental law (energy regulations).
• Assist in the drafting of a bill regarding solar panels on municipal buildings and schools in California.
Account Executive/Marketing Consultant

Ward Associates

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2008 — April 2008 (3 months)

• Extensive communications with clients.
• Developed business marketing plans for companies through branding, broadcast production, illustration, brochures, renderings, and web development.
Claim Examiner II

Sedgwick CMS

(Privately Held; Insurance industry)

January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)

• Managed over 1,000 uniquely different workers’ compensation cases, each with their own action plans, financials, and investigations.
• Day-to-day communications with store managers, attorneys, medical personnel, investigators, witnesses, personal assistant, and injured workers.
• Performed recorded statements/questionnaires with each injured worker and witness.
• Prioritized vital deadlines and utilized a high degree of multi-tasking.
• Facilitated transition to environmentally friendly paperless office.
• Received top marks on all audits; State audits, client audits, and internal audits.
Information Technologist

Dunmore Homes

(Privately Held; Construction industry)

June 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 4 months)

• Troubleshooting computer problems
• Reformatted housing plans
• Built, developed, and maintained various databases
Information Technologist

La Sierra University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2002 — June 2003 (11 months)

• Organized and managed School of Business Computer Lab with approximately 40 computers.
• Fixed computer errors in both Mac and PC operating systems; errors ranged from network connections to viruses to complete computer crashes
• Created user databases/accounts
• Developed a limit on printing per account in order to cut down costs
• Helped clients with problems and explained the function of applications such as SQL

Trevor Carson’s Education

University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law

Juris Doctorate , 2008 — 2011 (expected)

Dean's Honor List, Top 20%

Activities and Societies:

Phi Delta Phi (International Legal Fraternity), Environmental Law Society, Latino Law Students Association
La Sierra University

BA , Management , 2002 — 2006

Dean's Honor List

Family Group Leader – assisting Freshmen and new students in their orientation to La Sierra University, this involves going to a three day camping session with them and organizing meetings, games, and other fun activities (272 hours)

SIFE - Assisted in multiple projects; example, helped organize the collection of computers from local residents for recycling and donated useful computers to needy schools in Mexico. SIFE places students into business related extra-curricular activities that helps the community. These projects are judged each year in front of a panel to determine the best. The La Sierra University’s SIFE team has won the SIFE National and International championship five times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, and 2006).

Pre-Law Club - assisted in the creation of the club my senior year and helped plan events.

Activities and Societies:

SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), Pre-Law Club
Sacramento Adventist Academy

1998 — 2002

Additional Information

Trevor Carson’s Websites:

My Company

Trevor Carson’s Interests:

Environment (energy regulations), soccer (English Premier League, La Liga, playing on local teams), traveling (Spain, Europe, & Brazil), local and national politics, community service and "pro bono" work, running/jogging, local music (jazz, acoustic, etc), farmer's markets . . .

Trevor Carson’s Groups:

SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), Phi Delta Phi (International Legal Fraternity, Honors), Latino Law Students Association, Environmental Law Society