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PENVEN
413 Upper Neck Rd, Pittsgrove, NJ 08318
JPenven@gmail.com 609.774.0638
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Law Licenses
State of Pennsylvania / State of New Jersey / Federal District of New Jersey
RELEVANT LEGAL EXPERIENCE
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP (UPDATE LEGAL)
E-Discovery/Litigation Support Contract Attorney, 2/201311/2014
Philadelphia, PA
Conducted privilege and relevance reviews of documents pertaining to a number of class action lawsuits and US
Department of Justice white-collar criminal investigations involving the firms multinational corporate clients.
Also performed quality control checks and am experienced in the production of Privilege Logs.
Experienced in the use of Axcellerate and Relativity
THE LAW OFFICES OF ADAMS & ADAMS
Associate Attorney, 9/20118/2012
Swedesboro, NJ
Employed as an Associate in a small general practice firm with an individual focus on estate preparation/
administration and family law with additional, secondary emphases in contract, municipal, corporate, and real
estate law. Provided expert advice and representation to clients in courtroom procedures to include negotiations
of plea bargains and settlement agreements for minor criminal offenses. Further experience with the preparation
of settlement agreements, estate documents and pre-trial motions.
Entrusted to serve as sole legal counsel on lengthy, complex breach of contract claim settled favorably for
client immediately prior to trial proceedings.
Drafted a finalized trial brief relating to an administrative law matter that was submitted to the court and
specifically cited as persuasive with regard to the courts ruling in favor of the firms client.
DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
Anti-Discrimination Officer (Short Term Contract), 6/20119/2011
Wilmington, DE
Served as an investigator and preliminary arbitrator of complaints of employment discrimination on behalf of
the State of Delawares Department of Labor and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission. Completed investigations by researching applicable case law, interviewing the parties, and
applying basic discovery tools such as serving official requests for information and interrogatories. Drafted and
issued preliminary decision letters to the relevant parties and composed final agency determination reports for
review and adoption of my ruling after consultation with the division administrator.
Successfully achieved 85% case closure rate for the assigned complaint investigations in a 3 month
period.
Personally drafted more than 200 initial complaints against Delaware companies for review and the
possible escalation of an investigation by the EEOC and DDOL.
Designed effective workflow and organizational structure adopted and implemented by fellow Department
of Labor team members.