Just putting it out there again: Suzanne E. McKinney, Esq. Colorado Bar # 34867 Core Competencies Active attorney license in Colorado State and Federal District Court; CLE requirements current. Reese Persuasive Writing Award for best appellate brief, class of 2003, D.U. Law; editing experience. Identified areas to implement new policies and procedures; coordinated implementation within and between business lines within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Washington, DC. Evaluated established and proposed practices; analyzed legal requirements governing practices within and between business lines; analyzed new program effectiveness in attempt to increase effectiveness. Compiled and analyzed information collected; verified accuracy of information; identified issues and problems; formulated recommendations to encourage change within the law at VA. Identified problems within various business lines; offered legal recommendations and helped to implement solutions; compared estimates and trend projections through data requests and resultant data. Drafted proposed legislation and standard operating procedures, administrative recommendations, reports, forms, procedures, and legal recommendations. Analyzed existing and proposed legislation, adjudicative processes, and procedures for possible legal effect on Veterans’ claims processing. Responsible for recruitment and selection of unit employees at Tutt Library Retrospective Conversion Project, The Colorado College. Established expectations and provided employee performance feedback, evaluations, and establishing new goals on an on-going basis. Assigned duties and responsibilities to staff; developed and established operating procedures. Education University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO. Juris Doctor, 2003. • LL.M. earned concurrently with third year. Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, Denver, CO. Master of Laws in Taxation, 2003. The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Bachelor of Arts in English, 1984. Professional Experience Veterans’ Claims Examiner (GS 13), Department of Veterans’ Affairs Central Office, Compensation Service, Washington, DC. 09/2010 to 10/2013. Policy advisor for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims Staff, Procedures Staff. Detailed short-term to the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, the Veterans’ Benefits Administration Implementation Center, and the Office of Business Process Integration. Rating Veterans’ Service Representative (GS 10-12), Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Denver Regional Office, Lakewood, CO. 07/2007 to 09/2010. Applied medical facts to current law and guidance to write adjudicative opinions. Met or exceeded performance standards, achieved Journeyman status early. Attorney, Law Offices of Joe Losavio, Pueblo, CO. 09/2005 to 09/2006. Appeared in State court at least three times per week. Wrote briefs for the Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Court of Appeals. Handled extremely heavy case load as first chair, including Federal cases. Attorney, Cross, Sands & Sares, Denver, CO. 02/2004 to 11/2004. Revealed alternative medical origins for injuries in civil actions. Wrote successful consolidation motion before the Panel on Consolidated Multidistrict Litigation, Colorado Supreme Court, persuading the Court to consolidate two suits into our client’s choice of single district court -- granted without oral argument and over opposing briefs of both plaintiffs. Law Clerk, Long & Jaudon, Denver, CO. 05/2001 to 09/2001. • Researched and updated text for in-house online medical-malpractice treatise. Reviewed and updated handout materials and lecture notes for legal malpractice CLE class. Researched and drafted summary judgment motion for multi-million-dollar construction-defect civil action that prompted highly favorable settlement terms. Other Relevant Experience Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), Centura Home Care & Hospice, Denver, CO. OR Technician and CNA, Exempla-Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, CO. Telemetry Technician and CNA, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene, OR. North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, CO. Very familiar with medical procedures, terminology, and patient-care standards; provided patient-care services for most hospital units, including intensive care, cardiac unit, operating room, oncology, etc. Advocated for patients and implemented changes in patient-care practices within emotionally-charged, difficult, and dysfunctional family environments. Reviewed and interpreted electrocardiograms for 20 or more patients at a time and made on-the-spot decisions in several cases that saved patient lives. Technical Editor and Writer, General Electric Space Systems Division, King of Prussia, PA. Selected for travel detail and successfully produced multi-million-dollar, multiple-volume Department of Defense proposal. Met or exceeded strict U.S. Government mission-critical deadlines for editing highly technical engineering and physics texts. Technical Writer, Hewlett-Packard Oscilloscope Division, Colorado Springs, CO. Worked closely with marketing editor and engineers to produce marketing materials for the world’s first digitizing oscilloscope. Personal: Classical Pianist and Pipe Organist: professional musician at the age of 13. Folk Artist: art show included paintings based on Native American mythology. Travel: lived in the Philippines, Thailand, and the former Canal Zone, Republica de Panama′. Reading: avid reader of classic literature, history and philosophy, and just about anything else. Have a guilty love of detective fiction.
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