CANDACE S. WHITAKER, ESQUIRE   *

WORK EXPERIENCE

Timothy Kelly & Associates, LLC, Denver, Colorado

    Business Development Manager, 1/04 - present

$    Responsible for research, office management and staff training

 

 WebCredenza, Inc.,  Denver, Colorado

    Freelance Business Development Manager, 10/03 - 01/06

$  Promotes sales of Continuing Legal Education seminars to various Bar Associations in multiple states

$  Responsible for continuing sales, training and management of Bar Association network members

$  Seminar Programming Consultant

 

Kelly & Knauf, LLC – Attorneys & Counselors at Law, Denver, Colorado

    Research Manager, 09/02 - 10/03

$   Responsible for coordinating all aspects of legal research for motions, trials and appeals

 

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP,  Denver, Colorado

    Manager of Recruitment, Retention, Diversity & Professional Development,

    5/2000 - 9/2002

$   Responsible for lateral diversity recruitment, associate retention, and legal skills development

$   Liaison to associate committee, diversity committee, mentor program, and continuing legal education

$   Liaison to pro bono program

$   Speaker - Contract Lawyering - 2002 Colorado Women=s Bar Association Convention

 

 Reference Librarian - St. Petersburg Law Library, 12/98 - 5/00

$                   Assisted attorneys with all reference and research requests utilizing print and electronic resources

 

 Kelly & Whitaker, P.A., 8601 Fourth Street North, Suite 312, St. Petersburg, FL 33702

    Managing Senior Partner, 11/93 to 12/98

$                   Responsible for all business decisions including office and personnel management

$                   Criminal defense practice including felony, misdemeanor, juvenile and appeals

$                   Family law practice including adoptions, post-adoption searches, divorce, child custody and support

 

Stetson University College of Law, 1401 61^st Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33707

    Instructor - Legal Research and Writing, 8/97 to 5/98

$                   Additional experience:  Archivist - arrangement and description of the corporate records of the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects (Scribes)

$                   Coach - International Environmental Law Moot Court Team

$                   Practice Judge - Environmental Law Moot Court Team

$                   Judge - Opening Statement Competition

$                   Speaker - Clerking Skills and Office Etiquette

$                   Member - Association of American Law Schools

 

St. Petersburg Junior College, 2465 Drew Street, Clearwater, FL 34625

    Adjunct Instructor, Business Technologies - Legal Assistant Program, 1996 - 1997

$                   Taught Legal research and writing

 

Office of the Public Defender, 13th Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida

    Assistant Public Defender, 11/88 to 11/93

$                   State Criminal Defense:  Motion and Trial Practice

$                   Misdemeanor and Felony Trials

$                   Civil Commitment Hearings

$                   Drug Court Appearances

$                   Misdemeanor Appeals

$                   Attorney Training

 

Riden & Goldstein, P.A.,  St. Petersburg, FL

Associate Attorney, 04/87 - 10/88

$                   General Practice focusing on Criminal Law, Appellate Practice, & Domestic Relations

 

D & S Publishers

Post Office Box 5105, Clearwater, Florida 33518-9958

Writer/Researcher, 01/87 - 04/87

$                   Criminal Defense Manual - Supplement (1986 - 1987)

$                   Pre-Trial Motions and Discovery Manual - Supplement (1986 - 1987)

 

Saunders, Curtis, Ginestra & Gore

Post Office Drawer 4078, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33338

Law Clerk, 06/85 - 08/85

$                   In-depth experience in legal research, motion preparation and drafting pleadings

 

Doughton & Evans

Post Office Box 249, Sparta, North Carolina 28675

Law Clerk, 06/84 - 08/84

$                   Experience in diverse areas of general practice with emphasis on drafting pleadings, brief writing, and legal research

 

Office of the Public Defender

Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County, Florida

301 South Monroe Street, Fourth Floor North, Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Intern, 06/82 - 08/82

$                   Experience in Felony, Misdemeanor, Juvenile, and Civil Commitment Cases

 

EDUCATION

University of South Florida - School of Library and Information Science, Tampa, FL

    M.A. - Library and Information Science - August, 1997

$                   G.P.A.:  4.0 / 4.0

$                   President - Special Libraries Association, Student Chapter, 1996 - 1997

$                   Academic Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

$                   International Library and Information Science Honor Society of Beta Phi Mu