Work samples
Representative filings, drafted agreements, and research memoranda, redacted so that no client-identifying detail remains in the file.
Motion practice in a contested divorce: a Rule 11 sanctions motion with memorandum of law, declaration of counsel, notice of hearing, and certificate of service. Shows legal research, motion drafting, and assembly of a complete filing package for attorney review.
View sample (PDF, redacted)Settlement drafting: a complete agreement incident to divorce covering waiver of alimony, allocation of debt, personal effects, bank accounts, vehicles, retirement benefits, and restoration of a maiden name, with execution and notary blocks. Shows agreement drafting and document preparation.
View sample (PDF, redacted)Research memorandum for attorney review on locating and recording placer mining claims: federal monument and survey requirements (30 U.S.C. §§ 28, 35; 43 C.F.R. parts 3832–3833), the South Dakota location-certificate statutes (SDCL ch. 45-4), BLM recording deadlines, and annual maintenance options — set against the controlling state case law. Shows statutory and regulatory research and plain-language drafting for a non-lawyer audience.
View sample (PDF, redacted)Every sample here is redacted in the file itself, not merely covered over: party names, counsel, courts, case numbers, and dates are removed from the document, so nothing can be copied back out from behind a black box. Additional samples are available on request.