NICHOLAS LOU MESTER

Nicholas Lou Mester
Lichensed to practice law in the state of Ohio, November 2005

Education

Certificate of Qualification, National Committee on Accreditation, Ottawa, ON, March 2008.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, OH
Juris Doctor, May 2005

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and History, May 2002

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Cleveland, OH Staff Attorney Judge Richard J. McMonagle, January 2006-Present Judge Leo M. Spellacy, March 2007-Present Conduct initial attorney conferences and default hearings Research various topics of civil cases such as personal injury, breach of contract, and labor disputes Draft memoranda opinions on various topics of civil cases

Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH Law Clerk, September 2005-January 2006 Drafted office memoranda regarding substantive employment law issues Researched and summarized various employment law topics for supervising attorneys Drafted various discovery requests including interrogatories, admission and document requests

Hon. Peter C. Economus, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Youngstown, OH Federal Judicial Extern, Summer 2003 Drafted memoranda opinions Observed various pre-trial hearings such as settlement conferences, oral arguments to habeas corpus petitions, oral arguments to motions to dismiss, and arraignments