Jill A. Martin 1
Jill A. Martin
5375 Duke Street, Apt. #903
Alexandria, VA 22304
Mobile: US +1 412.965.1357
Email: jar16@pitt.edu
Country of Citizenship: United States of America
Veterans’ Preference: No
Highest Federal Employee Grade: GS-12
Member: Pennsylvania Bar since 1998
District of Columbia Bar pending, filed May 2007
Languages: English native speaker, Advanced Dutch,
Intermediate French
Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel,
WordPerfect, Skype, Westlaw, Concordance,
IConnect, Types 70 wpm
Availability: International and domestic projects
EDUCATION:
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Ph.D. European History anticipated May 2008
Major: Comparative legal history
Minor: Dutch language studies
G.P.A. 4.0
Universiteit van Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2005
Intensive Dutch language study, James Boswell Instituut
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2003-2005
Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch
Major: Dutch language studies
Campbell University School of Law, Buies Creek, NC
J.D. May 1997
Major: Law
Areas of Emphasis: Health Care Law, Administrative Law, Wills and Estates
Rank: 32 / 100
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
B.S. Ed. December 1992
Major: English Secondary Education
G.P.A. 3.8
M.A. August 2002
Major: United States history / Appalachian studies
G.P.A. 4.0
Jill A. Martin 2
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Contract Attorney / Contract Attorney Dutch Language Translator, 2004-
Present
Lexolution, Howrey, LLP, Falls Church, VA
Hudson Legal, McCarter & English, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Kelly Law Registry, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY
Kelly Law Registry, Thomson West, Eagan, MN
Translated Dutch language documents discovered during an internal investigation;
reviewed international corporate documents in English and Dutch pursuant to
Netherlands-related banking, pharmaceutical and anti-trust matters; evaluated online
medical and legal research databases in terms of search precision and information
migration.
Salary: $35-46 per hour with overtime
Netherlands-America Fulbright Research Grantee, 2005-2006
Zeeuws Archief, Middelburg, and National Archief, Den Haag, the Netherlands
The British Library and Guildhall Manuscript Collection, London, the United Kingdom
Completed a comparative study of property law and political theory in England and the
Netherlands at the time of North American colonization, using sixteenth-century Dutch
and English language primary source documents and early modern printed materials; .
Salary: €1050 per month
Teaching Assistant, 2002-2004
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Presented recitation lessons to post-secondary education students; drafted
examination questions; evaluated student academic performance orally and in
writing while maintaining a 4.0 with Ph.D. level graduate coursework.
Salary: $642-937 per month
Attorney Advisor, 1998-2001
Morgantown, WV, and Montgomery, AL
Obtained and reviewed evidence of physical and mental medical impairments
with resulting work-related and social function limitations; drafted appeals-level
disability affirmation and reversal decisions for federal administrative law judges;
consistently in top three for decision writing performance and productivity.
Salary $58,000 per year including locality pay