JOSHUA E. JOHNSON
2320 Water’s Edge Blvd • Columbus, OH 43209
614-256-9035 • jjohnson[at]law.capital.edu
EDUCATION
Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH
Juris Doctor (Expected January, 2010)
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Bachelor of Science in Construction Management and Technology (August, 2003)
CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE
Kokosing Construction Company, Belle, WV
Assistant Superintendent/Project Engineer (September, 2003 – August, 2007);
Estimator (May 2003 – September 2003)
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, and budgeting excavation work at the Marmet Lock Expansion project in Belle, WV
• Involved in day-to-day communication with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Tasks included construction plan and specification interpretation, estimating, submittal packages, excavation design, excavation planning and job-wide presentations on long-term plans.
• Estimator for Kokosing’s Utility division in Westerville, OH. Responsibilities included take-off and pricing, delivering bids, and on-site inspection of jobs including participation of prebid meetings for multiple underground projects. Also acted as project engineer for smaller jobs which included scheduling work, communicating with owner, and pre- and post-construction submittals.
Centex Construction Company, Bethesda, MD
Assistant Construction Engineer (May, 2002 – August, 2002)
• Assisted in submittal process, scheduling, and communication and leadership of subcontractors for the seven-building addition to the National Institute of Health.
Peterman Associates, Inc., Findlay, OH
Surveyor (May, 2001 – October, 2001)
• Calculated and laid out slope stakes with use of total station and level for surveying company. Jobs ranged from major commercial construction to housing subdivisions to individual houses to major highways and overpasses.
Miscellaneous Construction Experience, Ohio (May, 1999 – May, 2003)
• Worked through college as general laborer in miscellaneous construction and other jobs to help pay education costs.
OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS
• Training in AutoCAD (construction design), Primavera Project Planner (Construction Scheduling)
• United States Army Corps of Engineers Construction Quality Management course/certification
• OSHA 30-hour training, including competent person training in excavation, rigging, scaffold
• Trained in the set-up, use, and analysis of seismographs for shock wave measurement
• First aid and CPR trained; although certification has lapsed
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Office of the Ohio Public Defender
Pro Bono Law Clerk (October, 2009 – December, 2010)
• Review applications to determine merit and likelihood of success for the Wrongful Conviction Project of the Ohio Public Defender.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public Defender’s Office, Saipan, CNMI
Extern (May, 2009 - July, 2009); Pro Bono (July, 2009 - Present)
• Represented indigent clients for CNMI Public Defender’s Office. Tasks included representation for preliminary hearings and arraignments. Legal research and writing for trial and appellate cases as assigned for the Public Defender’s Office located in Saipan, CNMI. Current pro bono includes miscellaneous legal research and writing tasks, as assigned.
Ohio Supreme Court Attorney Services, Columbus, OH
Extern (May, 2008 – July, 2008)
• Legal research and writing as assigned for Commission of Ethics and Professionalism. Tasks consisted of two major research and writing memorandums for the review by the Commission.
Interfaith Legal Clinic, Columbus, OH
Volunteer (April, 2008 - Present)
• Assist pro bono attorney in counseling, discussing, and interviewing potential clients. Student volunteer talks to and consoles clients before debriefing attorney who may give legal advice, schedule a later meeting, and/or refer to another attorney. Volunteer once per month for one to three hours.
National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH
Pro Bono Volunteer (February, 2008 - May, 2008)
• Pro bono work consisted of researching and summarizing legal issues in the area of adoption law.
Capital University Law School, Professor Joe Bodine, Columbus, OH
Student Assistant to Professor Joseph Bodine (May, 2008 – September, 2009)
• Assisted professor in work-study format for preparation of Academic Success Protocol program. Duties included communication with incoming students, assistance in designing program, and analysis of incoming students. Academic Success Protocol trains students how to think and act like lawyers to assist their transition to law school.
ACTIVITIES
Capital University Law School Moot Court Competitor, Columbus, OH
Moot Court Competitor (October, 2009)
• Member of the Information Technology and Privacy Law which competed in the fall at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL.
Capital University Law School Moot Court Fellow, Columbus, OH
Moot Court Fellow (October, 2008 – March, 2009)
• Assisted in practice and training of Capital University Law School’s fall national and spring adoption law moot court competition teams. Act as judge during practice, break down and analyze arguments in competitors’ briefs, and keep team focused during competition.
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