Joanna E. Barnes, Esq.
68 Frost Street
Warrensburg, New York 12885
Member, New York State Bar Association

Practice law

EDUCATION

Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
Juris Doctor, May 2002

- Pepperdine Law Review, Literary Citation Editor
- Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges, Senior Staff Member

Legal Publications

- Regulation FD Will Result in Poorer Disclosure and Increased Market Volatility, Pepperdine Law Review, Spring 2002
- When Dicta Attacks:Elliott v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges, Fall 2002

Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts, June 1997, major in English; concentrated additional studies in mathematices, music, and classics

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Per Diem Law Clerk
December 2002 to May 2003

- Drafted complaints and memoranda of law
- Researched and wrote internal memoranda on many topics
- Interviewed current clients

United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Los Angeles, California
Department of Enforcement
Attorney Intern, September 2001 to December 2001

- Researched and drafted memoranda on various issues of federal securities law
- Evaluated and analyzed potential cases referred to the Commission by the general public
- Participated in taking testimony in a formal investigation by the Commission

Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
Law Library Reference Assistant, September 2000 to December 2001

- Researched for law professors
- Created instructional brochures to aid students in legal research
- Assisted faculty, students, and community members in performing legal research

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

- Equally facile with Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Word, WordPerfect, Excel, PowerPoint
- Designing and executing orginal quilt patterns, reading about the history of financial regulation, and board and table games