James Leland Peters

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107 West Court Street • Woodsfield, OH 43793 • (740) 472-1681 • jlpeters@1st.net

Admissions

Ohio Supreme Court

Admitted to the Practice of Law in Ohio, December 2005.

West Virginia State Bar

Admitted to practice in West Virginia, April 2006

Education

Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio

Juris Doctor, May 2005

• Deans List: Fall 2004; Spring 2005

Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, May 2002

Ohio University, Eastern Campus, St. Clairsville, Ohio

Post Secondary Option Student, August 1998 to June 1999

Legal Experience

Noble County Ohio Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, March 2006 to present

Peters Law Offices, Woodsfield Ohio,

General Practice of Law. December 2005 to present

William A. Settina Co., L.P.A., Columbus, Ohio

Legal Intern, November 2003 to June 2005

•Duties include: court filings; client interviews; drafting of documents; legal research and; investigation.

Capital University Law School Litigation Clinic, Columbus, Ohio

Licensed Legal Intern/Student, Fall Semester 2004

•Responsibilities include: court filings; client interviews and contacts; drafting of documents; legal research and; court appearances.

•Gained experience in the following areas: Domestic relations; criminal law and; housing.

Licking County Municipal Court, Newark, Ohio

Extern, May 2003 to July 2003

▪Conducted legal research and analysis in order to complete projects based on judicial ethics within the State of Ohio and projects

based on the Ohio Revised Code.

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Legal Training

• Trained in manual book style and computer-assisted legal research methods.

• Recently completed the General Practice class at Capital University Law School which emphasized the drafting of documents in the areas of: contracts; domestic relations; housing and; collections.

• Completion of LexisNexis certification in Spring 2003