McCarthy Leonard & Kaemmerer: Week 1

This week at McCarthy Leonard & Kaemmerer, I was introduced to everyone in the office and given various projects from different attorneys that worked with different types of cases. Over the past five days I have been working on case summaries for two Supreme Court cases, paperwork for the purchase of a car dealership, reading a memorum of understanding for a company and its ties to the union of United Farm Workers, and other office tasks. The supreme court cases have been the most interesting by far, and reading through them and learning the correct terminology has been the most useful to me. The first case is about the third party exception to the rule that businesses have no duty to protect their invitees from the action of third-party persons while on their property, and it’s actually a pretty good story, but they made me sign three different confidentiality agreements so I’m scared to write about it. The second case is about medical malpractice and the two-year statue of limitations. Overall, I’m learning a lot.