1 MARY E. ADKINS Post Office Box 511, Melrose, Florida 32666
[email protected] (352) 316-3693 EXPERIENCE University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Fl. Master Legal Skills Professor, August 2012 - present Senior Legal Skills Professor, August 2009 - August 2012 Legal Skills Professor, February 2006 - August 2009 Adjunct Legal Skills Professor, January 2005 - February 2006. Teach legal research, analysis and communication, both oral and written. Supervise six to eight teaching assistants per semester. Teach Appellate Advocacy and provide guidance to members and leadership of Florida Moot Court Team. Tutor students enrolled in Florida Bar Topics class. Taught Florida Civil Procedure and supervised externships. Cameron, Hodges, Coleman, LaPointe, & Wright, P.A., Ocala and Jacksonville, FL. Associate Attorney. 2001– 2004. Very busy insurance defense civil practice; successfully managed and litigated large caseload, Wrote effective pleadings, motions, memoranda of law, and briefs; tried and mediated cases. Worked in Ocala office until, in March 2004, managed Jacksonville satellite office. Sole practitioner, Melrose, FL. 1999 –2001. General civil law practice; represented both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury, contract litigation, land use, real estate, insurance, and governmental cases. Wrote and argued motions and briefs; conducted discovery, trials and mediations. Jones, Carter & Drylie, P.A., Gainesville, FL. Associate Attorney. 1994—1998. Civil practice with emphasis in diverse insurance defense litigation, small business representation, and land use law. Wrote and argued motions and briefs; conducted discovery, trials and mediations. Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, FL. Associate Attorney. 1992—1994. Civil litigation practice in firm’s Jacksonville office with emphasis on real-estate-related litigation. Participated in firm committees; wrote and argued motions and briefs; conducted discovery, trials and mediations.