Clayton A. Kleevic

Contact: (304) 280-3976 *ckleevic@gmail.com

AAPL Associate Membership #00110696

Experience

DPS Land Services, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. September 2015--December 2015

Abstractor of Title, responsibilities:

*Establishing Chain of Title for Parcels of Land to determine Mineral Ownership; Adversing

Subject Persons within Chain of Title for Deeds, Mortgages, and Leases; Researching

Estates in Probate Court; Writing Deed Plots for the Abstract; Researching Liens; GIS

Mapping; Analyzing Land Lease Agreements to identify Interest, and Encumbrances.

Belmont County Western Division Court, St.Clairsville, Ohio, Summer Work 2013-2015

Intern for the Honorable Judge Eric Costine, responsibilities:

*Transcribing live Court Record; Creating Court Files; Live Courtroom Research for

Defendant and Plaintiff Public Records; Serving waivers of counsel and jury trial to

Defendants, Transferring Court Files to Electronic Database; Assisting the Judge with his

daily tasks and duties.

Belmont County Court Judge Eric Costine, St.Clairsville, Ohio, Summer Work in 2012

Campaign Worker, responsibilities:

*Assisting Campaign Manager with successful campaign planning, marketing and public

relations; Participated in door to door campaigning activities.

Belmont County Recorder’s Office, St. Clairsville, Ohio, Summer Work in 2011

Office Assistant, responsibilities:

*Familiar with Adversing Chain of Title using Grantor Grantee Indexes; Use of Plat

Maps for Right of Way Examination; Locating Property Deeds; Copying Landowner

Requests for Deeds, and Filing.

Capital University External Relations, Ohio Statehouse Columbus Ohio, 2011

Lobbyist

Experience in Lobbying in the Ohio State House; Spoke with Representatives and

Senators and discussed fiscal policy and alternatives.

Education

Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, 1st year. 2014-2015

*Energy and Environmental Law Concentration

Familiar with: Mineral Estates, Force Majeure, Statute of Frauds, Recording Documents,

Conveyances of Real Property; Notice and Notice Jurisdictions, Adverse Possession,

Identifying encumbrances that affect the Marketability of Title; Severance of Title; Land

Covenants, Easements, Subsurface Rights, and Land Sale Contracts.

Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, Graduated May 2014

*Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Minors in History, and Philosophy

*Attended Fall 2010-2014 Accumulative GPA 3.613; Cum Laude Honors

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office; Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook;

Skilled in NetDeed Plotter Software;

Experienced in Legal Research tools; Westlaw, LexisNexis and Bloomberg;

Brewing Beer

*Local Belmont County Resident. Easy access to Counties in the Ohio Valley Area, including West

Virginia Northern Panhandle; as well as Washington, Allegheny, and Greene Counties in PA.