Clayton A. Kleevic

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

AAPL Associate Membership #00110696

Recent 1st year Law Student, seeking professional position with an energy corporation.

Experience

Objective

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 Parcel for Deeds, Mortgages, and Leases; Researching Estates in

Probate Court; Writing Deed Plots for the Abstract; Researching Liens; GIS Mapping.

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.

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

Intern for the Honorable Judge Eric Costine, responsibilities:

*Transcribe live Court Record; Prepare the daily Court Docket; Create Court Files; Serve

waivers of counsel and jury trial to defendants, Scan/Transfer Court Files to Electronic

Database; Assist the Judge with his daily tasks and duties.

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

Campaign Worker, responsibilities:

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

relations; Participated in door to door campaigning activities.

Capital University External Relations, Ohio Statehouse Columbus Ohio, 2011

Lobbyist

Gained 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: Force Majeure, Statute of Frauds, The Mechanics and Requirements of

Recording Documents; Lease Hold Estates, Conveyances of Real Property, Notice and

Notice Jurisdictions, Adverse Possession, Identifying Mortgages and Liens that affect the

Marketability of Title, Severance of Title including Severance of Mineral Rights from

Surface Rights; 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

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office; Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook; Skilled in NetDeed Plotter

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

*Local Belmont County Resident. Easy access to Harrison, Guernsey, Jefferson, Noble, and

Monroe Counties in Ohio, Northern Panhandle counties in West Virginia; Washington,

Greene and Allegheny Counties in Pennsylvania.