Keziah Auma

KEZIAH AUMA ______________________________________________________________________________ P.0 BOX-, Kisumu, Kenya |Mobile No.:- | Email:-Career Objective: To be a leading professional through honesty and legal acumen. Achievements: _____________________________________________________________________________ ∙ Managing the branch offices of the Dispute Resolution Department at Mulondo and Company Advocates. Drafted court pleadings and developed the legal premise for a claim of unfair termination in a class action suit with 57 Claimants. Drafting and reviewing contracts for banks and other corporate clients. Education: ______________________________________________________________________________ -: LLM, University of Cape Town-: WIPO General Course on Intellectual Property. -: Post Graduate Diploma in Law at Kenya School of Law. -: LLB, Moi University. (Kenya) 2009 –2009: Certificate in Computer Application packages. 2005 -2008: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, Butere Girls High School. Career History: ______________________________________________________________________________ January 2019 to February 2022; Senior Associate Attorney at Watako Kirui & Company Advocates and Mulondo & Company Advocates. Duties: Prioritizing and managing litigation cases for two firms handling on average fifteen matters per day. Preparation and registration of legal documents pertaining to companies, land sale agreements, and trademarks. Providing legal advice to private and corporate clients on a variety of issues ranging from securities, employment, labour, and probate matters. Legal drafting of employment, non-disclosure agreements, consultancy, loan and joint venture agreements; drafting human resource, and other types of corporate policies. Corresponding with clients, witnesses, and opposing counsel on issues pertaining to Court cases. Carrying out registration, renewal, assignment and searches for over 50 trademarks and giving general trade mark law advice. Attending court and various tribunals to represent corporate client’s interests in commercial disputes. Conducting legal research and consultancy for Clients. July 2018 to December 2018: Associate Attorney at Ouma Njoga & Co. Advocates. Duties: • Analysing probable outcomes of court cases using previous research and legal precedents. • Attending court to represent clients in personal injury claims, criminal matters employment, and land disputes. • Providing legal advice to private clients on banking, family, corporate, employment and land law. January 2017 to June 2018: Legal Assistant at Ouma Njoga & Co. Advocates. Duties: Providing legal support to the Managing Partner by preparing pleadings and other litigation documents, writing legal opinions, legal correspondence and court attendance especially at the High Court. Legal research, writing legal opinions and drafting of legal documents related to employment, competition, Tort, intellectual property, conveyancing, and corporate law. Professional Memberships and Skills: ________________________________________________________________________________ An advocate of the High Court of Kenya Member, Law Society of Kenya. Negotiation, legal drafting and Research. Extra-curricular Activities: ________________________________________________________________________________ Pro bono attorney with the Law Society of Kenya Volunteer at Kwanele Foundation Languages: ________________________________________________________________________________ English Kiswahili (Native Speaker) Dholuo( Native Speaker) Referees: _________________________________________________________________________________ Rodah Kirui Managing Partner Watako Kirui & Co, Advocates Mobile no. - Email:-