Keri A. McGovern, 2008 Summer Associate:

 As a summer associate, I received a valuable hands-on education in the practice of commercial litigation.  I was immediately integrated into the firm’s team of immensely skilled attorneys and legal professionals, given substantive projects to handle, and permitted to attend and participate in important events like depositions and trials.  I had the opportunity to hone my litigation practice skills by working with clients, developing my legal research skills, and preparing substantive pleadings, motions, and discovery documents.  Litchford & Christopher’s summer program succeeded at giving me a pragmatic introduction to life at the firm, with realistic assignments, deadlines, and working schedules.  My summer term at Litchford & Christopher was undoubtedly one of the most valuable periods in my early legal career

Now, I practice with the firm as an associate, and Litchford & Christopher continues to offer me the practical, intensive litigation experience that attracted me to the firm from the start.  I manage my own cases as well as routinely work in partnership with the senior associates and shareholders in the firm to meet our clients’ diverse needs.  From the time I joined the firm, I was given substantive assignments.  My standard practice includes preparing and arguing motions, conducting legal research, counseling clients, and participating in pre-trial preparation activities and alternative dispute resolution sessions.  My work at Litchford & Christopher is everything I could ask for – sophisticated, challenging, and satisfying.