1. PATRICK J. NEMES
31 Wygant Road, Cream Ridge, New Jersey 08514 • 508-944-1312 • pnemes440@g.rwu.edu
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey.
EDUCATION
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island
Juris Doctor, May 2014
Grade Point Average: 3.185/4.00
Activities: Environmental Law Society, Vice President; Student Bar Association, Third-Year Student
Representative; Student Honor Board, Member
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts in History, cum laude, May 2010
Grade Point Average: 3.64/4.00
Honors: Dean’s List (all semesters); President’s List (one semester); Zeta Chi Chapter of Phi Beta Delta
Honor Society; Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society
Presentations: Celebration of Inquiry – The Ghost of Christopher Seider: Murder, Mayhem, and Massacre in
Revolutionary Boston
Study Abroad: International Language School, Munich, Germany
Activities: Varsity Rugby – Division III National Quarter-Finalist
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Dvorak & Associates LLC., New Brunswick, New Jersey March 2015- Present
Associate Attorney
Represent Townships in various lawsuits referred from the Joint Insurance Fund, including personal injury,
civil rights and employment law. Handle caseloads under the supervision of Partners and work with
insurance adjusters in assessing a Client’s potential liability. Handle cases in both State and Federal Court.
Attend depositions and arbitrations. Argue motions for summary judgment. Litigate Motions to Dismiss a
Complaint and Motions for Summary Judgment concerning the New Jersey Tort Claims Act and U.S.C. 42
§1983.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Mount Laurel, New Jersey August 2014 – March 2015
Law Clerk

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Drafted motions for summary judgment for motor vehicle accidents concerning the verbal threshold, agency,
and negligence. Drafted motions to bar late discovery, expert testimony, and lost wage claims. Prepared
memoranda concerning underinsured and uninsured motor vehicles. Created trial binders, prepared pre-trial
reports, and summarized medical records in anticipation of trial. Developed a template for motions to
dismiss carrier due to lack of coverage in Worker’s Compensation Insurance claims. Drafted motions
concerning commercial landowners liability.
Providence Law Department, Providence, Rhode Island January 2014 - April 2014
Legal Intern, Nuisance Task Force
Prepared memoranda concerning potential constitutional violations with proposed modifications to zoning
ordinances. Observed Zoning Board meetings and discussed the process and procedure with the Board's
Legal Council. Researched application procedures and requirements for EPA Assessment and Clean Up
Grants for Brownfields. Researched Providence's ability to initiate tax-takings on abandoned properties to
allow the City to redevelop blighted areas. Initiated plan to bring fruit trees to local schools in Providence.
Prepared a request to reduce penalty assessed against the City of Providence. Observed informal hearings
with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, New Jersey June 2013 – August 2013
Legal Intern, Division of Pensions and Financial Transactions
Received training in reviewing and interpreting ambiguous State statutes, and prepared a memorandum
concerning the applicability or certain tax exceptions to both private and public entities. Prepared
memoranda concerning tax-related matters and wrote briefs concerning accidental disability retirement
benefits, pension forfeitures, and the appropriate standard of review when a third party appeals an agency
decision. Reviewed accountings for charitable donations made pursuant to wills and trusts. Reviewed and
redacted documents to be produced pursuant to the Open Public Records Act. Observed a pension hearing
in front of an administrative law judge and oral arguments at the appellate level, as well as in Tax Court.
Conservation Law Foundation, Providence, Rhode Island February 2013 – May 2013
Legal Intern
Conducted legal research for pending litigation involving the enforcement of environmental regulations.
`violations. Organized information for litigation and helped prepare Notice of Intent to Sue.
Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute, Cranston, Rhode Island September 2012 – November 2012
Volunteer
Interviewed inmates in maximum and medium security in order to offer legal advice concerning personal
legal issues such as child custody, child visitation, and divorce issues. Conducted legal research on those
issues to provide legal assistance.
Family Law Office of Lisa M. MacKenzie, Bourne, Massachusetts July 2012 – August 2012
Legal Intern
Drafted pre-trial memoranda and separation agreements. Prepared interrogatories and financial statements.
Observed mediation sessions and discussed the mediation results and structure with supervising attorney.

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United Mountain Defense, Knoxville, Tennessee March 2012
Alternative Spring Break Volunteer
Researched previous cases and prepared memorandum explaining that coal company had misapplied federal
law. Summarized decisions in various strip mining cases in the Sixth Circuit.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Law Library, Bristol, Rhode Island August 2013 - May 2014
Assistant librarian
Responsible for organization of the library.
Duxbury Yacht Club, Duxbury, Massachusetts Summers 2006 – 2012 and other times as needed
Greens Crew Member
Responsible for all phases of golf course maintenance.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, Plymouth, Massachusetts May 2011 – June 2011
Clerk
Responsible for record keeping and tracking of completed tasks.