Mark Seghers
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Mark Seghers

MARK D. SEGHERS, ESQ.
250 CALUMET DRIVE • MADISONVILLE, LOUISIANA 70447
504/810-5671
MARKDSEGHERS@GMAIL.COM


RESUME

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
South Philadelphia High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2005-August 2006
Gulfport High School, Gulfport, Mississippi, August 2002-August 2005
St. Martin Junior High School, St. Martin, Mississippi, August 2000-May 2002
Guangxi Foreign Language Training Center, Nanning, China, October 1995-June 1996


LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Attorney, October 2010-Present
Immigration and Louisiana Civil Law
Pro-Bono Work, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Hurricane Legal Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Case Manager/Paralegal, October 2009-October 2010

New Orleans District Attorney’s Office, New Orleans, Louisiana
Law Clerk, August 2009-October 2009
Loyola Law Clinic, January 2009-May 2009

Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office, Gretna, Louisiana
Loyola Law Clinic, August 2008-January 2009
Law Clerk, Summer 2008. Felony Division.

United States Immigration Court, New Orleans, Louisiana
Judicial Intern, Summer 2007



JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
The Sun Herald, Editorial Writer, Gulfport, Mississippi, October 1998-August 2000
Dow Jones Newswires, Editor, Singapore, October 1997-October 1998
The Shanghai Star, Editor, Shanghai, China, June 1996-October 1997
Guangxi Television, Editor, Nanning, China, November 1995-June 1996
The Sun Herald, Crime Reporter, Gulfport, Mississippi, October 1992-October 1995
The Associated Press, Staff Writer, Jackson, Mississippi, August 1988-September 1990
The Associated Press, News Clerk, New Orleans, August 1987-July 1988



EDUCATION
Southeastern Louisiana University
Graduate Studies in English Literature, Emphasis in Publishing and Technical Writing,
Currently Enrolled

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana
Juris Doctor, May 2009
International Law Society, President

William Carey College, Gulfport, Mississippi
13 Hours toward Master’s in Education (Interrupted by Hurricane Katrina)

University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Missouri
Bachelor of Journalism, 1987

Archbishop Rummel High School, graduated 1982

LICENSURES
Attorney, Louisiana Bar Admission, October 2010
Notary Public, November 2010

INTERESTS/ACHIEVEMENTS
Community Service
Traditional Bowhunting/Fishing/Camping/Hiking/Woodcraft/Bow-making/Bladesmithing
Martial Arts Instructor and Practitioner
Editorial and Investigative Reporting Awards
Widely Traveled in Africa, Asia, and Europe
Louisiana State Chair, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
Author: Like Streams In Sand (self-published on Amazon) and Riverman (unpublished)

LANGUAGES
Spoken Mandarin