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• Draft summonses and complaints for personal injury lawsuits• Write memos, motions, and briefs• Draft interrogatories, requests for production, Notices of Claim, and documents for Special Administrations and Transfers by Affidavit• Conduct legal research• Calculate taxable costs• Communicate with opposing counsel• Screen potential clients for mass tort claim(s); correspond with current clients about the status of their cases

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Researched issues for cases at all stages of the legal process; wrote memos and reply briefs • Topics included: drug trafficking, fraudulent conveyances, honest services fraud, human trafficking, personal consumption reductions, the right to a public trial, riots, arson, search warrants, and tax fraud• Assisted in researching and writing an article for United States Attorneys’ Bulletin (published by the Executive Office of United States Attorneys on legal or technical topics of interest to U.S. Department of Justice employees)• Aided with trial preparation; translated defendants’ text messages, jailhouse phone calls from Spanish to English• Researched joinder and severance issues for possible use in U.S. Attorney’s Office training materials• Maintained and updated spreadsheet of sentencing data, to help track and analyze outcomes

Lansing, Michigan Area

• Researched Michigan hazardous waste laws• Wrote memos for administrative law judge on a Michigan Public Service Commission utilities case• Created fact sheets and briefings on Great Lakes water issues for the DEQ and the governor’s office• Analyzed similarities and differences between U.S. and Canadian law on conservation of Great Lakes resources

Brookfield, Wi

• Edited reports about the week’s athletic games for publication in weekly newsletter and local media• Compiled content and organized layout for weekly newsletter in Adobe InDesign• Advised students on key elements of journalism

Evanston, Il

• Led undergraduate students in investigating government and elected official inefficiency and corruption in Chicago and Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties; interviewed potential sources• Gathered and analyzed information about DuPage County elected officials for Watchdog website database• Results of first project published on Watchdog website and in New York Times web article in January 2012

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Covered war crimes trials at the United Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in weekly reports• Wrote in-depth article analyzing whether sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy, along with cover-up by top Vatican officials, met the threshold for crimes against humanity under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Wrote breaking news and longer enterprise stories with photos and videos for Medill and other news organizations including UPI, McClatchy and National Geographic• Assisted with web production• Chicago: health beat, including health care, alternative medicine, brain injuries / diseases• Washington, D.C.: science beat, including the environment, energy, fracking, alternative energy

Evanston, Il

• Researched ideas for investigative stories about government and elected official inefficiency and corruption in Chicago and Cook County; interviewed potential sources

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Reported on lobbying and energy / environment; wrote short online news articles• Assisted with interviewing, Congressional reporting, research and web production

Chicago, Il

• Worked with Story Development department in developing and growing ideas for series already in production• Researched new and existing story ideas in greater depth; located / developed potential sources

Juris Doctor, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: International Law Review (2L, 3L) (see below for published works); Environmental Law Society - Secretary.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Journalism

Master of Science in Journalism through the Accelerated Master’s Program

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Journalism, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Society of Professional Journalists, Northwestern chapter - Alumni Committee; Student Admission Council.

Chinese; Emerging Legal And Economic Studies

Studied Chinese language, political history, and economy

Education record