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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Koror, Palau

Koror, Palau

• Advised the President on a wide variety of domestic and international legal and policy issues including telecommunications, renewable energy, climate change mitigation and litigation, rural development programs.
• Supervised the sole Legal Unit for the Office of the President
• Developed and maintained relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and organizations including the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United States Federal Government
• Negotiated and drafted renewable energy contracts and national land agreements between state and non-state actors
• Participated in international discussions focused on climate finance, carbon markets and sustainability
• Drafted, reviewed and advised the President on National Government regulations, legislation and national security policies

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

• Provided quality and aggressive representation in civil legal aid cases from initial interview through trial to low-income clients and communities throughout Wisconsin in the areas of Housing and Public Benefits
• Independently assessed and managed a caseload of 30 eviction and other housing-related cases on a monthly basis
• Engaged in impact work benefiting low-income communities focusing on discriminatory laws, civil right to counsel, tenant rights, housing conditions issues and preventing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chicago, Illinois

• Worked with the Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic on wrongful conviction and police misconduct cases in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky from intake through evidentiary hearings, retrials and appeals
• Researched and drafted motions to dismiss based on prosecutorial misconduct, responses to motions to dismiss from the State, bond motions, ineffective assistance of counsel claims and post-conviction relief petitions
• Drafted claims based on newly discovered evidence obtained from expert witnesses regarding false confessions, eye witness misidentifications, DNA, and latent fingerprints
• Conducted nationwide investigations into key witnesses and attended family and client visits

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Evaluated the strength of a Supreme Court amicus brief regarding the America Invents Act
• Researched and wrote memoranda and questions for judicial and federal agency nominations
• Attended briefings related to immigration, domestic drone use and cross border gang crimes
• Analyzed and edited two proposed human trafficking bills being introduced in the Judiciary Committee

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Journal of International & Comparative Law, Articles Editor; International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Presidential Leadership Scholar; Senator William Doyle Scholar; President’s List; Dean’s List; Vermont State.