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Oakland, California, United States

Evaluate workplace policies by researching, revising, and drafting ones such as dress code, leave, and electronic media policiesConduct employee investigations regarding retaliation and discrimination claims and recommended appropriate remediesOversee the law clerk program by interviewing and developing law students Draft petitions to compel arbitrations in various states such as California, Florida, Kansas, and Missouri by successfully causing the Hospitals to arbitrate those specific claimsConduct arbitrations and administrative hearingsProvide legal research for hospital closures, demand letters, and unfair labor chargesDraft and revise arbitration briefs and various motionsFrom August 2020-December 2021, I was a law clerk awaiting bar results

Alameda County, California, United States

Advised and researched on new regulations from the Department of Labor for the ERISA team such as reviewing new notarization requirements by leading discussions on the topic, or drafting articles and opinion letters for COVID-19 related lawsWrote motions to dismiss, complaints, memorandums, demand/cease and desist letters, agreements, and PERB unfair labor charges for current labor and employment suitsConducted witness prep interviews, drafted stipulated facts, and interpreted Collective Bargaining Agreements for current hearings, and assisted with discovery request and strategy for hearings

San Francisco, California

Ironclad is the digital contracting platform loved by modern legal teams. I participated in a twelve-week program in which we analyzed thousands of agreements to build a dataset for legal AI products and machine learning. We tagged contracts of varying complexities, identifying key properties and clauses to further Ironclad’s mission to power the world’s contracts.

San Francisco Bay Area

Assisted with discovery and exhibits for current cases in litigation and observed client intake interviewsAttended and observed settlement conferences and court meetingsResearched case law and statutes on labor/federal/California codes, attorney’s fees, judgment debtor’sexaminations and employment/labor lawsResolved legal problems for clients by determining how other courts have decided that specific legal issue

Oakland, California

Worked one on one with potential charging parties to determine whether they had a discrimination claimLed intake interviews independently and drafted all legal charges that were sent to the respondentWorked with EEOC Investigators on employment discrimination investigations by reviewing the respondent’s rebuttal letter, documentation, and employee files to determine whether the Commission should continue the investigationAttended and observed depositionsAssisted the EEOC Legal Unit with ancillary legal work by drafting memorandums of law on currentinvestigations

Sacramento, California Area

Created and maintained the applicant tracking systemConducted compensation analysis by reviewing current employees’ salaries and experience levels against new hires to ensure fair compensationCreated analytical reports in Jobvite, PayScale, Ulti-Pro, and iCIMS SoftwareReference checked and created surveys using SurveyMonkeyReviewed current employment laws to ensure federal and state policies were adheredCreated and distributed offer letters, job descriptions, amendments, and loan officer compensation agreementsConducted background checks, identification records, test administration, and interviewsScheduled and organized interviews, meetings, and other company activitiesConducted operational process audits, assisted with benefit enrollment, and optimized workflow in the departmentScreened resumes and distributed qualified candidates to hiring managers

Sacramento, California Area

Voted in student representative for The State HornetAttended and spoke on behalf of the students at large for the newspaperImplemented and voted on budget and business of The State Hornet

Sacramento, California Area

Published work in a national magazineWrote and provided information to the newspaperOrganized stories and experiences from Sigma Kappa Sorority

Pasadena, Ca & Sacramento, Ca

Handled high volumes of calls, prepared mail, and organized meetingsTook notes on floor activities and recorded all meetings to ensure that information was being documentedSpoke and wrote to his constituents on a multitude of issuesOrganized and orchestrated community-based eventsMaintained electronic and hard copy archives of news stories, press releases and other public outreach materialsAttended meetings, hearings and briefings to remain informed about current legislative issues

Sacramento, California Area

Took notes and recorded all meetings to assure that information was being documentedPlanned fundraiser events to fund all club activitiesOrganized different speakers to speak at member meetings

Sacramento, California Area

Prepared all new member events for the College DemocratsExtended invitations to candidate speakers to engage new members into politicsCanvassed for different candidates during the election year

Greater Los Angeles Area

Attended trials and hearingsPrepared and assembled documents for the officePerformed administrative duties such as filing and staffing receptionists’ desks

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Recipient of the Student Labor Award, sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Sigma Kappa Sorority, Board Member of The State Hornet, Director & Co-Founder for the Association of Business.