- Responsible for enforcement of Federal, State, and local antidistrimination laws. - Supervise investigators, ADA Program Manager, interns, and administrative staff to ensure compliance with applicable statutes and regulations, production of timely, well-written, legally defensible, accurate investigative reports, grounded in high quality, up-to-date legal research and analysis, and alternative dispute resolution and targeted equitable relief to resolve both formal and informal complaints. - Compile and maintain data on trends in discrimination complaints and Office performance. - Provide staffing for the Alexandria Human Rights Commission. Attend Commission Executive Board and regular meetings to assist commissioners in developing work plans, provide guidance regarding City operations and programs, facilitate communication between commissioners and City Management, Deparment Heads, and community stakeholders, and ensure compliance with applicable statutes and regulations governing public commissions.- Research and draft legislative proposal and justification memo for ehnaced remedial authority for local human rights commissions in Virginia. - Lead effort to gather evidence on City LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts, for the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index (MEI), resulting in a six-point score increase on the 2024 MEI.- Regularly advise and collaborate with other departments and community stakeholders regarding human rights issues, including fair housing testing, support for Afghan refugees, reasonable accommodation requests, lactation spaces in City facilitites, and healthy housing conditions. - Develop training for departmental communicators regarding reasonable accommodations in City programs, services, and facilities and create policy on inclusion of a reasonable accommodation statement in City communications and response to accommodation requests.

In addition to investigative duties of Investigator I:- Led administrative investigations requested by the City Manager's Office and Human Resources. Developed investigative plans, interviewed witnesses, evaluated evidence, and drafted findings, making recommendations for preventative and corrective action, training, and policy changes.- Drafted updated City Administrative Regulation regarding provision of reasonable accommodations to City employees and applicants.- Served as the Office's Equity Core Team Lead and developed the Office's Equity Plan.- Led a cross-departmental team in developing an equitable outreach and engagement plan for Alexandria small businesses, as part of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments 2023 Equity Cohort.- As Chair of the General Schedule Employee Workgroup, led successful effort to establish paid parental leave for City employees, advocated for payscale increases for General Schedule employees, reviewed and proposed changes to draft Administrative Regulation updates, and developed proposals for ehnacement employee safety and security.- Worked on cross-departmental team to establish a Citywide mediation program for City employees and residents and served as a mediator for the program.- On part-time detail, worked with the COVID-19 communications team to develop and execute messaging and communication regarding COVID prevention, symptoms, testing, treatment, and contact tracing. Developed map of locations for placement of public signage regarding COVID prevention in areas with the highest infection rates. Developed messaging around COVID safety and drafted news releases, web content, and developed newspaper and social media messaging campaigns. - As the Office communicator, draft news releases, eNews content, and design event flyers. Overhaul Office web content to be more engaging and user friendly.- Planned and executed virtual awards event, with short turnaround after COVID closures.

- Investigated claims of discrimination under federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Conducted intake, interview witnesses, draft requests for information and records, analyze evidence, conduct mediation, facilitate settlements, prepare settlement agreements, conduct legal research, and draft detailed timely, accurate, well-written investigative reports grounded in solid legal analysis. - Conducted trainings on discrimination, harassment, and workplace culture for internal and external agencies.- Conducted mandatory trainings for City Employees on sexual harassment.- Researched local jurisdictions’ paid maternity leave policies and developed policy recommendations for consideration by City Manager. -Developed content for outreach materials and created brochures for public distribution. -Reviewed incoming correspondence and drafted responses, where appropriate. -Participated in national human rights organizations and events.

With a focus on low-income women and women with disabilities, assisted in developing and implementing legal and policy strategies to advance the goals of the Center’s program to reduce poverty and increase the economic security of women and their families. Work included researching and analyzing current and proposed laws and regulations related to Social Security and federal and state tax credits for low-income families; drafting Congressional testimony, memos, fact sheets, op-eds, and posts for the Center’s blog; communicating with Hill staff about minimum wage, Social Security, and budget and tax issues; working with national and state-based coalitions to coordinate public advocacy efforts around minimum wage, tax fairness, and Social Security and Supplemental Security Income; working with national coalition to produce comments on proposed regulations under the Affordable Care Act relating to individuals eligible for Medicaid benefits on a basis other than income; and coordinating with communications staff on public and media outreach.

Worked on federal litigation, including employment discrimination and constitutional litigation. Drafted portions of opening brief and reply brief in 4th Circuit appeal, arguing against the constitutionality of the citizens-only provision of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act under the Privileges and Immunities Clause and the dormant Commerce Clause. In Title VII gender-based employment discrimination case, drafted deposition questions and took the deposition of a witness, drafted interrogatories and document requests and responses to interrogatories and document requests, and conducted client interviews.

Researched and drafted memoranda on legal issues relating to United States military academy policies concerning pregnant cadets, and developed model policy. Reviewed proposed rulemaking notices, provided recommendations for comments, and drafted comments for submission. Prepared materials for legislative advocacy effort to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, including summarizing common arguments against the act and rebuttals to those arguments. Researched state laws and regulations affecting pregnant and parenting high school students. Researched news media coverage of previous Center Title IX campaign. Summarized and provided analyses of relevant academic articles. Worked on outreach for Center education and employment initiatives, and wrote blog post on pay discrimination.

Worked with the employment discrimination team focusing primarily on age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Reviewed discovery documents in preparation for depositions and prepared a series of memoranda summarizing relevant documents and highlighting any potentially helpful or difficult facts. Researched and drafted several paragraphs of a motion filed in federal court relating to the duty to preserve electronically stored information and provided comments on drafts. Researched and drafted memorandum analyzing the law on certification of an opt-in class under the ADEA and made recommendations based on my research. Drafted recommendation memorandum for an amicus brief in a Supreme Court case, Thompson v. North American Stainless, involving a claim of third party retaliation under Title VII.

As part of an experiential learning seminar, worked on campaigns aimed at fighting racial and social injustice. On the opportunity-to-learn team, researched racial disparities in school districts and prepared fact sheets summarizing disparities in test scores, graduation rates, discipline, and other areas, and summarized relevant news and other media for each district. On the voter protection team, researched and created chart detailing each state’s laws on poll worker training. Drafted model poll worker training statute combining statutory language from states with effective laws.

Wrote detailed comments on first year students' written work, including a legal memo and an appellate brief, and met with students in individual conferences to discuss written work. Wrote bench memo analyzing facts under the search incident to a valid arrest and protective sweep exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s search warrant requirement.

Conducted client interviews with individuals who, because of their deafness, had been denied access to many basic services. Helped each client determine a course of action and identified local advocates to provide additional assistance. On behalf of clients, drafted letters informing violating entities of their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, demand letters detailing an entity’s ADA and Rehabilitation Act violations, and complaints to be filed in federal court. Co-authored article analyzing the history of the definition of disability under the ADA and the potential impact of amendments to the definition. Helped draft amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court of Ohio defending the rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals to serve as jurors, and researched effects of recent federal court rulings on the viability of ADA claims.

Managed firm’s docket and filed various patent and trademark application documents domestically and internationally. Trained other employees to correctly file a variety of documents. Assisted in the development of new protocol for handling cases and client correspondence to accommodate the firm’s growing caseload.

Processed all aspects of patent application filing. Aided supervisor in training and oversight of junior paralegals. Participated in pro bono projects related to affordable housing, including conducting research and filing documents in DC Superior Court, and serving as an intake volunteer at the Landlord-Tenant Resource Center.