Employment litigation associate

• Represent employees and employers (both sides) in labor and employment matters including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, and retaliation cases • Draft complaints and demand letters on behalf of employees • Draft mediation briefs and attend mediations on behalf of employees and employers • Handle discovery disputes including meet and confer letters and motions to compel further discovery responses• Draft written discovery and discovery responses on behalf of employees and employers • Research and analyze case law regarding various employment law issues • Communicate with clients to update them on their respective cases and gather information and documents requested in discovery (individual plaintiffs as well as employer-defendant representatives)• Communicate with potential new clients daily to assess facts and potential legal issues

• Draft complaints, mediation briefs, and demand letters for employment law cases including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, and retaliation cases • Draft discovery motions including motions to compel further discovery responses, motions to quash subpoenas, motions to compel depositions, and motions for protective order • Draft oppositions and reply briefs for discovery motions • Draft written discovery including requests for production of documents, special interrogatories, form interrogatories-general, and form interrogatories-employment law (and responses and objections) • Analyze written discovery responses and documents produced to draft meet and confer letters • Prepare and review documents to be produced in response to requests for production of documents • Research and analyze case law regarding various employment law issues • Draft deposition outlines and prepare exhibits • Communicate with potential new clients to assess facts and potential legal issues • Conduct administrative tasks such as filing via OneLegal and calendaring hearings and related deadlines

Worked closely with Legal Research and Writing professor to assist first-year law students with legal research and writing by holding weekly office hours and individual conferences.

• Managed portfolio of over 170 pre-litigation personal injury cases, including scheduling and managing appointments and referrals with medical providers • Communicated with clients on daily basis to discuss and provide updates regarding their cases • Managed and supervised legal assistant to ensure tasks were completed for each case 
• Drafted demand letters on daily basis and drafted correspondence to clients, attorneys, and insurance adjusters 
• Analyzed entire case files including medical records, medical bills, and police reports to draft case summaries and identify missing documents

• Created new client files and ensured files were accurately maintained and updated 
• Requested medical records and health insurance liens in accordance with all HIPAA privacy rules 
• Resolved property damage issues with first and third-party insurance companies

• Translated interviews from Spanish to English to be used for the Immigrant Detention Study • Reviewed documents translated by other colleagues to reassess substantive translation • Attended and observed bond hearings to identify information to be utilized in the Immigrant Detention Study

Raise The Wage LA, and Marqueece Harris-Dawson for City Council District 8, January 2015 – April 2015• Collaborated with team in developing process of verifying signature cards • Managed voter file database to track verified signature cards Alex Johnson for LAUSD School Board of Education, June 2014 – Aug. 2014 • Planned, executed, and managed the development of the campaign volunteer program• Assembled walk-packs for over 300 precincts for canvassing on a weekly basisSebastian Ridley–Thomas for CA State Assembly District 54, September 2013 – December 2013 • Organized and managed a team of 50 canvassers on a daily basis• Assisted in assembling walk-packs and other campaign collateral Curren D. Price for LA City Council District 9, March 2013 – June 2013 • Managed a database to properly gather voter information• Served as field canvasser and phone canvasserYes on Prop 30 and No on Prop 32 Campaigns, August 2012 – Nov 2012 • Contributed to accomplishing the organization’s goal of registering 25,000 new voters in South Los Angeles

Created lesson plans and prepared activities to enhance the learning of childrenAssisted teachers with providing a safe and fun environment for children