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Bellevue, WA, US

Labor & Employment; Employment Discrimination; Motions Advocacy.

Seattle, WA, US

Port Orchard, Washington, US

Managed full caseload of a busy indigent criminal defense motions and trial practice; Prepared for trial; Drafted pretrial motions for filing and voir dire; Advocated for protection of the constitutional rights of accused detainees; Conducted legal research and drafted brief motions; Argued pretrial bench motions to quash warrants and revoke suspended.

• Tort Litigation. 5-Day Jury Trial to Verdict in Federal Court.
• Motions Advocacy. Drafted Successful Brief Prevailing in Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment.
• Legal Research. Drafted Motions in Limine and Motions to Take Judicial Notice of Undisputed Fact.
• Trial Preparation and Presentation. Assembled Trial Exhibit Books.
• Jury Selection, Focus Groups, and Voir Dire: Planned and Conducted 2-day Pre-Trial Jury Focus Group to Test-Drive Arguments, Played Video and Audio of Deposed and Likely Witnesses; Recorded Expectations to Better.
• Client Communication. Coordinated Contact with the Client, Experts and Lay Witnesses, Court Clerks and Opposing Counsel to Run a Smooth Trial, Make Timely Disclosures and Filings.

• Antitrust & Commodity Securities Litigation
• Civil Private Action Investigation into Euribor/LIBOR Financial Market Fraud and Collusion
• Dispute Resolution & Mediation Brief Redlining and Drafting
• Motions Advocacy Redlining and Drafting
• Euribor/LIBOR (London InterBank Offer Rate), Securities Market Regulation and Arguing to Establish Personal Jurisdiction over International and Domestic Banking Institutions
• German, French, Italian Legally-Significant Document Interpretation, Fact Analysis & Legal Argument

• Examined documents for relevancy and privilege on behalf of a bankruptcy trustee in an environmental and toxic tort matter.
• Legal Document Preparation in Commercial Litigation
• Restructuring, Chapter 11 reorganization and Chapter 7 liquidation.
• Dispute Resolution and Valuation.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Researched and analyzed statutory, case law and scholarly law review material on comparative state constitutional issues including power of state attorneys general vis-a-vis governors in the state executive branch.
• Researching issues related to energy utility "municipalization" (related to administrative, antitrust, con law and energy regulation)
• State food, drug, controlled substance law as it relates to state police and taxing powers, federalism, preemption, sovereign immunity, public health & safety, and banking.
• American Indian law issues related to constitutional, administrative law, international law, tribal citizenship, health policy, tax, gaming law, and property law.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Coursework:
• Spring 2016: Federal Courts, Federal Criminal Procedure, Seminar: Law & Economics of Utility Regulation, Federal Indian Law II (Gaming Issues, Social and Economic Development), Seminar: Computers and Law, International.
• Fall 2015: Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions, Admin Law, Telecom Law and Policy, Federal Tax Policy, Federal Taxation of Partnerships and S-Corporations.
• Spring 2015: Federal Litigation: Everything But the Trial - Pretrial Motions Advocacy & Strategy, Federal Income Taxation, Law of Corporations, Patent Litigation, Computer Crime, Advanced Evidence: Forensic Sciences in.
• Fall 2014: Federal Evidence & Trial Advocacy, Legal Ethics, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law Foundations: Natural Resource Policy & Management of the American West, Oil and Gas Law.
• Spring 2014: Law of Property, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Legal Ethics, Legal Writing II.

US

• Legal research and writing related to points of Constitutional Criminal Law on trial or appeal to Tenth Circuit.
• Reviewing extensive scholarly literature in the law and social sciences, in- and extra-circuit case law, and U.S. Sentencing Guidelines to inform policy arguments and evolving jurisprudence on behalf of indigent.

Tallahassee, FL, US

• Steiger Fellow (Intern) in Multistate Litigation and Privacy Bureau specializing in the enforcement of consumer protection, economic crimes and antitrust statutes in Office of the Attorney General on multistate.
• Drafted pre-investigation memos, reviewed MDL complaint, filed multistate complaints in state and federal court, monitored the case file for additional filings at the court, received document requests, reviewed.
• Compiled cybersecurity document review and developed forensic investigative models for compiling and presenting research and discovery findings related to post facto data breaches.
• Attended multiple court appearances with lead counsel from Southeast Florida and counsel from the Tallahassee Office of the Solicitor General and Legal Affairs (counsel to the AG's office, Governor and Cabinet)
• Researched points of law related to court appearances on motions for rehearing, motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, motions for sanctions, and arbitration hearings.
• Briefed legal issues on statutory interpretation, federal and state civil procedure and federal and state rules of evidence, state and federal antitrust law and agency rules and interpretative guidelines issued by the.

Beijing, CN

• Targeted major investment banks, sovereign wealth and venture capital funds to procure second-round capital financing.
• Led bicultural Sino-American marketing team to follow leads and obtain meetings with technical experts.
• Developed network of high profile contacts in diplomatic, press and investment communities in China, HK & Singapore.
• Planned marketing and investment strategy targeting new business partnerships with TMT, sports and tech MNCs.

• Pioneered international high school educational joint venture with Dwight School and Capital Normal University Attached High School in Beijing
• Taught Honors and AP Chemistry (achieving a 90% passing rate with 4 or higher our of 5 points possible)
• 59/61 students accepted to offers to American universities (1 student each to University of Toronto and the Chinese National Theater Academy).

• Edited estate planning, tax and bankruptcy documents in solo practitioner’s tax litigation-focused general practice.
• Drafted living wills, healthcare surrogates, Powers of Attorney, Offers in Compromise, Chapters 7 and 13 consumer petitions for bankruptcy under the supervision of Florida and Georgia bar-licensed attorney principal.
• Assembled investigative findings to bring clients in compliance with IRS regulations including Swiss Bank Voluntary Disclosure Program.
• Made recommendations regarding dynamic anti-piracy IT solutions to bring firm and firm clients into compliance in a constantly changing data storage and security risk environment.

• Accompanied Congressman, took notes, and wrote policy memos for constituent meetings with educators, technicians, bankers, businessmen and community activists.
• Answered constituents’ correspondence and conducted casework in veterans' affairs, social security and immigration matters.

New York, NY, US

• Conducted analyses of projected future liabilities of multiple international pension plans.
• Evaluated present value cost of funding a series of benefit enhancements during periods of unprecedented abundance.
• The Church Pension Fund Clergy Pension Plan was established by an act of the New York State Legislature under leadership of then-Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, an Episcopalian, in 1917.
• The CPF served as inspiration to policymakers and its defined-benefit formula served as a model during the establishment of the Social Security Trust Fund in 1935, passage of ERISA in 1974 and creation of the Pension.

New York, NY, US

• Participated in document review and e-discovery processes in corporate litigation including high-profile insider trading and securities fraud investigations.

• Collaborated with French-American engineer-principal’s execution plan at his Florida-based international aeronautical concern's manufacturing facility to expand U.S. footprint, translate/interpret technical manuals.
• Marketed correct usage of multi-functional hydraulic pressure gauge for aircraft and helicopter landing gear to civil and military domestic and international aircraft operators.
• Demonstrated usage of high-tech devices to U.S. military and civilian procurement officials leading to successful sales and procurement contacts.
• Translated technical instruction manual from French to English.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History, Economics, Political Theory, French

Postbac Business Certificate, Corporate Finance And Accounting