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Vienna, Virginia, United States

Vienna, Virginia

Reston, Virginia

Manassas, Virginia

Law Clerk to Judge Craig D. Johnston until he retired and then for the newly appointed Judge James A. Willett. Draft, edit, and review opinion letters and proposed orders, manage briefs and procedural history analysis for Friday’s motions docket, and review statutory compliance of court filings.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Research Fellow with the Election Law Program. Assist in election law alumni jobs database management. Contribute to 30-Minute rule report for ABA.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Wrote divorce complaints, criminal defense motions, and research memoranda relating to family and criminal law. Attended court for hearings, arraignments, and trials.

Orem, Utah

Wrote policy limit demands, complaints, and motions for summary judgment for personal injury cases. Completed Workers’ Compensation Commission hearing applications for several injured worker clients.

James City County

Drafted ordinances to present to Board of Supervisors as corrections and policy changes to the county code. Researched legal questions relating to zoning, real estate taxes, exotic animal regulations, and noise ordinances.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Researched potential legal barriers to the acquisition of Questar Gas. Wrote a memorandum about FERC regulations of public utility interlocking positions. Drafted a FERC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking comment.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Conducted research on Virginia Code Section 56-234.3 and whether utilities over 100 MW can claim multiple, smaller capacity plants to avoid additional filings. Regularly attended hearings and other committee meetings.

Williamsburg, Va

Research and consultation on legal and policy issues relating to the preservation of Virginia costal areas. Specific projects include analysis of the Dillon Rule and how it does and does not limit local municipalities from taking action on Recurrent Flooding and Sea Level Rise.

Orem, Utah

Cultivated business relationships with medical care providers and assisted retention of their clients. Led document preparation for mediations and assisted in drafting a response brief for an oil field ownership dispute arbitration.

Provo, Utah Area

Conducted research on public opinion valence issues, campaign funding, and political role of religious texts. Obtained Office of Research and Creative Activities research grant for a Utah Voter Poll survey with Dr. Patterson on public perceptions of healthcare and the morality of its provision.

Provo, Utah Area

Coordinate data for the Utah Colleges Exit Poll and Utah Voter Poll.Research and Analysis of American politics.

Salt Lake City

Assist Senator Jim Dabakis of Utah Senate District 2 in bill tracking, legislative research, talking-points preparation, news releases, constituent surveys and other daily tasks.Coordination with Senate Minority Caucus on legislative initiatives and party strategy. Worked specifically with SJR10 and other issues relating to the Greater Canyonlands and the public lands debate, a statewide ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation for housing and employment, and a weekly breakfast with constituents and community leaders called the Dabakis Caucus.

Provo, Utah Area

Research Assistant for BYU Political Science Department on the "Designing Democracy" project.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: President and Training Coordinator, Alternative Dispute Resolution Team; Treasurer, Business Law Society; J..

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Political Science And Government, 3.4

Activities and Societies: President of BYU College Democrats, Events Coordinator BYU Political Affairs SocietyBA Political Science

Bs, Political Science And Government, 3.6

Activities and Societies: President of BYU-Idaho College Democrats, SRC Resource Committee Representative, BYU-Idaho Intra-Collegiate.