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Fort Myers, FL, US

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Independently handled the defense of a variety of lawsuits filed against insurance carriers, which included but was not limited to, working directly with insurance carriers and their insureds, drafting and filing all.
• Independently handled a number of Plaintiff claims, which included drafting and filing the complaint, continuously providing the client with timely litigation-related status updates, and negotiating stipulated.
• Regularly took and defended depositions and Examinations Under Oath
• Conducted legal research and analysis, and engaged in an aggressive motions practice, which included not was not limited to, motions to compel, dispositive motions, and post-trial motions
• Reviewed and analyzed insurance claims to determine whether such claims are covered under the relevant policy, and then independently drafted insurance coverage opinions advising the relevant insurance carrier of the.
• Regularly provided clients and supervising attorneys with legal advice and analysis, often in the form of comprehensive and detailed status letters

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Independently drafted pleadings, written discovery; and constantly engaged in an aggressive motions practice, which included but was not limited to the drafting of dispositive motions, motions to compel and for.
• Handled matters in multiple different states, including in both state and federal court, in my capacity as an Associate
• Constantly analyzed local rules, statutes, judicial practice standards, and case law from various jurisdictions to identify information needed to advance litigation and to build our defense, and/or to answer a client.
• Prepared for and took a five-day insurance defense admitted liability jury trial to verdict. As part of that damages trial, I handled our Opening Statement, the cross examination of Plaintiff, a lay witness, a Police.
• Prepared for and independently took numerous depositions; and participated in various hearings
• Performed fact investigation by acquiring recorded and/or non-recorded statements from potential trial witnesses

Boulder, Colorado

• Independently manage a large and diverse District Court (i.e., felony only) caseload
• Regularly participate in, and argue, Hearings on Bond and Advisements, Preliminary Hearings, Motions Hearings, Sentencing Hearings, and Restitution Hearings
• Regularly prepare and take County Court and District Court cases to Court and Jury Trials
• Review cases at their inception and file criminal charges as appropriate; and review arrest and search warrants
• Manage a team, comprised of a Criminal Investigator and a Victim/Witness Advocate, that regularly meets with victims, witnesses, and other relevant parties to further criminal investigations
• Consult with Law Enforcement; and engage in victim outreach efforts, which includes making victim contact and participating in victim meetings to hear their concerns, convey potential plea offers, and to prepare them.

Alamosa, Colorado

• Independently managed large caseloads, including both District Court and County Court dockets
• Regularly participated in, and argued, Hearings on Bond and Advisements, Preliminary Hearings, Motions Hearings, Sentencing Hearings, and Probation Revocation Hearings in six different Colorado Counties
• Regularly prepared and tried Court and Jury Trials
• Consulted with Law Enforcement; and engaged in victim outreach efforts to: further criminal investigations; hear their concerns and answer any questions that they may have; convey potential plea offers; and to prepare.
• Constantly engaged in plea negotiations with Defense Counsel, and Pro Se Defendants
• Filed charges, and reviewed warrants on behalf of the 12th Judicial District Attorney’s Office

White Plains, New York

• Conducted legal research, drafted, and ultimately submitted a letter on behalf of the client, Riverkeeper, Inc., formally requesting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow for a public comment period extension
• Conducted legal research, drafted, and submitted a public comment on behalf of a client, in response to a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
• Managed a case file with regard to one of Riverkeeper’s NY CPLR Article 78 Proceedings against the NYSDEC

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted legal research, and provided litigation support with regard to a high-profile lawsuit, which revolved around the Bureau of Land Management’s then new hydraulic fracturing rule
• Independently reviewed hundreds of documents on Relativity in order to help create an administrative record
• Conducted legal research, and subsequently wrote several legal memoranda that focused on discrete issues, such as summarizing a long-standing title dispute between multiple parties over oil-producing lands located in.
• Conducted legal research to help determine whether a state can redraw its SLA boundary via a bilateral agreement
• Analyzed legislative history, and wrote a legal memorandum focusing on the Stock Raising Homestead Act of 1916, specifically Section 9’s “bond or undertaking” language

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance; Office of Civil Enforcement, Special Litigation and Projects Division
• Conducted legal research, and wrote an executive summary on all 50 states’ chemical disclosure regulations with regard to their hydraulic fracturing operations
• Drafted a confidential consent decree that was sent to the U.S. Department of Justice to be used in an enforcement case between the United States and the specific regulated entity
• Conducted legal research, compiled a master-list, and ultimately created an Excel worksheet on consent decrees that include environmental audit provisions. Specifically, the research focused on whether a consent decree.

Washington, D.C.

• Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance; Office of Compliance, Planning & Measures Operations Division
• Conducted legal research, and subsequently wrote a legal memorandum on the EPA’s current civil penalty policy focused on the Economic Benefit of Noncompliance component of the EPA’s penalty calculation process
• Observed oral arguments at the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board revolving around an administrative appeal of TSCA Section 8(e)
• Regularly attended and participated in the EPA’s bi-weekly Clean Water Act mini-series seminars, focusing on the NPDES Program, Effluent Guidelines, Biosolids, Sanitary Sewer Overflows, Combined Sewer Overflows.

• Assisted ECOS Executive Director and General Counsel by acting as lead researcher for the upcoming “The Lawyer’s Role in Representing Communities” ABA book chapter; conducted research on legal ethics and model rules.
• Worked directly with all 50 states’ environmental Commissioners and/or Directors to update ECOS’s “Delegation by Environmental Act” portion of its website as well as created the “ECOS 2014 State Program Innovations.
• Wrote and published articles in ECOSWIRE weekly newsletter
• Participated in the organizing committee for the ECOS Step conference, which focused on the 111(d) proposal, and attended the conference as part of the on-site team that managed the event

Latin Legum Magister (Llm) In Environmental Law, Climate Change And Energy Track

Activities and Societies: Legal Intern: Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Riverkeeper• Magna Cum Laude

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

• Moot Court Association Chancellor • Environmental Law Society President • Law School Student Scholar, 2015-16; and CUA Research Day.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Education record