• Litigate employment actions including: class actions, PAGA representative actions, and individual discrimination (age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, sexual harassment), wrongful termination, and wage-and-hour actions• Serve as firm’s wage-and-hour expert and specialist• Contribute to and create strategy for cases from inception to settlement• Draft complaints (initial and amended) and PAGA letters (initial and amended)• Integral in discovery process by drafting discovery requests, discovery responses and objections, and contributing to, and strategizing meet and confer efforts with opposing counsel, including drafting meet and confer letters outlining legal arguments and case law• Draft and contribute analysis to mediation briefs for individual and PAGA representative actions, including providing supportive evidence and briefing emerging law for mediator concerning damages• Draft and contribute analysis to motions, including providing new supportive authority • Negotiate and achieve settlement figures that exceed expectations in individual employment actions• Calculate damage analysis for individual actions, class actions, and PAGA representative actions with innovative causes of action to inform case strategy and for inclusion in mediation briefs• Identify evidence (“hot docs”) that supports claims and secures settlements for clients• Work with co-defendant firm as counsel for individual defendants against allegations of sexual harassment and battery• Attend and review depositions of opposing parties for case strategy• Create and maintain a comprehensive case information grid that tracks phases of litigation (including discovery responses) and case arguments, which leads to quicker and more accurate analysis • Instrumental in obtaining six-figure settlement including identifying additional causes of action, providing and arguing PAGA analysis to mediator (including assessment of damages and penalties), and handling client’s expectations

• Member of team that litigates employment class actions and PAGA representative actions• Draft multiple motions and opposition to motions, while contributing arguments based on additional case law and legislative research• Draft and contribute analysis and evidence to mediation briefs which have secured seven figure settlements• Argue and appear in state and federal court• Integral in discovery process by drafting discovery requests, discovery responses and objections, andparticipating meet and confer efforts with opposing counsel, including drafting meet and confer lettersoutlining legal arguments and case law• Draft and secure declarations from class members (usually securing the majority of declarations obtained for the case)• Interview, identify claims and theories of liability, and obtain retainers for new clients (had a 100% return rate of retainers in one month), sometimes converting class members inquiring in on existing cases into new clients• Analyze and identify new causes of action, claims, and theories of liability for new and existing cases• Draft complaints (initial and amended) and PAGA letters• Create and maintain case information grids that assist with drafting and analysis of various documents,including complaints, PAGA letters, and meet and confer correspondence• Contribute to preparation of and attend depositions of clients• Manage client expectations and relationships

• Contributed to plaintiff’s successful settlement negotiations for copyright infringement case on commercially-successful property (in association with Kennedy Art Law)• Advised class members affected by a successful class action settlement with Ford regarding their legal rights and restrictions according to the settlement (in association with Capstone Law - please see below)• Provided research and analysis used in successful Final Settlement Approval petition (in association with Capstone Law - please see below)• Secured trademark for emerging entertainment production company (General Stories)• Reviewed and advised various independent filmmakers and writers on production and entertainment law contracts

• Drafted notes on cuts and narrative of film for directors • Constructed on-camera interview questions to elicit specific responses from interviewees• Organized expenses and business affairs, improving efficiency with partnered production company

• Researched and analyzed arbitration and notice prerequisites of Lemon Laws nationwide for use in successful Motion for Final Settlement Approval of multimillion dollar class action litigation• Produced, interviewed, and drafted submitted declarations of witnesses supportive of settlement • Advised and managed class member expectations regarding their legal rights and restrictions according to the settlement’s complex administration of benefits incorporating state & federal law• Spearheaded more efficient client and case Excel database for recall of essential information • Managed intake and resolution of class member concerns • Compiled and organized electronic discovery for multimillion dollar products liability case

Established a fictitious business name production company in order to write, produce, and distribute individually created web shorts and series. Oversaw production and post-production teams.• Communicated with and handled SAG-AFTRA contracts• Sketch featured on Funny or Die’s homepage and YouTube channel with 1.5M views on Funny or Die’s website ("Go Girl")• Developed project advanced to second-round of inaugural YouTube/Sundance New Voices Lab ("Lies of Descent" with Liz Cotone)Other projects include:"SuperWAGS" - web series - Director/Editor/Co-Writer

• Judged short scripts in order to award a $5,000 grant• Discussed merits of scripts and achieved consensus with other panel judges

• Contributed notes (Naked Vegas) that were used in network notes in development and post-production process• Revamped the intern program for Alternative Programming• Hired and managed several interns • Oversaw and handled a weekly current trends report and various research projects • Managed SVP’s busy schedule, travel, expenses and phone sheet, while keeping track of departmental issues• Wrote memos for distribution to upper management (including President of Syfy)• Coordinated department-wide meetings with upper management • Coordinated bi-coastal meetings between heads of departments• Managed monthly departmental supply orders • Created multiple ideas that began development in the network • Responsible for meeting agenda with EVP of Original Programming• Set meetings with and greeted celebrity clients• Wrote coverage for Scripted executives about potential writers and shows• Contributed to Scripted development discussions• Gained security access to submitted development information to begin the deal-making process • Assisted HR by keeping records of team members vacations, personal and sick days

• Trial support for victims of violent crimes during their accused perpetrators’ trials and conviction proceedings, including providing their Victim Statement• Drafted Utah Supreme Court reply brief section regarding the State raising new issues on appeal• Conducted intake interviews and briefed victims of violent crime on legal rights• Managed two interns in all aspects of violent crime victim intake, law and trial support

• Prepared oral argument for Legislators’ use in House & Senate debates on bills affecting violent crime victim’s legal rights• Advocated for changes regarding policy and Constitutionality of proposed State bills addressing and affecting victim’s rights

• Researched nationwide acceptance and implementation of the emerging field of Victim’s Rights • Improved efficiency of client selection, intake, and follow-up with new procedure (still in use)• Conducted intake interviews and briefed victims of violent crime on legal rights

• Researched and provided evidentiary analysis for Colombian coal miner’s attorney use in precedent setting federal litigation, In re Juan Aguas Romero v. Drummond Co Inc. (against Drummond Co. for wrongful death, alien tort, & Torture Victim Protection Act violations)• Attended and supported witnesses during litigation at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama