Responsible for researching and writing tax credit applications, surveys, photo-documenting, and national register nominations. Pursuing subject matter expertise on real estate funding devices and tax credits including historic tax credits, NMTC, LIHTC, Brownfield TIF, and others. Enthusiastic RFP response writer. Self-appointed party planner, happy hour advocate, and French press operator.

Classes taught: Historic Preservation and Planning Law; The Business of Preservation

SHPO Graduate Student Assistant working with the federal historic preservation tax credit program.

Corporate/employment immigration law specialist. Subject matter expert within the Quicken Loan’s Family of Comapnies (FOC) on all matters pertaining to immigration law. Oversaw the complete immigration application process for 350+ employees. Manage and advise on the I-9 process. Counsel HR dept. on hiring, firing, and disciplinary issues regarding visa-holding employees. Advise on immigration as it pertained to mergers, acquisitions, and international expansion efforts. Work with our executive team and government relations team to expand the immigration program, advocate for improvement, and coach best practices implementation.

Immigration Law specialist with a focus on corporate/business immigration cases. I focus on H-1B, L-1, TN, B-1/B-2, and various other non-immigrant visas with a focus on client care, contact, and communication. I am growing and expanding my skillset with increased focus on immigration consequences in the corporate context including mergers and acquisitions and global mobility concerns. I'm always striving, reading, learning and expanding my depth and breadth of knowledge.

Corporate immigration law specialist: H-1B visas, TN visas, B-1/B-2 visas

Conducted client intake interviews, represented clients in Immigration Court, advised clients on immigration issues including asylum, VAWA, SIJS, U, T, and K visas.

Worked in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Multilateral and Global Affairs Office. Secret-level security clearance.

Researched and drafted motions for summary dispositions and motions to compel discovery. Answered discovery requests and assembled discovery materials. Researched and drafted memos and briefs on construction law and estate planning issues and other topics germane to a small practice.

Responsible for compiling research for an upcoming article involving the Supreme Court’s 14th Amendment doctrine and its application to K-12 education. Analyzed materials for relevance and wrote succinct research reports on applicable case law.

Conducted District Court proceedings (including waivers and plea agreements). Negotiated and arranged plea agreements with the Washtenaw County Prosecutors. Performed client intake interviews and conducted legal research for pending trials. Assisted attorneys with preliminary examinations and jury selection.