Advise clients on state, federal, and international tax issues, including insurance company tax and insurance product tax issues, tax-exempt organization formation and unrelated business income issues, and energy tax issues including renewable energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act. Provide comprehensive advice to clients concerning captive insurance companies, including tax, corporate, securities, and regulatory services related to the formation and operation of captive insurance companies. Advise clients in the property/casualty insurance and life insurance sectors on a wide variety of tax, regulatory, corporate, and M&A issues.

Provided insurance coverage advice to domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and liability coverage. Experience with a variety of first- and third-party insurance coverage issues, including defending insurers in breach of contract and bad faith actions, as well as pursuing declaratory judgment actions on insurers' behalf.

Represented domestic and international insurers in coverage litigation, including the pursuit of declaratory judgment actions and defense of breach of contract and bad faith actions against insurers in both first and third-party claims. Also represented insureds as defense counsel in direct litigation involving personal injury, construction defects, and professional liability claims. Attend mediations, depositions, and hearings. Drafted pleadings, discovery, and formal insurance coverage opinions.

Assist Professor Mehrsa Baradaran with research for her new book about minority-owned banks. Research projects entailed comparing historical bank charter statutes from different states, studying the effect of the money multiplier on minority-owned banks, analyzing statements from Federal Reserve officials, and compiling studies on redlining and disinvestment.

Read, evaluate, and summarize briefs and discovery submitted by parties before the court in various civil litigation matters, including tax and electronic privacy matters. Observe routine criminal matters such as pleas, arraignments, bond hearings, voir dire, and trials.