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Saratoga, Ca, Us

Saipan, Cnmi

Chief legal officer for a financial services company with 20+ employees. Analyze and structure numerous multi-million dollar lending and other financial transactions; structure multi-million dollar real estate sales and purchase transactions, including back-end logistics to close deals; review and negotiate service contracts; draft thousands of transactional documents; supervise and coordinate litigation with outside counsel.

Saipan, Cnmi

Operated a successful solo practice with an emphasis on transactional work. Helped clients close dozens of properties; advised clients regarding local land use issues, business formation, financing, risk management, and regulatory compliance; provided litigation and litigation support services for small and medium-sized clients; successfully represented clients in local and federal court and on appeals. Successful outcomes driven by wins at trial and though settlements resulting from strong litigation positions.

Saipan, Cnmi

Helped close over a dozen real property transactions worth over US$10 million; drafted transactional documents for real estate purchases and sales, commercial leases, service contracts; managed client entity portfolio; advised on landlord-tenant issues; advised on matters relating to homeowner’s associations.

Saipan, Cnmi

Drafted and argued dozens of motions; negotiated plea agreements; tried felony and misdemeanor criminal matters; guided other attorneys through the local appeals process; researched and briefed appellate issues; argued before the Commonwealth Supreme Court; created office appellate guide.

Saipan, Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands

Researched and drafted appellate opinions; assisted with appeals docketing; drafted a law clerk handbook to aid future clerks.

San Jose, California

The global financial crisis was just ending when I graduated law school in 2009. Offers to the 2009 graduates were being rescinded and law firms were still laying off experienced associates. I volunteered at the Pro Bono Project during an extended job search. Handled landlord-tenant matters, divorces, child custody disputes, and restraining orders.

Mountain View, California

This was a standard mid-law school internship. Drafted pleadings, motions, and discovery responses.

San Jose, California

I volunteered for a semester at the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center. Under the supervision of an experienced senior attorney, advised clients on consumer protection matters, answered and filed form discovery requests, and researched client questions.

South San Francisco, California

Assisted with pre-clinical pharmaceutical testing of novel chemotherapy candidates in nude mice; measured and collected tissue samples; entered data into spreadsheets. After six months, I realized that I'd rather be a lawyer.

Sunnyvale, California

First post-college job. It was interesting, but not what I imagined that I would be doing with a genetics degree. Assisted with various research studies on nude mice, maintained lab equipment, entered and analyzed data, and did shipping and receiving.

J.D., Intellectual Property

Activities and Societies: Finalist in the Galloway Criminal Moot Court Competition; Lead Content Editor, Computer and High Tech Law.

B.A.S., Genetics, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Member of sigma Phi, UC Davis Chapter. Graduated with Honors, received Departmental Citation for Excellence.