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Denver, Colorado, United States

• Directly advise clients regarding various legal issues, contracting, environmental issues, and airport operations.• Develop and negotiate State grant contracts and various multi-million-dollar vendor contracts.• Review and draft comments to State proposed rules, regulations, and legislation.• Assist in federal and state litigation including drafting a complaint against the Colorado Department of Health and Environment for a review of a Colorado Rulemaking hearing and review, along with the coordination of notices of intent to sue. • Assist in developing environmental cleanup programs related to DEN and Stapleton International Airport.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Advised clients on CERCLA (Superfund) compliance for 27 active sites, collaborating with federal and state agencies and private entities.Partnered with DOJ attorneys to manage litigation, administrative settlements, and multi-million-dollar negotiations.Drafted complex legal documents, including Administrative Orders on Consent and Comfort Letters.Advanced regional environmental justice initiatives per the EPA Administrator’s directives.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Analyzed the liabilities of manufacturers of hazardous substances and potential responsible parties under CERCLA.• Researched state and federal requirements regarding licensing, user lease agreements, minimum standards, and environmental records of decisions for various airport/spaceport locations within the U.S.• Reviewed mineral lease agreements, distinguished mineral royalty interest and an undivided interest in minerals, interpreted legal descriptions, and assessed environmental “as is” and release language in a deed for the sale of a 4,800-acre ranch.• Provided informational research related to pandemic effects on airports, the effects of electronic data logging requirements on river recreation, and the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act for national conference presentations and academic articles.• Collaborated with attorneys to determine state specific appellate original jurisdiction intervenor filing requirements. Provided citation review prior to court document filing.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

• Researched federal and state environmental laws and regulations related to CERCLA (Superfund) sites and state ground water quality.• Coordinated meetings with local, State, and Federal agencies to facilitate collaboration in toxic groundwater remediation programs.• Evaluated scientific and technical hazardous environmental waste spill reports issued by the U.S. EPA and State of New Mexico Environmental Department, including Vapor Air Intrusion and Ground Water Monitoring reports.• Conducted research into air quality regulations related to ozone precursors and oil and gas development-related emissions.• Evaluated scientific and technical reports related to emissions from oil and gas production sites.• Led witness testimony in a New Mexico State Environmental Improvement Board hearing to develop new state regulations related to ozone precursors emitted by the oil and gas industry.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

•Worked with field office and regional attorneys to conduct research on federal matters involving private individuals as well as local and state government entities.•Researched and provided opinions and memos on issues regarding qui tam actions, the Federal Tort Claims Act, various water rights issues, and Forest Service matters.•Drafted an opinion letter for a Federal Tort Act claim, followed by a settlement offer and justification letter after the opinion letter was accepted by the regional attorney.•Conducted research and subsequent memos related to water rights claims subsequently used by USDA attorneys for use in litigation and settlement negotiations.

Greater Denver Area

•Created and maintained the court record; reviewed and monitored case files, pleadings, and related documents in compliance with relevant and appropriate statutes, rules, administrative orders and other governing policies and procedures. •Reviewed court cases to determine whether all legal elements of a case have been met; reviewed judge's orders for completeness and accuracy, and translated orders to the court’s case management system.•Reviewed, prepared, and processed legal orders and forms related to: warrants, appearance bonds, mittimus, and various advisements in accordance with a judge's order, court procedures, and legal precedents; created forms and legal documents including motions, contempt citations and other documents •Acted as liaison between defendants, court personnel, and judges as well as between the court and law enforcement agencies. Assisted the public through knowledge of policy, procedure, ordinances, and statutes.•Scheduled hearings pertaining to court cases in accordance with civil and criminal rules of procedure, court procedure, judges' preferences and individual discretion. •Maintained a variety of confidential records requiring classification and compilation of varied information; processed requests for information per departmental policy; prepared reports, drafted correspondence concerning legal matters; secured information from public records; proofread legal materials; and compiled reports. •Tested and developed Denver County Court Civilweb E-Filing system. Provided weekly reports to system developers and administrative staff. Trained County Court judges, clerks, and training staff. Prepared and administered final launch of the system.•Assisted in the development of court-related curriculum and conducted training for court staff.•Trained new employees on case management system and related duties regarding system•Completed specialized projects and assignments, keeping management apprised of significant issues and concerns.

•Performed court specific, technical clerical office support work processing all incoming civil filings, adult, juvenile, criminal, ordinance violations, traffic and parking summonses. •Coordinated and purged cases in cooperation with the City Attorney’s Office, District Attorney’s Office and court division staff. •Interpreted and explained regulations, policies, standards, and/or procedures to internal/external customers based on extensive knowledge of a specialized area within a defined scope. •Reviewed and evaluated forms, applications, computations, documents, and/or other information to determine accuracy, completeness, acceptability, or compliance based on extensive knowledge of court policy, procedures and legal practices. •Maintained court records; by certifying and sealing court documents. •Answered phone calls daily, providing information to customers; screened telephone calls, transferred calls, relayed messages, and returned phone calls as necessary. •Utilized computer databases to input information/data and to create, edit, compile, manipulate, and retrieve files and/or databases to create reports.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

• Engaged in training per CSPD training guidelines and Colorado P.O.S.T. standards.• Understood and applied law enforcement criminal statutes.• Mastered firearm techniques through advanced weapons training.• Developed interpersonal communication skills to apply various conversational mechanics to meet all situations.

• Prepared a variety of reports using information obtained from customers including runaway/missing person reports, traffic accident reports, teleserve reports concerning criminal mischief, theft, harassment and lost/stolen property, and supplements to existing reports.• Organized and generated documentation and forms for the department including: transcribing officer dictation tapes, preparing probable cause affidavits, arrest and search warrants, daily occurrence sheets, intelligence reports, personal recognizance bonds, supplemental affidavits, patrol checks, premise histories, court histories and related correspondence and issuing new court dates for individuals as appropriate.• Operated a variety of specialized law enforcement computer database systems including NCIC/CCIC, CJIS, Colorado Springs Utilities, CopLogic, JIS, Mobile Data Client, Mobile Field Reporting, LERMS, and Computer Aided Dispatching systems in order to communicate with officers and other department staff to retrieve necessary information via the computer programs. • Processed evidence and personal property sent to assigned division; processed personal property while taking all actions needed to identify, locate, and return found property; sent evidentiary items to appropriate department staff or properly entered into evidence through Evidence OnQ.• Progressive work with the heroine task force running warrant checks and compiling received data.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Planned, organized, and conveyed secure and confidential information into Cisco database, including want and warrant checksWorked as a team within the police department to gather pertinent data and all information was accurate and recorded in a timely manner including citations.Preparation of documents for public, management, and officers of the department in accordance with required city and department policies and procedures to insure appropriate information was secured.Progressive responsibility working with, and knowledge of, the Bosanova database and city government technologies, storing financial and court records.Completed background checks using NCIC software and databases.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Completed federal environmental documents of controlled mosquito breeding sites and reduced mosquito habitats. Monitored and documented research on mosquito breeding habitats to maintain and identify potential community health risks.Controlled hazardous materials and dispose of contaminated containers according to current safety and environmental standards and in an environmentally sensitive manner.Distributed information to the community to increase awareness and provide knowledge of potential insect related illnesses and enhance the quality of the outdoor environment within Grand Forks.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Completed packets of current course descriptions and materials related to the online courses offered to students. Presented clear and concise information to current and future students. Organized accurate records and files of confidential and important information of students. Input data using the Microsoft Office Suite to update student profiles. Managed records to be used for current and future reference

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Energy, Environment, And Natural Resources Law

Activities and Societies: Natural Resources and Environmental Law Society - Vice President: 2020-2021 Intellectual Property Law Society.

Bachelors Of Science, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society Criminal Justice Association Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.