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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Provided in-house advice and counsel to employing offices of the U.S. House of Representatives (the “House) on a broad range of employment matters, and represented management in employment litigation• Counseled Members of Congress and other House employing offices regarding compliance with employment laws made applicable to Congress by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (“CAA”) (most federal employment laws, including Title VII, ADEA, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, OSHA, USERRA), and provided guidance for managing personnel issues to include hiring and terminating employment, performance management, disciplinary matters, remote work, conducting internal investigations, and best practices for avoiding litigation• Represented employing offices in mediation, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (the Legislative Branch’s confidential administrative version of the EEOC), and federal courts• Developed and communicated litigation strategy, drafted and revised dispositive and non-dispositive motions and briefs, and managed discovery/e-discovery; led discussions with clients, counsel, judges, mediators, and other stakeholders; negotiated, drafted, and revised, settlement agreements• Reviewed employment law related amendments to the CAA and prepared related guidance for use by employing offices; reviewed, drafted, and revised policies and procedures/employee handbooks and other employment contracts and documents• Interfaced with Members of Congress, senior Congressional staff, and other House and Capitol Hill entities regarding a broad range of employment matters

Washington Dc Region

• Practice focused on employment law, including advice and counsel, internal investigations, management/non-management employee training, agency charges, mediation, arbitration, and litigation• Provided substantive guidance on broad range of employment issues to clients with employees across multiple federal, state, and local jurisdictions, such as compliance with new and existing laws and regulations (including federal laws and state and local equivalents of Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, and Covid-19/return to work regulations), hiring and terminating employment, and performance management• Conducted internal investigations; drafted and revised policies and procedures/employee handbooks; drafted, revised, and negotiated employment contracts/separation agreements; conducted management/non-management employee training• Drafted, revised, and negotiated confidentiality and protective orders, settlement agreements, and other employment documents• Bilingual practice included analyzing and translating documents, conducting interviews, interpreting, and counseling clients in Spanish• Represented management in state, federal, and appellate courts, arbitration proceedings, and before administrative agencies in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia• Led matters including developing and communicating strategy, drafting and revising motions and briefs, managing discovery/e-discovery, taking and defending fact, expert, and 30(b)(6) depositions, arguing dispositive and non- dispositive motions, serving as second chair in trial and arbitration hearings• Led discussions with clients, counsel, judges, arbitrators, and other stakeholders

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Regularly represented clients in state and federal courts and administrative, mediation, and arbitration proceedings• Led and managed matters related to employment disputes, contract disputes and business torts, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, premises liability, and negligence and professional liability; led all aspects of litigation; investigated EEOC and OHR complaints, drafted position statements; conducted internal investigations

Rockville, Md

Circuit Court For Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Md

Silver Spring, Md

Annapolis, Md

Baltimore, Md

Annapolis, Md

Baltimore, Md And Hyattsville, Md

Arlington, Va

Woodbridge, Ct

Oaxaca De Juárez, Mexico

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Health Law

• Juris Doctor, May 2013 • Certificate: Health Law • University of Maryland School of Law Leadership Scholar, 2010-2013; Peer Advisor.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Business Government Relations; International Business Diplomacy

Master'S Degree, International Business Diplomacy/Business Government Relations

Activities and Societies: • President, Latin American Graduate Organization; Elected Graduate Student Representative to the Edmund A..

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Latin American Studies; Anthropology

• Bachelor of Arts, May 2003, Cum Laude • Concentration: Spanish/Latin American Studies; Minor: Anthropology; Spanish Honors Society •.