Legal practice focusing on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on commercial, transnational, and civil rights litigation. Participation in complex cases in a number of state and federal courts. Management of multinational teams on difficult discovery projects. Appellate experience in multiple courts. Assistance in cross-border transactions and negotiations for the Firm’s Latin American clients.

Civil litigator in matters including consumer financial services, products liability, and labor and employment issues at the Washington, D.C. office of Goodwin Procter LLP. Negotiated and administered settlements, worked on the successful defense of statewide and nationwide class actions, and served as lead attorney in numerous borrower lawsuits in the Washington region for a well-respected mortgage banking client. Responsible for researching and briefing a wide variety of complex legal issues involving both state and federal law, preparing all forms of offensive and defensive discovery, and drafting pleadings for a lawsuit involving hundreds of millions of dollars in monetary damages.