Draft Judicial Decisions and Orders for the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, the Black Lung Act, and the approximately eighty statutes handled by this office. Draft Decisions and Orders in assigned cases that are well-organized, logically reasoned, and grammatically correct. Ensure that each Decision and Order contains a thorough and accurate discussion of each issue and the arguments raised by the parties regarding those issues. Apply the applicable law to the relevant facts and evidence.Draft numerous Orders on a daily basis in response to pre-hearing and post-hearing motions in assigned cases. Analyze the procedural and substantive issues that are raised in the motions. Ensure that all Orders are issued in compliance with the statutory and regulatory time limits.Communicate with attorneys and pro-se litigants multiple times each day in order to schedule conference calls, answer questions, and prepare them for the date of the hearing.Promptly inform the Judge of all such correspondence or communication. Prepare accurate, written responses to oral communications when necessary.Prepare pre-hearing synopses of cases arising under statutes within the jurisdiction of the Office of Administrative Law Judges. Organize case files in a coherent fashion and analyze all the documents contained therein. Identify all factual and legal issues that need to be resolved at administrative hearings.Research all factual and legal issues necessary for the resolution of assigned cases, including locating and analyzing all applicable statutes and regulations, relevant decision of administrative bodies and courts, and secondary legal authority such as treatises and law review articles. Draft research memoranda concerning some of the more intricate statutes, regulations, and issues that appear before the OALJ. Research new case law.Interview applicants for externship positions, supervise externs, assign work to externs, answer questions, and review work product.

Worked in the Community Associations Division. Drafted research memoranda concerning the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Fair Housing Acts of Virginia, Maryland, and California. Drafted amendments to community association declarations. Researched community development authorities, the governing documents of various community associations, and newsletter advertising policies.

Assisted veterans in obtaining benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by doing legal research, submitting documents and briefs to the VA, writing letters to senators, and discussing available options with clients over the phone. Interacted with clients suffering from physical, emotional, and mental disabilities. Recommended appropriate courses of action to clients regarding the filing of claims and appeals. Prepared for and headed a two hour client intake interview.

Drafted legal opinions and orders for ongoing disputes regarding the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, which the administrative law judge reviewed and then issued.

Worked with the Forestry Division of SELC. Researched and applied the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. Focused on the George Washington National Forest Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Forest Plan. Extensively researched and wrote about the hazards of hydraulic fracturing on surface and ground drinking water supplies, Total Maximum Daily Loads, and the Chesapeake Bay. Met with influential Parties, such as the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority. Drafted Freedom of Information Act requests.

Assisted veterans in obtaining benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by doing legal research, submitting documents and briefs to the VA, writing letters to senators, and discussing available options with clients over the phone. Interacted with clients suffering from physical, emotional, and mental disabilities. Recommended appropriate courses of action to clients regarding the filing of claims and appeals. Drafted legal briefs that were reviewed by my Supervisor and submitted to the Board of Veterans Appeals.

Performed legal research. Wrote draft opinions and internal memoranda for current cases for review by the Judge. Participated in a jury trial by reading a deposition. Helped plaintiffs fill out the necessary paperwork before seeing a judge in uncontested, pro se divorces. Drafted a ruling on a demurrer regarding the application of a choice-of-law provision to a claim of promissory estoppel in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Updated Law and Fraudulent Transactions treatise by researching new cases and editing existing sections of the treatise. Researched and wrote memoranda to help Professor Alces write a book (Oxford University Press) examining neuroscience and its relationship to tort, contract, and criminal law.

Organized and assembled leadership training programs for clients, prepared and analyzed personality tests, observed leadership programs, equipped training rooms, and helped out as needed around the office.

Participated in strategic sessions to publicize, edit, and cite check Mr. Rifkin’s recent book, The Empathetic Civilization. Researched and reviewed proposals to cities for cleaner energy options. Maintained corporate executives’ contact information in data base.

Organized and assembled leadership training programs for clients, prepared and analyzed personality tests, observed leadership programs, equipped training rooms, and helped out as needed around the office.