Manage legal policy and processes for federal and state housing programs, including Section 8, Reentry Housing Partnership, Emergency Solutions Grants, HOPWA programs, Home Access Program, HUD 811 PRA, and Continuum of Care projects. Consult with internal staff and outside parties to negotiate and execute contracts. Develop processes and handle individual situations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements including the FHA, Section 504, ADA, NEPA, and VAWA. Provide statewide training on regulatory requirements. Maintain the department's secured loan interests in connection with affordable housing and other homeless program developments.

Policy review, constitutional law research and recommendations, liaison with the Attorney General's office regarding litigation, and records production.

Drafted briefs, legal memoranda, appellate briefs, pleadings, discovery, and other litigation documents in areas of personal injury, insurance bad faith, social security disability, and workers' compensation.

- Promoted to sole paralegal on insurance cases, including coverage opinions, declaratory judgment actions, and bad faith defense - Drafted discovery requests, motions, pleadings, subpoenas, and correspondence - Analyzed deposition and hearing transcripts to provide written evaluation of pertinent issues for attorneys- Edited coverage opinions and legal memoranda for fact correctness, contradictions, and grammar- Performed research to gather case-relevant data and materials - Supervised the legal assistant assigned to cases involving insurance coverage analysis

- Drafted motions, complaints, and insurance demand letters - Ensured necessary documents were present in files for attorney to assess damages and liability- Managed court calendar, communicated with clients, and coordinated depositions- Guaranteed adherence to statute of limitations and pleading deadlines and discovery compliance