• Meet with clients and draft their trusts, wills, deeds, and other estate planning documents• Assist in trial preparation for Tax Court• Research various income taxation issues and provide memorandums for attorneys• Advise on tax aspects of sales of stock and real property, option contracts, and other income tax related issues

• Research various taxation and bankruptcy issues and provide memorandums for attorneys• Draft motions in response to litigation including answers and motions to dismiss• Draft Legal Advice Memos for IRS appeals officers and attorneys• Observe Tax Court proceedings and appear with special permission of the Court

• Research various Taxation and Bankruptcy issues for attorneys • Draft memoranda for supervising attorneys regarding researched information• Draft motions, including motions for summary judgment, motions to eliminate, sur-reply, etc.• Observed Tax and Bankruptcy courtroom proceedings

• Revise Disqualification of Judges handbook to include 2015-2017 case law• Research three years of case law regarding the disqualification of judges and provide summaries of each

• Represent clients on behalf of the Tax Assistance Appeals Program appeals against the Board of Equalization• Work with clients to dismiss or settle and lesser tax liability assessed upon them by the Board of Equalization• Provide weekly updates to clients on the status of their appeal cases

• Managed customer requests and ensured that help desk specialists addressed customers’ needs• Drafted reports to management regarding customer tickets and issues• Provided reports to management in weekly meetings regarding the status of tickets and projects• Managed all customer projects, including multi-site installations and follow-up requests• Provided technical support for incoming service tickets

• Assisted with Comparative Politics and Chinese-African Trade Relations courses• Met with students during office hours to further explain course material and reinforce understanding of lectures• Presented course review lectures to help prepare students for examinations• Graded student assignments and examinations, and submitted final grades to professors

• Researched political science issues, including: the neocolonial relationship between China and its African trade partners; a comparison between the Israeli Knesset and the Netherland’s House of Representatives; and reasons for the failure of Scotland’s independence referendum• Created charts and graphs on Microsoft Excel and presentations on Microsoft PowerPoint for guest lectures

• Conducted legal research on issues relating to the rights of victims or witnesses who are minors• Attended trials and assisted attorneys by taking notes of court proceedings