Work on a variety of commercial litigation and transactional matters in a full-service boutique business law firm.

Work on a variety of commercial litigation matters, in a range of procedural postures. Draft complaints and answers. Engage in motion practice as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants. Draft and respond to interrogatories and production requests; coordinate e-discovery. Meet and confer with opposing counsel regarding discovery issues. Participate on arbitration discovery conferences. Drafted pretrial disclosures and coordinated with opposing counsel drafting a joint pretrial consent order. Conducted novel research regarding expectancy damages for the breach of a letter of intent. Drafted and defended a motion for default judgment.

As plaintiffs’ attorney, designed, implemented strategy for, and settled a case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, for damages under Connecticut and North Carolina law emanating from an employer’s failure to pay two employees’ wages.

Worked alongside a leading LGBT rights advocate to litigate cases against private and state employers where there was reason to believe the employers’ policies or practices were to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Drafted amended complaints, oppositions to motions to dismiss, and letter motions. Drafted and responded to interrogatories and production requests. Drafted deficiency letters and motions for spoliation sanctions.

Prepared first drafts of court rulings in social security and habeas cases; legal research and preparation of memoranda for Judge and Chambers staff; editing and cite checking of court opinions; participation in pretrial and settlement conferences.

Prepared first drafts of complaints and interrogatories in breach of contract and securities cases; drafting of motion to stay civil proceedings pending resolution of a related criminal action for a securities case; legal research in securities, employment and contract law; review of opponent's document production and preparation of deposition questions in a breach of contract matter; review of a trial transcript and identification of appealable issues for a securities action; telephone conversations with clients and drafting of demand letters.

Prepared the first draft of new Board of Trustees ethics guidelines following research into museum industry custom and safe harbor provisions in federal excess benefits transactions law and New York not-for-profit law; legal research and preparation of memorandum for senior museum staff regarding the applicability of copyright law to an artist’s appropriation of emoji.

Counseled a foreign national through a successful application for asylum with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; delivery of closing argument at asylum interview; meetings with client and supporting affiants and preparation of affidavits; research and compilation of country conditions report.

Conducted legal research on the Equal Pay Act, Title VII, the New York Human Rights Law, the New York Equal Pay Law and the effect of 11th Amendment sovereign immunity upon each.

Audited websites for Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act compliance and documented findings for review by the Federal Trade Commission; screening of television advertisements for deceptive, unfair, or inappropriate content under CARU Self-Regulatory Guidelines for Children's Advertising.

Managed daily operations of an art gallery; negotiation of art insurance; coordination and contracting of art transportation; drafting of consignment agreements; management of provenance files; coordination with fine art conservator; research and writing about art.

Provided direct support to the organization’s President; collaboration on over 30 diversity events attended by between 70-500 people; service as executive editor and contributor to a monthly newsletter; participation with President in potential membership meetings with major corporations.

Conducted factual research identifying sales agents of a cartel and adversely impacted buyers in an antitrust matter; factual research regarding a brownfield site in an environmental matter; proofreading of briefs and memoranda; preparation of first drafts of correspondence to judges and clients; coordination of travel and shipment of materials for Women's Antitrust Plaintiff's Association Conference in San Francisco.

Proofread pleadings, briefs, motions, and discovery requests; updating and indexing of pleadings binders; email and telephone conversations with clients and outside attorneys.