Litigation, governance, compliance, risk management, development, financing, leasing, operation, acquisition, disposition, policy and procedure, and investigations across 21 states and Puerto Rico in the hotel and affordable and conventional multifamily housing industries.

Trial and appellate attorney defending clients in business and commercial litigation, securities litigation, healthcare litigation, product liability, class actions, mass tort insurance, unlawful business practices and unfair competition actions.

Associate with insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, products liability and professional liability litigation practice emphases.

Hernandez v. Holder, 738 F.3d 1099 (9th Cir. 2013). Researched and prepared Petitioner’s briefs in this pro bono immigration matter. Orally argued against the United States Department of Justice. In a published decision reshaping immigration law and practice, the Court agreed that a federal agency’s interpretation of “jurisdiction” was erroneous and that the Board of Immigration Appeals could not disclaim jurisdiction over pleadings directly filed with it.

Researched and wrote memoranda on 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) and § 501(c)(4) organization expenditure issues. Researched national security and due process issues regarding alien detainees.

Advised and co-managed ten teams comprised of thirty students competing in national and international competitions. Organized and scheduled the one hundred person 1L Intramural Moot Court Competition. Planned expenditures from the program's six-figure budget.

Assisted with staff members' production assignments and program social events.

Drafted memoranda and bench orders regarding motions in limine, summary judgment, habeas corpus petitions and various civil issues. Researched California substantive law and procedure for clerks. Observed hearings, trials and sidebars.

Summer Associate that analyzed, researched and drafted memoranda for civil defense matters. Prepared for and attended hearings, depositions and mediations.

Analyzed pleadings and motions. Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda. Updated Judge Russell's annual and authoritative Bankruptcy Evidence Manual, 2012-2013 ed. (West’s Bankruptcy Series).

Drafted entertainment and financing contracts and correspondence for two Chinese films and one American film. Assisted in the regulatory research for taking a Mongolian gold mine public on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. Drafted presentation for the same. Researched international copyright protection to select most suitable jurisdiction.

Defensive litigation support including research, drafting and trial preparation for federal housing program financing agreements and closings. Drafted infraction enforcement and debarment memoranda. Conducted multifamily housing grant application compliance review to determine degree of each applicant's eligibility. Researched various contractual issues and drafted memoranda on the same.