Regional Surety Counsel for Liberty Mutual Surety’s central region.

An assertive, responsive, attorney specializing in employment law, construction disputes, and surety litigation.

Associate litigation attorney handling commercial litigation and personal injury defense cases.

As a member of the firm's commercial litigation team, I am responsible for handling all aspects of a case from initial demand, to drafting pleadings, handling discovery, taking depositions, motion and hearing practice, trying cases and beyond.My practice areas include employment law, business disputes, breach of contract claims, fraud, trademark infringement, patent infringement, real estate disputes, and general commercial litigation.

Attorney in the commercial litigation section. Lender litigation including mortgage lender work. Billboard/advertising litigation. Financial institution litigation.

Worked closely with the bureaus' southwest regional counsel. Job responsibilities were very similar to those clerking in an in-house legal environment. Regional counsel is responsible for overseeing and responding to all legal issues arising within the bureau, and my job responsibilities gave me exposure to a wide range of legal issues, from property rights and liability issues to review of complaints and FOIA requests filed by federal inmates.

Worked as a legal intern with the Dallas, Texas office of the DOJ Antitrust division.

Legal research and writing on criminal and civil matters handled by the Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of Texas.

Worked as an eligibility specialist for state and federal welfare programs. After two years was promoted to the position of Trainer II, and was responsible for training new eligibility specialists on complex computer systems, as well as state and federal policies and procedures.