Solo practice in employment law, small business/startups, intellectual property, estate planning, and personal injury.

General counsel services for small to medium-sized businesses providing business and legal guidance in the areas of employment, intellectual property, data privacy, contracts, leases, corporate governance, and strategic planning.

•Design and develop flash-based videogames with a small development team.•Analyze and manage business development, trademark, copyright, and patent issues.

•Provided support to the legal department as needed on a wide range of issues, including intellectual property, licensing, employment, immigration, research collaborations, regulatory matters, legal research, corporate governance, internal training, and policies.•Drafted and reviewed a wide variety of contracts, such as service agreements, purchase agreements, collaboration agreements, and data transfer agreements.

• Advised an early-stage startup client on issues such as financing, entity formation, product development, customer discovery, and partnering options.• Drafted artist work-for-hire agreement, product validation strategy, and early-stage marketing plan.• Researched state and federal trademark availability, analyzed legal strength and marketing effectiveness of potential marks, and communicated relevant considerations in a client deliverable.

• Met with clinic clients weekly to address art-related legal issues and concerns.• Conducted legal research and analysis regarding music licensing, copyright ownership and infringement, fair use, parody, first sale doctrine, trademark registration and infringement, rights of publicity, defamation, LLC formation, and trade secrets.• Reviewed contracts, employment agreements, publishing agreements, and NDAs.

•Discovered and documented video game and application defects using software tools for the Xbox 360 with the Kinect sensor•Localized games to international markets to ensure accurate language translation and product quality •Successfully tested and shipped Kinect Disneyland Adventures in November 2011, and Kinect Star Wars in March 2012•Successfully tested and released numerous iterations of ESPN, MLB, UFC, and NHL applications for Xbox LIVE in 2012

•Organized and managed appointments with attorneys at thirty-seven Neighborhood Legal Clinics throughout King County•Referred new clients to additional civil and criminal legal services around Western Washington•Provided exemplary customer service in a timely manner, with respect to emotional and confidential sensitivities

•Averaged over $1,000 in daily sales at the bartender position managing multiple tables, drink production, and phone orders•Served in a leadership role writing schedules, training new employees, and performing opening and closing duties

•Developed specific ESL program for two mid-career professionals from Afghanistan on a fellowship at the University of Washington.•Included American cultural lessons and tours around the city, in addition to ESL tutoring.

•Developed additional study abroad program, doubling expansion to additional international cities•Created course materials, syllabi, and field trip activities for visiting students

•Managed all aspects of a small business: generating sales, account and inventory management, and tax preparation•Created sales increase of $10,000 over the course of three months