At Imprivata, I spearhead the implementation of advanced privacy technologies and data integration projects for major healthcare organizations across the U.S. and Canada. I address EMR (Electronic Medical Record) privacy risks and ensure compliance by developing robust policies, procedures, and workflows for machine learning software deployment. Collaborating closely with clients, I analyze EMR privacy concerns and tailor implementation strategies to align with their specific business needs.Key Achievements: • Developed a Comprehensive EMR Privacy Monitoring Policy Template: Streamlined the integration of new software into compliance cycles by creating a policy template that aligns software configurations with legal and regulatory requirements. • Led Cross-Functional Teams: Guided development and strategic planning initiatives for implementations, software development, market expansion, and communication efforts to optimize processes and ensure project success. • Ensured Client-Centric Product Development: Assessed new product features to confirm alignment with client privacy monitoring needs during development, enhancing client satisfaction and software efficacy. • Built and Mentored High-Performing Teams: Established a proficient team and provided mentorship to new hires on compliance protocols, troubleshooting, implementation processes, training, and development cycles, fostering a culture of excellence. • Conducted Specialized Training Sessions: Led training on the Maize Explanation-Based Auditing System, promoting effective utilization of machine learning algorithms and software interfaces during implementation phases.

At Deatherage, Myers, & Lackey, I grew my practice across Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee, handling a diverse range of cases in business law, family law, criminal defense, tort law, bankruptcy, and collections. My dedication and success in these areas led to achieving partnership status in 2015.Key Achievements: • Engineered a Paperless Practice Management System: Optimized efficiency and upheld privacy and confidentiality standards by leveraging off-the-shelf software to create a paperless workflow for the firm. • Secured Multi-Million Dollar Verdicts in Wrongful Death Trials: Achieved victories in three high-stakes wrongful death cases, each valued in the multi-million-dollar range, showcasing exceptional litigation skills and client advocacy. • Committed to Pro Bono Work: Volunteered as a Kentucky Legal Aid attorney, providing pro bono legal assistance to veterans and service members, reinforcing a dedication to community service and legal accessibility.

In my role at Brigade Judge Advocate for the 159th CAB, I led the law of war compliance program, ensuring that all brigade activities adhered to applicable laws, policies, and regulations under challenging conditions. I provided comprehensive legal counsel to brigade commanders and their staff throughout the full mission planning cycle, facilitating lawful and effective operations. Additionally, I managed the brigade’s legal department, overseeing sensitive legal matters and guiding a team of attorneys and paralegals.Key Achievements: • Spearheaded Law of War Compliance Program: Directed the program from inception to completion with limited resources, initiating a year-long pre-deployment training regimen and continuing education during deployment. The brigade execute hundreds of missions during deployment without any compliance incidents. • Expert Training and Compliance Oversight: Trained command teams, attorneys, and paralegals on a wide range of legal issues, ensuring that all brigade operations complied with domestic and international laws and regulations. • Managed Extensive Legal Proceedings: Successfully processed 24 courts-martial, 84 administrative separations, 40 memoranda of reprimand, 278 non-judicial punishment actions, 50 investigations, and facilitated $7 million in contract actions for the brigade. • Ensured Adherence to Rules of Engagement: Evaluated and summarized engagement reports, including storyboards and video recordings, to guarantee strict compliance with the law of armed conflict and the established rules of engagement.

Trial Counsel | 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Campbell, KY I deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom to support the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade’s legal mission in 2009, developing and executing prosecutions of two general courts-martial. I trained and mentored a team of seven paralegals on the administration of military justice and investigations per company policies and procedures.Trial Counsel/Special Assistant United States Attorney | Redstone Arsenal, ALI served as a sole trial counsel for the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, leading the administration of military justice for the U.S. Army Garrison and 59th Ordnance Brigade.

I counseled a broad range of clients on complex legal issues involving estate planning, family law, consumer affairs, state/federal taxation, landlord/tenant, Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, and casualty assistance