Partner in the Debt Finance group.

Associate in the Debt Finance group.

Associate in the Debt Finance group

Principally responsible for three or more commercial foreclosure matters while simultaneously contributing to five or more other commercial litigation matters by drafting motions, performing legal research, and attending hearings.

Wrote bench memos, wrote draft opinions, and citechecked draft opinions in over 60 cases. Sample topics: administrative law, insurance law, and secured transactions.

Fixed need for Chapter officers to provide cash-flow for organization until National Chapter reimbursed event costs by successfully negotiating with the law school's Administration and Student Government for a line-of-credit to be repaid upon receipt of reimbursement. Increased number of events 100% and average attendance of events 50% from previous year. Improvements resulted in nomination for chapter of the year and increased funding for events the following year.

Recommended changes to contracts and new business practices of an arguably dominant undertaking to ensure compliance with European Union antitrust laws. Successfully convinced the European Division's General Counsel to use new contract management software despite his strong resistance to the software.

Researched legal framework relevant to policy proposals. Sample topics: L3Cs and retroactive laws.

Digested cases and wrote footnote parentheticals for over 190 recent bankruptcy decisions. Assisted with multi-day global mediation of over 60 claims at once stemming from the Tom Petters fraud case.

Led two-person team in creating a training guide for new foreign exchange salesperson hires because widespread regulatory changes due to recent recession meant current job procedures were undocumented. Gathered information via interviews with over 30 employees including salespeople, product structurers, risk management group members, and upper level management. Recommended improvements and summarized findings in a 150-page report.

Led a team of four in collecting data on over 465 fish labels in 9 supermarkets. Created a bilingual, four page, Likert-type scale based survey to determine awareness of sustainability of fish purchased in supermarkets and administered the survey to 530 participants. Analyzed in SPSS and summarized findings in a 50 page report.