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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Researched case law for commercial litigation firm. Reviewed and coded Spanish documents for responsiveness and privilege in Catalyst database during discovery process. Drafted amended response to interrogatories. Prepared documents for expert witness review. Assisted in preparation for trial.

Researched issues involving child guardianship, dependency, and appeals of dependency cases. Drafted trial brief and direct examination questions for a child custody case. Drafted response to petition for dissolution of marriage. Drafted a premarital agreement template. Drafted documents propounding discovery and a notice of appeal. Attended client consultation meetings. Conducted client consultations with Spanish-speaking clients in Spanish.

Researched state cases that applied international law and involved transitory tort claims in preparation for a treatise on state law claims that can be brought along with or instead of Alien Tort Statute cases. Met with team members to address questions. Edited work of project members. Oversaw the work of project members.

Oakland, Ca, Us

Worked with the Medical-Legal Partnership. Discussed potential legal or social problems with families in the UCSF Asthma Clinic in order to assess the family’s need for legal help. Conducted client intakes and interviews. Conducted legal research on language access issues with special education programs and public housing, emotional support animals in public housing, and habitability problems in public housing. Prepared complaint and accompanying papers for filing in federal court.

Worked in Dependency in Unified Family Court. Researched and drafted memorandum addressing Judge’s questions. Addressed various problems with certain policies and Standing Orders. Researched and advised Dependency Court on how to improve the fee hearing process for those individuals who qualify for appointment of counsel, but who also may have some funds to pay for their appointed attorneys. Observed court hearings, proceedings and oral arguments.

Represented English-speaking and Spanish-speaking minors and parents in dependency proceedings. Appeared in court for several types of hearings within dependency cases such as detention hearings, jurisdictional hearings, disposition hearings and contested dispositional hearings. Advocated for reunification of families. Conducted site visits of the homes of dependents and the foster homes. Researched current dependency laws and procedures such as rights of a presumed father, rights of siblings in the placement of other siblings, and adoption procedures.

Researched criticisms of the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal on specified topics that support claims that there is an “international standard” which had not been attained. Drafted a memorandum of the criticisms of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the trials in East Timor on topics including lack of precision of charges, lack of disclosure of evidence to the defense, lack of partiality of judges, and paying prosecution witnesses to testify.

Created analytical chart that correlated the victim testimonies of the Civil Parties with the issues within the Khmer Rouge Tribunal held in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).

Researched case law for civil litigation firm specializing in commercial contracts and energy industry clients. Contacted County Assessor offices to investigate mineral rights identification numbers and property lot numbers of multiple properties in order to properly complete required sales forms.

Developed customer service skills, resolved patron complaints. Due to the high volume of patrons on football game days, served between 200 and 2000 people a day.

Also worked here May 2009-July 2009.Taught children between ages 3-18. Taught how to swim specific strokes, corrected technique. Ran practices, designed workout plans, entered swimmers in events for meets, managed swimmers at swim meets. Both years the team got 1st place in their division for the first and second time in club history.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Supervised residence hall with 70 college women. Administered university disciplinary code, wrote incident reports, mediated and resolved conflicts and fights between roommates and residents. Planned academic, social and cultural programs. Received the Residential College Residents’ Assistant of the Year.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Ba, International Studies, Spanish