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Woodlawn, Maryland, United States

•Participate significantly in the overall management and administration of the Office of the Counsel to the Inspector General. Work closely with the Chief Counsel on management, administrative (including component budget), and personnel matters. •Supervise, including assignment of work and review and approval of final work product, a team of attorneys responsible for pursuing Civil Monetary Penalty cases under Section 1140 of the Social Security Act, as well as for other enforcement matters (subpoena enforcement, responding to Giglio requests, assessing and responding to Touhy requests, responding to requests for redacted Reports of Investigation in administrative sanctions cases, reviewing all subpoenas issued by the OIG for legal sufficiency, drafting scoping memos, etc.). •Perform reviews and oversee subordinate attorney reviews of draft audit reports for legal sufficiency. Work with the Office of Audit to advise on potential audit legal issues and legal best practices throughout the life of the audit.•Develop, implement, and run the Section 1140 consumer protection and industry education outreach resulting in additional prevention of SSA-related advertisements, solicitations, or other communications conveying the false impression that such an item is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the SSA. Establish and maintain relationships with entities to ensure fraudulent and misleading sites are handled timely and appropriately. •Run the office’s SSA-telecom scam call initiative bringing Section 1140 actions against telecommunications companies transiting SSA-related scam calls. •Coordinate Enforcement Team legal support to the Office of Investigations, Office of Audit, and Office of the Chief Strategy Officer. •Develop and distribute best practices and internal policy guidance documents.•Plan, coordinate, and oversee the execution of projects and initiatives, including developing a robust internship program that has recruited 1-3 legal interns per semester.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

•Assess and pursue Civil Monetary Penalty cases under Section 1129 of the Social Security Act.•Work on Civil Monetary Penalty cases at all stages of the process. Draft initial contact letters, notices of proposed penalty, and default letters. •Responsible for negotiating settlements with subjects and with subjects’ counsel, for approval of Chief Counsel.•Responsible for preparing cases for hearing before Departmental Appeals Board Administrative Law Judges, and for representing the Agency at hearing.

National Case Assistance Center East (Baltimore, Maryland)

• Serve as a management adviser to the director of the National Case Assistance Center and participate significantly in the overall management and administration of the decision writing unit.• Work closely with the director on all management, administrative, and personnel matters, as well as on a variety of programmatic issues.• Provide guidance and direction by acting as a second line supervisor to Attorney Advisors drafting decisions for Administrative Law Judges on Title II and Title XVI Social Security Disability Claims. • Establish goals and objectives for subordinate organizational units related to improving quality and efficiency of drafting, and communicate goals and objectives to first line supervisors and their teams of Attorney Advisors. • Serve as the point of contact for the exchange of information between the National Case Assistance Center and the centralized hearing support units. • Monitor Attorney Advisor performance office-wide. Assess training needs and implement training programs. • Address groups of subordinate first line supervisors in meetings and trainings regarding technical and programmatic issues. • Evaluate the work performance of subordinate employees using the performance appraisal system.• Draft formal reports related to legal, program, and management activities, including employee performance reports, memos regarding reasonable accommodation requests and employee performance, and status reports on various management initiatives. • Engage in hiring of Attorney Advisors and Supervisory Attorney Advisors, including drafting hiring bulletins, screening resumes and writing samples, interviewing applicants, and making hiring recommendations. • Under the Social Security Administration’s all-hands approach to the drafting backlog, draft legally defensible hearing decisions for Social Security Title II and Title XVI disability claims pursuant to instructions from Administrative Law Judges.

National Case Assistance Center East (Baltimore, Maryland)

•Acted as the first line supervisor for a group of Attorney Advisors responsible for drafting legally sufficient decisions on claimants' Title II and Title XVI disability claims in accordance with instructions from Administrative Law Judges. •Researched statutes, regulations, rules, policies, and legal opinions regarding issues involved in cases at the hearing level. •Answered questions from Attorney Advisors regarding Title II and Title XVI disability claims, developed training materials, and led training sessions on the regulations and Social Security policies. •Trained new Attorney Advisors on the fundamentals of decision drafting. Reviewed my team's work product for legal sufficiency. •Performed the full range of supervisory duties, including but not limited to interviewing applicants and making hiring recommendations, dealing with labor relations issues, facilitating reasonable accommodations requests, identifying supplemental training needs, and considering disciplinary measures. •Drafted legally sufficient Title II and Title XVI disability decisions in accordance with instructions from Administrative Law Judges.•Participated in organizing and running inter-component projects and initiatives meant to address the decision drafting backlog. •Working in conjunction with other OHO managers, developed business processes for inter-component projects and initiatives.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

•Drafted legally sufficient decisions on claimants' Title II and Title XVI disability claims in accordance with instructions from Administrative Law Judges.•Assessed and cited to the medical evidence of record in claimant files to support hearing decisions.•Performed legal research.•Performed on the record reviews of cases pre-hearing to determine whether they could be paid and to suggest additional development.•Developed suggested draft decisional findings at all steps of the sequential evaluation process for approval by Administrative Law Judges and inclusion in hearing decisions.•Mentored new and struggling attorney advisors to increase legal sufficiency and efficiency of their work product.

Portland, Oregon Area

•Drafted legally sufficient decisions on claimants' Title II and Title XVI disability claims in accordance with instructions from Administrative Law Judges. •Assessed and cited to the medical evidence of record in claimant files to support hearing decisions.•Performed legal research.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assessed appeals from Hearing Decisions rendered by Administrative Law Judges.• Reviewed claimants’ medical records to determine whether findings regarding disability were supported by substantial evidence.• Prepared analyses and action documents for review and signature by the Appeals Council.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Gave legal advice to clients on compliance with FAA regulations.• Prepared and reviewed legal documents, including contracts, and researched various legal issues relevant to aviation and aircraft parts.• Represented clients at informal conferences with the FAA.

•Represented clients in court under attorney supervision, pursuant to a practice order. •Negotiated plea bargains with the District Attorney's office. •Prepared motions and discovery demands in City Court Cases.

•Assessed appeals from administrative judgments rendered in DMV traffic courts.•Prepared analyses for review by supervising attorneys and approval by appeals board.

•Researched children's SSI claims, investigated facts, met with clients, drafted hearing briefs and contributed to the Children's Law Project.

•Interviewed clients in the holding cells before arraignment court.•Organized paperwork and attended arraignment court each morning to track which cases were assigned to the Public Defender’s office.

Juris Doctor, Law

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B.A., English