Conduct bio-psycho-social history investigations of clients on death row or pre-trial cases of individuals facing the death penalty. Interview witnesses, collect multigenerational records, and conduct an extensive background investigation on clients’ cases. Responsible for identifying mitigating themes and researching/locating/interviewing potential mental health experts to evaluate the client based on identified mitigation themes. I have experience with mental health issues, intellectual disability, as well as consulting with defense teams on case strategy.Experience conducting mock trials in capital cases, and providing expertise in jury selection for trial. Locate and identify potential experts to evaluate our client and testify in trial.

Plan and conduct focus group/mock trial researchInterview jurors post focus groups/mock trialsBackground research on jurors for use in jury selectionAnalyze data and construct reportsAssist counsel with jury selectionCase strategy developmentExhibit developmentAssist in witness preparationAssist in formulating voir dire questions

Plan and conduct focus group/mock trial research Interview jurors post focus groups/mock trialsBackground research on jurors for use in jury selectionReport constructionCase strategy developmentCreate jury questionnairesAssist counsel with jury selectionAssist in mediationGraphics developmentAssist in formulating opening/closing statementsData collection and statistical analysis via SPSSExperience with Thomson Reuters Clear & WordPerfect

Created bid instructions for trustee sales of foreclosure properties in Virginia and Washington, DC for commercial and residential property sales Calculated tax amounts and verified documentation for sales Ensured accuracy and legality of bid instructions and sales per federal, state, and local lawPerformed PACER searches to determine the bankruptcy status of ownersCommunicated with clients, financial institutions, and local tax offices

Created juror profiles; Aided in creating, analyzing, and coding jury questionnairesObtained and analyzed statistical, census, and population data to help in focus groups and for possible change of venue motions; Excel data entry regarding population and census dataAided in obtaining death-qualified jurorsResearching cases (reading legal documents, media articles, judge's summaries, and geographic/statistical pertinent data for the jurisdiction)In-court experience regarding the firm's cases

Shared and completed tasks in support of the team of attorneysConducted research on current and potential litigation cases, updated pleading indexes, reviewed documents, prepared documents for production to opposing counsel, created and updated exhibits for trial, trial preparation tasks, prepared for depositions, drafted deposition summaries Experience with WestLaw, Lexis-Nexis, and Summation