I thrive in an environment which encourages collaborative approaches to problem solving. I can research, write, skillfully advocate, improvise and work with limited resources. Whenengaged with others on a project, investigation, or a case, I seek to maintain an atmosphere of common purpose and reasonable good will. My two year service as a Peace Corps volunteer and my several years spent as a stay-at-home dad have broadened my view of the world. Both of these transformative experiences serve as an asset in our modern workplace. In my legal career and life, I have been called upon to make tough decisions,and I believe that my judgment about matters of consequence is sober, well reasoned,Specialties: Advocacy, government liaison, researching, drafting, negotiation, and counsel