• Advise private and public sector clients on environmental laws related to site cleanups, toxic chemicals, underground storage tanks, solid waste disposal, and clean water;• Draft pleadings, petitions, and demand letters in damages claims and challenges to administrative actions;• Draft and edit contracts, leases, service and license agreements;• Advise municipal clients through land use permitting process, appeals, and hearings;• Advise clients on miscellaneous matters including real property law, Public Records Act, employment-related torts, wage and hour laws, intellectual property, consumer protection, health information privacy;• Go-to researcher for complex legal issues.

• Draft position papers and memorandums for CERCLA allocation process• Research novel issues and legal theories for Clean Water Act and CERCLA litigation• Brief position papers of potentially responsible parties related to CERCLA liability allocation

• Researched habeas and social security law and drafted briefs; observed civil and criminal hearings

• Drafted motions, subpoenas of medical records, client and attorney declarations, demand letters, parenting plans, temporary family law orders, and correspondence with opposing counsel• Researched issues related to discovery, civil procedure, sanctions, and drafted memorandum for use in motions, responses, and appellate briefs• Met and corresponded with clients and reviewed documents for case strategy and pleadings content

• Represented clients in administrative hearing to obtain unemployment benefits through reversal of Employment Security Department determinations• Conducted client intake interviews and identified grounds for appeal and case strategy

• Drafted motions and appellate briefs for dependency and workers’ compensation matters• Researched issues and drafted memoranda in response to briefs and motions filed by opposing parties• Reviewed case materials, anticipated opposition arguments, and identified potential responses for Labor & Industry depositions and employment termination proceeding

• Managed aspects of statewide ballot initiative campaign including regulatory compliance, reporting, finances, staff, and volunteers• Analyzed data and creatively problem solved to redirect internal and external practices• Served as Interim Campaign Treasurer, balancing budget and reporting transactions to Secretary of State

• Created and leveraged relationships with employers to match them with job seekers with intellectual and developmental disabilities• Managed implementation of new fundraising model• Created four job placements in initial six months (four more than predecessors in same period)

• Represented office at policy briefings and lobby meetings and researched policy to be used in bill drafting• Managed Representative's schedule• Managed constituent correspondance

• Created and analyzed leads on opposition's arguments and background for neutralization• Monitored media trends for communications strategy formation

• Analyzed program data to create and implement new strategies to manage volunteers and capture data• Administered literacy program using community outreach and management of 200 volunteers and 12 staff to benefit and strengthen the learning experience of more than 300 elementary school students

• Created policy regarding social welfare of Portland’s citizens, business development, green environmental policies, and municipal practices, through relationship development, research, and data analysis