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New York City Metropolitan Area

Developed, revised, and disseminated planning documents, such as the County’s Continuity Program Plans, Emergency Operations Plan, Hazard Mitigation Plan, and After Action Reports. Revamped the County’s Continuity Program, including developing new Continuity of Operations Plans, drafting a Continuity of Government Plan, and conducting comprehensive.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Provided subject matter expertise to colleagues and clients. Evaluated HSEEP-compliant functional and full-scale exercises. Conducted legal research and policy analysis as requested.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reviewed and analyzed documents to support client needs, e.g., litigation, internal investigations, etc.

Baltimore, MD

Represented life-sentenced prisoners with post-conviction appeals by completing intake interviews and memoranda, drafting post-conviction motions, and updating clients by letter and visits; one client released after more than 40 years of incarceration.. Organized case files and provided memorandum to transfer cases.

Annapolis, MD

Supported litigation by tracking projects, writing legal memorandum, and drafting and editing motions, petitions, and affidavits. Drafted client letters, supporting documents, and Public Information Act requests. Reviewed public documents.

Annapolis, MD

Researched and wrote memoranda on fisheries related legislation, regulation, and law. Assisted with a variety of additional projects, including: researching the legal effect of shark fin bans, assessing penalties for fishing citations, compiling legislative materials for lawmakers, drafting regulation.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Researched and wrote memoranda on subjects related to environmental law for casebooks and academic articles; subjects included, water law issues, hydraulic fracturing issues, common law preemption issues. Edited and updated a variety of publications and casebooks, including: an environmental law casebook, a Federal Judicial Center statutory and case.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked side by side with technical and legal professionals to support the researching and drafting of proposed rulemaking. Aided with an assortment of projects, including: approving certification applications required by previous rulemaking, compiling essential reference materials for office staff.

Arlington, VA

Collected and analyzed data, performed literature searches and reviews, assessed the impact of policy decisions, supported projects logistically and administratively. Assisted technical experts in researching, writing, reviewing, and implementing water policies and regulations and various economic analyses and technical guidance manuals.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

Designed, built, and facilitated research experiments examining the effects of rain splash processes on soils with varying erosional characteristics. Analyzed data obtained with high-speed digital imaging and developed theories about sediment displacement due to rain splash. Research resulted in January 2007 publication in Journal of Geophysical Research.

Jd, Environmental Law

Activities and Societies: Women's Bar Association, Maryland Environmental Law Society Graduated with honors and with a concentration in.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Geology

Graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Geology.

Geological/Environmental Science Fieldwork, Summer 2003

Attended a Boston University field school in Western Ireland, which trained me in environmental science fieldwork techniques (e.g..