- Staff lawyer at LAO's Refugee Law Office since March 2017. Represent clients in before all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board, PRRA and H&C applications, applications for Ministerial relief, danger opinions, among other applications. - Expertise in extremely vulnerable clients, including survivors of gender-based violence, minors, and persons living with severe mental illness. - Member of the counsel team representing the Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International and the Canadian Council of Churches in the constitutional challenge to the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) (heard by Supreme Court of Canada in October 2022). - Member of the national executive for the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL). Co-Chair of CARL’s Advocacy Committee. - Obtained law degree from Columbia Law School (New York) and practiced in NYC for five years. Continue to provide opinions and affidavits on issues of U.S. immigration law. - Provide trainings on issues of U.S. law and comparative aspects of U.S. and Canadian immigration/asylum law (including to Legal Aid Ontario, Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Council for Refugees, Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers). Guest lecturer at Harvard Law School and University of Toronto Law School.

Serve on the national executive of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (VP 2023-present; Advocacy Co-Chair 2019-2023; Treasurer 2018-2020). Engage in policy advocacy to advance the rights of refugees and migrants in Canada.

• Part-time consultant in practice development and management for nominal fee immigration clinic located at NYC-based community organization• Oversaw marketing and outreach coordination, worked with agency management to refine clinic workflow and protocols, and provided supervisory support to two clinic attorneys

• Led the legal department at a NYC-based not-for-profit organization serving a primarily immigrant client base. • Provided substantive supervision to team of seven attorneys and two paralegals• Simultaneously managed docket of approximately 40 cases, providing direct representation to survivors of gender-based violence and individuals living with HIV in immigration proceedings, family court and administrative hearings • Provided legal training to community based organizations and legal service providers • Responsible for compliance with funders’ program and reporting requirements

• Directly represented African and Caribbean immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in immigration and family court, including representation in asylum, withholding of removal, CAT, VAWA, T-visa, U-visa, SIJS, guardianship, and civil order of protection cases• Managed docket of approximately 50 cases; responsibilities included client intake and assessment, development of legal strategy, evidence gathering and preparation, legal research, drafting of legal briefs and court documents, drafting of client and witness affidavits, advocacy in family and immigration court • Assisted clients in accessing public benefits, mental and physical health care, and other support services; coordinated with internal ASC departments and external agencies to ensure continuity of care for clients• Developed partnerships with community organizations, associations and other service providers for training, technical assistance, coalition building, and advocacy

• Judicial Clerk for a Federal District Court Judge in the Southern District of New York• Managed docket of approximately 150 civil and criminal cases • Evaluated and analyzed submissions to the Court, performed legal research and drafted opinions in civil and criminal matters including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, petitions for habeas corpus, petitions for temporary and permanent injunctions, jurisdictional matters, and evidentiary motions• Co-managed judicial intern program, including intern selection and supervision

• Directly represented African and Caribbean immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in immigration and family court, including representation in asylum, withholding of removal, CAT, VAWA, T-visa, U-visa, SIJS, guardianship, and civil order of protection cases

• Researched and analyzed state laws addressing corporal punishment, access to judicial remedies, and special education across the United States• Co-authored ACLU report chapter regarding special education and corporal punishment in public schools

• Conducted legal research and analysis, wrote legal memoranda, performed document review and provided other support for demanding U.S. law practice and international arbitration team• Selected for secondment to major client’s general counsel office to assist with in-house legal needs

• Performed legal research and wrote bench memoranda for civil, criminal and immigration cases • Drafted Summary Orders (non-precedential opinions of the Court)

• Conducted client intakes and assessments on a weekly detention hotline for individuals facing removal from the U.K., and drafted legal advice letters in response to client inquiries• Analyzed immigration and various human rights issues (including police brutality, access to medical care, discrimination, and access to justice) for cases before the European Court of Human Rights

• Performed legal research and analysis for projects in Lebanon and Iraq, including jurisprudence of trials in absentia, international investigatory commissions, and establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Coordinated and executed consultations with local Freetown NGOs regarding witness and victim support and protection in the Sierra Leonean justice system