Kiara Ortiz Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Advised and assisted creative professionals, non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurs with filing for copyright and trademark protection in the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeConducted research and drafted advocacy papers promoting policy reform in the intellectual property, technology, and privacy sectorsDrafted comments to the Federal Trade Commission on the implementation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assist attorneys in preparing for litigation proceedings by drafting and responding to discovery discovery materials such as interrogatories, requests for production of documents and requests for admission of facts.Conduct legal research and assist attorneys in forming legal opinions on new case matters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Drafted comprehensive read-outs on hearings, webinars, and panel discussions to present to senior counsels on topics related to data privacy, cyber security, broadband deployment and adoption, and artificial intelligence.Researched and produced memorandums on issues related to the Federal Communication Commission's leased access rules and the First Amendment, broadband-related grant programs, and government-funded broadband adoption programs outside of the United States.Translated documents from English to Spanish (and vice versa) for the NBCUniversal regulatory affairs team to publish on the Telemundo website

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conducted research and statutory interpretation on copyright policy and legislation, including the new Music Modernization Act (MMA).Assisted with the review and drafting of comments, reports, studies, and other documents in support of the U.S. recording industry.Compiled a comprehensive chart analyzing each state's sound recording and film tax incentive/credit programs to send to policy advocates in other jurisdictions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Researched, drafted, and edited written materials on market developments in the internet and technology sectors to support CCIA’s policy positions; materials included advocacy papers, blog posts, and memorandums on copyright, anti-trust, digital trade and telecommunications policy positions.Attended congressional meetings and drafted reports to present to senior policy counsels.Published blogs on the Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo Project).Participated in weekly staff meetings with all members of the D.C. and Brussels office.

Greater Atlanta Area

Conducted legal research for high-profile, catastrophic injury, and prominent police misconduct cases, including the police shooting involving Philando Castile and Bobbi Kristina Brown's wrongful death suit.Responsible for assisting attorneys in various aspects of litigation, including the drafting of memorandums, complaints, motions to dismiss, interrogatories, and requests for production of documents; and identifying documents to support case strategy.Drafted press releases, scheduled press conferences, and communicated with 2,000+ news and media outlets regarding the firms local and national cases, and Judge Hatchett's involvement in the community.

Greater Atlanta Area

Identified speakers and created workshops for the Annual Women of Color Conference. Served as a liaison between students and the Vice President of College Relations and Director of the LEADS Center.Solicited, prepared, and submitted programming and project ideas for the LEADS Center activities.

Hopkinton, Massachusetts

Sourced and screened candidates for engineering and business division roles. Researched and pitched a diversity outreach program to the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Human Resources Officer of EMC that resulted in changes to the University Relations recruitment strategies prior to Dell acquiring EMC in 2015.Volunteered in multiple community service events with EMC. Also, wrote blogs on my experience and posted them to myvoiceblog.emc.comServed as the Intern Champion for my building. Responsible for scheduling roundtable discussions with all interns. Meetings have helped expand the intern’s network and learning experience at EMC.2015 Ethnic Gem in the Making for Ethnic Online: http://www.ethniconline.net/kiara-ortiz/

Greater Seattle Area

Managed all social media and communications with students, parents, and business sponsors.Implemented ideas for brand and building design.Coordinated and organized the grand opening event with a team of four people and a dozen business professionals and NBA players.

Greater Seattle Area

Interviewed 100+ participants for the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team regarding the impact of social media on adolescent drug and alcohol abuse.Engaged in weekly team meetings and information sessions with the 10 other members from SMAHRT, as well as daily individual meetings with the head research coordinator.Analyzed the data results from the interviews and contributed them to the published report in 2015.Initiated a 20% time project that included gathering and consolidating information from coding social media profiles and examined the results to identify correlations for future projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed media spreadsheets and held professional meetings with various media outlets to drive awareness on hunger and poverty issues.Wrote press releases and published blogs on the world hunger issue and the connection between immigration policy and hunger amongst immigrant farm workers in the U.S. Created the press materials and served as a volunteer to various Congress and Senate committee attendees at the national annual convention entitled “The National Gathering: A Place at the Table.”Met with members of congress and helped plan and attend the organizations national annual convention.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, 1L

Activities and Societies: Junior Staffer, Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law; Senior Staffer, American University Intellectual.

Bachelors Of Arts, Psychology Major, Concentration In Management And Organization, Minor In Spanish, Alumna

Activities and Societies: Ecuador Study Abroad Program: Intensive Spanish Program (2 courses), Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Spelman.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Commissioner of School Spirit National Competitive Cheerleader