Work in the Technical Cooperation and Public Policy Section to promote compliance with human rights standards with a focus on Caribbean States.

Assistant to Member of the 75th Session of the International Law Commission at the United Nations. Review Committee materials, conduct legal research, attend sessions at the United Nations in Geneva, assist with drafting of commentary.

Interview victims of potential human rights abuses in Afghanistan, file claims with international human rights mechanisms, legal research and writing

Continue managing existing caseload while pursuing LLM degree; assist with management of law firm.

Private practice litigation providing services throughout the State of Maine, with a nation-wide employment-based immigration practice.

Teach and coordinate the legal studies didactic for the Fellowship in Forensic Psychology, a joint venture of the University of Maine and Maine State Forensic Service.

• Private practice as lead attorney in a variety of areas of law, including immigration law, appellate law, civil litigation, criminal law, family law, and more• Independently represented immigration clients on K-1 visas, marriage-based green card petitions, J-1 waivers, I-290B motions to reopen, bond hearings, naturalization applications, deportation defense; advocated on behalf of immigration clients with various entities• Supervise and mentor legal assistants and paralegals, interns,… Show more • Private practice as lead attorney in a variety of areas of law, including immigration law, appellate law, civil litigation, criminal law, family law, and more• Independently represented immigration clients on K-1 visas, marriage-based green card petitions, J-1 waivers, I-290B motions to reopen, bond hearings, naturalization applications, deportation defense; advocated on behalf of immigration clients with various entities• Supervise and mentor legal assistants and paralegals, interns, and associate attorneys• Participate in successful growth of firm to double size and add second office location Show less

• Reviewed appellate briefs and trial court records; legal research; drafted memoranda for Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s review regarding cases on appeal; drafted opinions

• Worked on all aspects of various employment, family, and humanitarian immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions including by researching legal issues, conducting country condition research, preparing forms for submission to USCIS/DOS, interviewing English and Spanish-speaking clients, preparing responses to RFE’s, drafting legal memoranda, drafting affidavits, and more

• Completed all aspects of asylum applications and SIJS applications (including pre-SIJS state parental rights and guardianship matters), represented clients at interviews with USCIS representatives, maintained cases after applications were filed• Worked on various community support projects partnering with organizations such as Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, Preble Street Teen Center, Justice For Our Neighbors, & Mano en Mano• Traveled to Machias, Maine to speak to H-2A workers at… Show more • Completed all aspects of asylum applications and SIJS applications (including pre-SIJS state parental rights and guardianship matters), represented clients at interviews with USCIS representatives, maintained cases after applications were filed• Worked on various community support projects partnering with organizations such as Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, Preble Street Teen Center, Justice For Our Neighbors, & Mano en Mano• Traveled to Machias, Maine to speak to H-2A workers at annual blueberry harvest event regarding legal rights• Spent one week at the Artesia Center and South Texas Family Residential Center assisting the women and children with credible fear interviews, bond hearings, & asylum applications, and blogged and gave presentations about experience to spread awareness about border crisis Show less

• Legal research; performed intake and interviews of clients; compiled and drafted demand packages to insurance companies in personal injury cases; drafted civil litigation legal memoranda; prepared discovery responses in civil litigation matters