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New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Develop strategic litigation, with a thematic focus on economic justice and climate change matters, and a geographic focus on Southern and East Africa and Brazil.

Greater New York City Area

Advised on development of corporate human rights policies and due diligence mechanisms, and provided interpretive guidance on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Tokyo / New York

Managed all aspects of US federal commercial litigation and international arbitration, frequently on behalf of Japan-based clients. Litigated class action, patent infringement, and bankruptcy suits, and represented companies and individuals in government investigations.Illustrative pro bono matters: - successful US federal appellate representation of clients in immigration removal proceedings- successful urgent petition to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for Angolan activist- white paper analyzing law restricting NGO operations in Angola- analysis of possible FCPA violations by foreign subsidiary of US mining company

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Monitored freedom of expression violations and analyzed land rights violations under international human rights and Cambodian law.

Tokyo, Japan

Drafted position papers on Japanese foreign policy and East Asian regional community building; coordinated logistics for major foreign policy conferences including Trilateral Commission and Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted with human rights advocacy strategies before UN and other intergovernmental bodies; reported on human rights-related developments at UN Security Council to HRW divisions; served as delegate to UN Commission on Human Rights.

Thies, Senegal

Conducted field visits and participant interviews at more than 30 rural sites across Senegal to evaluate development and human rights education programs; reported on program implementation.

B.C.L./Ll.B. (Jd-Equivalent, Dual Civil Law/Common Law Graduate Degree), Law

Bilingual French-English course of study in law

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And Government

Advanced Japanese Language Studies

Yokohama, Japan-based advanced Japanese language program administered by Stanford University; received Blakemore Freeman Fellowship.