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Washington, DC, US

• Provide advice to Government contractor on Federal and State procurement, contracts, and contracting issues.
• Prepare and edit/redline pre-solicitation teaming agreements, responses to solicitations, post-award contracts, and other related documents.
• Participate in post-award negotiation of contract terms, ensuring compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements, including flow-down contract provisions for subcontractors.
• Respond to State open government (FOIA) requests related to prior successful bids and awarded contracts.
• Handle other client matters as needed.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Assist the Office of the General Counsel with departmental litigation, responses to congressional inquiries and requests for information, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, internal investigations, and other matters.

• Public policy development and legislative drafting, review, and analysis.
• Legal consultation, research, writing, and representation.
• Currently working with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of General Counsel (OGC), on HHS-related litigation, internal investigations, responses to congressional inquiries, Freedom of Information.
• Independent development professional and international legal advisor on:
• Training and capacity building for democratic social change through public policy and legislation.
• Drafting, review, and analysis of laws, regulations, and legislation in developing nations.

• Drafted innovative Whistleblower Protection Law, after extensive research, consultation, and outreach to a broad array of stakeholders, enacted in 2018.
• Developed MEC’s procurement policy and procedures, in the context of the national Procurement Law and Regulation.
• Led and helped design research project on effectiveness of foreign aid in Afghanistan and its effect on corruption and national and international efforts to prevent corruption.
• Conducted monitoring and evaluation activities related to national and international anticorruption efforts, including review of proposed legislation and the evaluation of the Afghan Government’s self-assessment of its.

• Provided technical and advisory services and support to the General Legislative Department ("Taqnin") of the Ministry of Justice as well as to the National Assembly to implement criminal justice law reform.
• Advised national counterparts and provide substantive support in legislative drafting and revision.
• Provided assistance to conform Afghan criminal justice procedures and laws to Afghanistan’s constitutional and international obligations under applicable treaties.

• Advised national counterparts in the Ministry of Justice to ensure that draft legislation complies with international law and with international norms and best practices.
• More specifically, proposed and drafted revisions to conform Afghan criminal law and procedure to meet the country’s constitutional and international treaty obligations.
• Coordinated and chaired meetings and consultations of the Criminal Law Reform Working Group (CLRWG), established to coordinate National and international organizations for the consultation, review, and proposed.
• Worked in close collaboration with staff of other U.N. agencies, Afghan Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multilateral and bilateral donors, and civil society to implement the UNODC Criminal Justice.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Participated in policy meetings with the Ministry of Justice and other international organizations on the legislative agenda for Afghanistan and advised the Ministry on particular legislative proposals.
• Designed and implemented series of trainings in legislative drafting skills and techniques for the Ministry of Justice’s General Department of Legislation (the "Taqnin"), staff of the National Assembly, officials from.
• In cooperation with UNIFEM, designed and carried out seminar for women Members of the National Assembly on legislative drafting, analysis, review, and oversight, from a gender perspective.
• Provided ongoing training in law, legislative drafting skills, and advanced legal English to professional members of the Taqnin Department of the Ministry of Justice.
• Facilitated official translation of the U.N. Convention against Corruption, among other international instruments, laws, regulations, and legislative documents.
• Supervised the electronic and printed republication of the Official Gazette of Afghanistan (1964-present), on behalf of the Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan. (Thousands of complete copies of the Official Gazette were.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Management, planning, and overall responsibility for program that increased democratic lawmaking capacity in Timor-Leste by (1) creating Civil Society Working Groups to provide Parliament with the civil society inputs.
• Taught and trained Members and committees of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste and members of Timorese civil society organizations in the theory, methodology, and techniques of legislative problem-solving.
• Worked to increase civil society participation in the legislative and policymaking processes, through improved interactions with the Parliament.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• (Covers 1-semester courses over 5 years, February to May of 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.)
• Provided advice, guidance, and editing in Internet-based distance learning course on legislative drafting theory, methodology, and techniques for legislators, ministry officials, regulators, nongovernmental.

Washington, DC, US

• Provided nonpartisan legislative drafting services for committees and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Advised and assisted with respect to legislative drafting issues, including constitutionality, legal sufficiency, effect of proposed legislation on existing laws, and parliamentary procedures.
• Prepared bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, as well as committee and Floor amendments.
• Assisted committees of conference of the House of Representatives and Senate in reconciling differing versions of legislation.
• Worked as part of team on conceptualization and development of House's transition to XML-based computer technology, particularly its use in legislative drafting.

• Prepared substantive court papers in civil cases in Massachusetts State and Federal courts (including oral argument before U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in civil corruption case against former Governor of.

Olympia, Washington, US

• Acted as principal staff legal adviser for the Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Duties included (1) preparing bills and amendments, as well as summaries, analyses, and reports for legislation, (2) providing.
• Provided nonpartisan consultation, advice, research, and legislative drafting to Members of the Committee with respect to criminal justice issues.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), In Philosophy, Latin, And Classical Civilization (3 Majors), Magna Cum Laude

Education record