• Lobbies Texas legislators, legislative staff, and executive agencies on behalf of clients.• Guides or hinders legislation and amendments, including strategic planning, tactical execution, identifying bill/amendment authors and sponsors, negotiating language, coordinating witness testimony, and counting votes. • Analyzes legislation and administrative rule, advises clients on business impact. • Drafts talking points, amendments, one-pagers, push cards, and other promotional material.• Reviews administrative rules appearing in weekly Texas register, crafts weekly summary of significant rules for mass distribution to clients of the firm.• Devises strategy on political contributions. • Creates and presents educational and persuasive presentations to clients and legislative staff respectively.• Presents at client-sponsored continuing legal education conferences. • Serves on discussion panels concerning policy, politics, and the legislature.

•Covered Senate Committees on Health and Human Services, Education, Finance, Jurisprudence, Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Criminal Justice, Transportation and Homeland Security, and Senate Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure.•Guided numerous bills through legislative process, including drafting talking points, requesting committee hearings, reconciling stakeholder disputes, coordinating witness testimony, coordinating House sponsorship, and counting votes both in committee and on the floor.•Briefed Senator and provided him with talking points and background information in preparation for committee hearings and debate on the Senate Floor. •Analyzed legislation and agency rulemaking and advised Senator on policy impact, political impact, strategy, and voting.•Represented Senator at numerous meetings, events, and engagements.•Negotiated bill language and content on Senator’s behalf. •Met with various special interest and stakeholder groups and conveyed their concerns to the Senator.•Researched numerous topics at Senator’s behest.•Researched and wrote legal memoranda on various topics for Senator’s review. •Served on discussion panels and participated in public speaking engagements related to policy, politics, and the Texas Legislature. •Composed responses to constituent and stakeholder correspondence.•Composed letters of support for local and state governmental entities seeking federal and state grants.•Wrote op-eds and press releases for Senator.•Engaged in constituent outreach efforts to determine priority issues for local governments, governmental entities, and influential stakeholders groups within the Senator’s district. •Advised Senator and Chief of Staff with respect to hiring policy analysts and office interns, including application review and conducting interviews. •Assisted Chief of Staff with direction of workflow to and supervision of policy interns. •Engaged in miscellaneous constituent casework.

•Liaised with Senate Hispanic Research Council. •Assisted in fundraiser coordination for the Senator Gregory Luna Memorial Scholars Program.•Devised caucus budget, managed caucus money account, collected and deposited member dues.•Composed and compiled information for caucus website at http://www.senatehispaniccaucus.com.•Researched and composed caucus white paper on immigration policy.•Provided member offices with talking points and statistics regarding immigration policy.•Provided member offices with suggested amendments to legislation and corresponding talking points. •Submitted biannual Legislative Caucus Reports to Texas Ethics Commission. •Managed incoming and outgoing correspondence to caucus members and third parties.•Identified key issues facing the caucus, its constituents, and Texas Hispanics.•Briefed the Chairman on caucus affairs.•Coordinated and organized caucus social events and policy briefings.•Created and monitored caucus Facebook and Twitter accounts.

•Worked on education, natural resources, and health and human services legislation; served as lead staffer for education issues.•Guided numerous bills through legislative process.•Met with various special interest groups and conveyed their concerns to the Senator.•Attended and documented numerous committee hearings.•Engaged in miscellaneous constituent casework.•Researched numerous topics at Senator's behest.•Worked approximately 10 to 20 hours per week while attending law school full time.

•Interned in Senator John Whitmire's capitol office, January–June 2003•Worked on education, natural resources, and health and human services legislation.•Met with various special interest groups and conveyed their concerns to the Senator.•Attended and documented numerous committee hearings.•Engaged in miscellaneous constituent casework.•Researched numerous topics at Senator's behest.•Hired permanently upon completion of internship