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San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

*Adjudicated approximately 70,000 non-immigrant visa (NIV) applications and hundreds of passports and citizenship claims for U.S. citizens in consulates in Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Merida, and the U.S. embassy in Mexico City*Wrote talking points and presented on radio and Facebook Live – in Spanish – for public outreach events including on dual.

Denton, TX

*Worked on various short-term, transactions in support of a general business practice in a general counsel role, involving real property, employment, consumer protection, entity formation, and other business issues*Wrote advice memoranda on contract and proposal review within 24 hours in a dozen cases*Drafted easements, real-estate sales agreements, deeds.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Supported litigation delivery in high-profile cases, using e-discovery (Kroll and Relativity)*Reviewed daily 400+ English-language documents for anti-trust, consumer protection, breach of contract, and other legal issues*Supported litigation in high-profile telecommunications and aviation cases with internationally renown law-firm through e-discovery.

Lockhart, Texas

*Help clients achieve their wealth transfer goals through designing, preparing, and implementing wills, trusts, property agreements, and other arrangements.*Help personal representatives of deceased loved ones administer and wrap the affairs of the estate*Counseled and prepared client's estate plans, wills, powers of attorney, documents for healthcare.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Reviewed daily 300+ Spanish-, and French-language documents for substantive issues in front-line and quality-checking reviews to identify relevant evidence for case development*Provided litigation support in a multi-lingual, high-profile government investigation through e-discovery platforms Kroll and Relativity*Reviewed Spanish- and French-language.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

*Applied public international law principles to current events to anticipate trade-related consequences and formulate recommendations to mitigate risk*Prepared half a dozen background notes for the Director-General*Prepared three background and briefing dossiers on various economic topics (e.g. income inequality, trade facilitation) for senior staff's.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Met with 4 clients a day (for consultation) and managed an active case load*Investigated factual elements of clients’ cases to identify theories of relief (e.g. asylum, SIJS)*Prepared petitions, answers, and motions to be filed in pending removal proceedings.*Researched and wrote memoranda explaining the applicability of, legal theories in each.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Communicated legal consequences and means for achieving clients' objectives*Prepared petitions, answers, and motions to be filed in court as well as background information and files for trust-related mediation*Drafted technical correspondence for other legal professionals*Established liaison with clients and other law firms to better develop factual.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

*Drafted three internal guidance documents regarding UN policy for collaboration with external partners, including a protocol for due-diligence and suitability assessments*Prepared two briefing books for the USG to participate in World Economic Forum events*Provided comments on two agreements with private-sector partners to ensure compliance with complex.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Experienced courtroom administration up close, saw a trial from pre-trial through voir dire, evidence phase, and eventual settlement*Assisted with routine court procedures, including prove-ups for applications*Researched questions involving real property, evidence, and probate jurisdiction

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Estate Planning

Activities and Societies: *2012 study abroad program with the College of William and Mary focusing on comparative aspects of.

B.Sc., Economics, 3.785, Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: *Degree required study in statistics, econometrics, calculus, and quantitative methods *Dean’s List *Used.

Economics

Studies focused on economics and french for several quarters

Education record