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Boston, Ma, Us

• Assist in operating a grant program awarding nearly one billion dollars each year to build schools, including drafting agreements, reviewing local procedures, and working with cities, towns, and school districts.• Led preparation and strategy development and continue to contribute to the legal team effort to draft and revise regulations in collaboration with stakeholders. • Manage public records program to ensure public records requests are acknowledged and fulfilled, including identifying relevant documents and inspecting for necessary redactions.• Implementing new tracking system to streamline processes and track performance data of the public records team. • Monitor and work to amend guidelines and guidance for program participants as necessary. • Draft agreements governing the relationship between the Authority and grant recipients. • Review district submissions, including procurement documents, to ensure compliance with the Agency’s regulations and policies. • Supervise support staff in tracking and delivering agreements. • Support senior leadership, including conducting research and draft memos to inform the CEO and Executive Director, tracking legislation and litigation and inform team of consequential events, and drafting and reviewing materials in preparation for board meetings.

Greater Boston Area

Developed legislative strategy to support policy initiatives of the Office of the State Treasurer, including fourteen departments. Worked with senior leadership to proactively identify risks and develop goals, budget requests, and policy priorities. Led revision of governance documents for the nearly $100B Pension Reserve Investment Management Board. Performed research and reported on policy initiatives relative to the fourteen departments overseen by the Treasurer. Drafted legislation, memos, and talking points in furtherance of the Treasurer's objectives. Met and collaborated with legislators, staff, stakeholders, and government workers throughout the country to achieve legislative and regulatory goals. Oversaw and responded to constituent services communications while improving platforms and processes to capture data in an effort to serve the public most efficiently.

Greater Boston Area

Worked on litigation involving primarily contract disputes and unpaid wages as well as created estate plans. One of the more contentious contract cases went to trial resulting in a judgment for the client in the amount of over $48,000.

Quincy, Ma

Progressed from Paralegal to Attorney. Individually managed estate administration cases, drafted estate planning documents using WealthCounsel software, and performed a variety of day to day case management tasks. Maintained the firm-wide Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust administration. Supported seven attorneys, delegated and managed support staff. Conducted and participated in client meetings.

Downtown Boston

Reviewed and analyzed the content and effect of legislation, including the budget, filed by state legislators. Attended hearings at the state house to assist in tracking the legislation. Assisted staff respond to various questions from clients regarding legislation and other issues. Aided in cultivating content to present to clients.

Oversaw and assisted the front of house staff to be successful and guarantee a pleasurable experience for guests from all over the world who came to visit America's oldest tavern. Helped with every aspect of service, oversaw employees, managed money, closed down the restaurant, and more.

Boston, Ma

Performed legal and business research for professors relating to papers being written to be published in business journals and other publications. Topics included using diversity and Title VII as a business strategy, family owned grocery chains, and cybercrime.

Directed staff and daily restaurant operations, handled nightly accounting responsibilities, managed security, provided customer relations, and recorded inventory.

Canton, Ma

Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda pertaining to family law matters such as removal of children with complex jurisdictional issues, constitutional issues, breach of contract and other matters. Observed various courtroom activities such as motions, adoptions, emergency motions, and trials in addition to lobby meetings.

Conducted research on voters and pension reform for reports to be given by Rep. Scibak as well as data entry.

100 Summer St. Boston, Ma

Prepared files for application to trusts regarding asbestos claims, engineered a database to streamline preparation, helped initiate process of digitizing all files, called clients.

Headquarters

Collaborated with Federal law enforcement on Project Leo, investigated for aliases of suspicious individuals, data entry

Interviewed probationers (in Spanish occasionally), prepared paperwork to be used in court, tracked probationers check ins, drug tests, etc., created a new Youthful Offenders Terms of Probation

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Dean'S List

Activities and Societies: Phi Delta Phi Honor Society, SBA, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Intramural Basketball

Various Mba Courses, 3.4

Activities and Societies: Sawyer Business School Fellows ProgramIn order to garner a well-rounded education, I took classes in the Sawyer.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity, Student Affairs Board, Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society