We raise awareness of the struggles which families and businesses face after major life changes, and we empower clients to define and fortify their legacies with individualized, goal-orientated planning and representation in the areas of: estate planning, guardianship, estate and trust administration, business development and succession planning, family law, landlord/tenant, and real estate. A few examples of what we have done for our clients include: • designed financial and healthcare powers of attorney, wills, and revocable living trusts to meet short- and long-term inheritance goals; • successfully argued for the emergency appointment of legal guardians and custody orders; • quickly administered small estates and protected surviving spouses' year's allowances; • prevented foreclosures of family land after death or the negligence of an estate representative; • negotiated creative solutions among heirs to ensure the preservation of family assets; • reconciled inventories and accountings to prevent property waste and ensure assets are transferred to the correct heirs; • sought the removal of fiduciaries who are abusing their power and perpetrating fraud; and • negotiated and litigated the nuances of equitable distribution, postseparation support, alimony, child custody, child support, domestic violence restraining orders, temporary restraining orders, and attorney fee petitions. For more on what we can do for you, please visit: https://www.fortifygenerations.com.

• Developed portable book of 89+ estate planning, administration, and guardianship cases. • Served as lead counsel for ad hoc domestic, civil litigation, eviction, and foreclosure issues. • Key achievement: Stood up a new division, grossing $20K+ in the first two months, each. • Implemented new marketing streams, software tools, and business plans.

• Litigated complex divorce, custody, child support, domestic violence, and criminal defense matters, as well as emergency, procedural, evidentiary, military-specific, and interstate and intercounty jurisdictional issues. • Key Achievement: Managed a caseload of 120+ domestic, criminal, and traffic cases in Cumberland and 3 surrounding counties. • Conducted consults and shared referrals for 9+ offices across eastern North Carolina. • Negotiated and drafted settlement agreements, memoranda of judgment, and consent orders with opposing parties and counsel. • Expeditiously processed uncontested divorces and separation agreements. • Helped train 5 associates and 2 staff on county-specific nuances and case management.

• Advocated for children and adult social security disability claimants at avg. 16+ hearings per month, adapting to judges' lines of questioning and cross-examining expert witnesses. • Conducted 54+ witness preparation interviews, in addition to pre-hearing client meetings. • Promptly addressed evidentiary gaps with subpoenas and follow-up with records custodians. • Finalized avg. 67+ hearing briefs per month, incorporating persuasive writing, supporting evidence, and procedural arguments which maximized clients' potential awards. • Key Achievement: Drafted 29+ appeals with substantial research in anticipation of federal district court. • Improved brand quality by implementing a uniform format for hearing briefs and appeals. • Authored a comprehensive brief-writing training guide for the initial drafting team. • Helped train 3 new associate attorneys on client relations and hearing preparation.

At iuby, LLC, we help you protect and grow your business. As an actively licensed attorney who has worked for solo and small firms, legal aid clinics, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, and even trial judges, I understand the inner workings of these different work environments and the varied logistical problems they face. Accordingly, I help legal service providers increase their efficiency and effectiveness by providing ad hoc solutions to legal operations problems, including process improvement, content marketing, and growth opportunities. I also engage in webinars and sales calls with CRM companies, as well as conduct a thorough review of their websites and published content, to compare the features of and gauge the relative values of their products and services for different clientele. A few examples of what I have done for my clients include: • Designed a strategy to automate a law firm’s document production in uncontested divorces by combining existing templates with CRM software features. • Developed and implemented a digital filing and file-naming system, optimized for comprehensiveness and clarity, to increase a law firm’s efficiency and decrease its new employee training time. • Evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of operating off of each of the cloud storage provider’s 4 interfaces, transitioning the firm to the most efficient, stable, and feature-rich interface. • Trained 2 administrative assistants on client engagement, file and software management, and document production for a law firm. • Optimized a law firm’s email account that was used for clients, SaaS providers, and marketers, keeping all emails up-to-date and archiving each by client, provider, or marketer. • Assessed the viability of alternative marketing tactics and price models, adding practice areas, and hiring additional employees as means to meet a law firm’s growth goals.

• Drafted persuasive complaints and motions for permanent, temporary, and ex parte custody and modifications in 5+ cases. Also, gathered affidavits and supporting evidence. The supervising attorney used such work to secure victories for clients, including an ex parte award of sole legal and physical custody to a grandparent (which later became temporary and permanent orders). • Drafted financial affidavits for 4+ clients' postseparation support and alimony claims. Collaborated with clients to gather all requisite data and supporting documentation on their living expenses and debts for the past 12 months. Prepared for negotiations and trials by organizing all evidence and strategizing with the attorney. • Developed an equitable distribution cheat sheet to concisely show all key data in 7+ cases. Used this to draft equitable distribution inventory affidavits and identify strengths and weaknesses of clients' claims. Collaborated with clients to gather all requisite data and supporting documentation on separate, marital, and divisible assets and debts, including their date of separation and current values. Prepared for negotiations and hearings by organizing all evidence and strategizing with the attorney. • Conducted 30+ hours of researching the N.C. mootness doctrine (notably contrasted with the federal doctrine) and N.C.-recognized theories of estoppel, drafting novel arguments for the enforcement of a postseparation agreement. • Drafted 6+ subpoenas that were issued to adversaries, demanding specific financial, medical, and other evidentiary information and records. • Processed dozens of uncontested divorces. Increased efficiency by creating templates and tasks for every deliverable in such cases. • Improved client satisfaction and retention with timely communication, emotional intelligence, and customer service. • Consulted with the attorney during dozens of intake interviews. • Prescreened prospects for conflicts, jurisdiction, and issue eligibility.

• Used Relativity and ClarVergence6 to perform first-level review of three separate 100K+ document productions, accurately and swiftly coding and redacting for privilege, confidentiality, and responsiveness to key issues. • Participated in debriefs with counsel from the litigation teams for clients, gaining exposure to the discovery strategies for (1) a world-wide pharmaceutical company, the defendant in a class action over the marketing of a drug, (2) a major health insurance provider, the defendant in a merger dispute with antitrust implications, and (3) an insurance company, the defendant in a class action over unpaid overtime.

• Provided daily technical support to law students, faculty, and guests, enriching the learning environment by using technology to enhance legal instruction, case management, research, presentations, and scholastic competitions. • Diagnosed and resolved issues with computers, tablets, phones, network printers, VPNs, cloud storage, and multimedia equipment. • Maintained and repaired the law school’s public and staff computers and printers. • Completely disassembled and reassembled several laptop and desktop computers for comprehensive hardware diagnostics and repairs.

• Set up the Moot Courtroom and other locations to host and record intra- and inter-scholastic competitions, symposia, and socials, troubleshooting any issues that arose. • Converted VHS tapes of law school competitions and events into DVDs for long-term storage.

• Maintained and located a full array of legal resources for law students, faculty, and library patrons. • Ensured that the law library was neat and orderly, promptly unlocked on opening shifts, and securely locked on closing shifts, and that the cash drawer, receipts, and for-sale items were properly kept.

Client Duties: • Successfully represented a client in a juvenile and domestic relations court, obtaining a favorable final order modifying child support while defending against related show causes. • Successfully helped a client establish his paternity and obtain legal and physical custody of his child. • Educated clients on their options for amending custody and visitation and for resolving related disputes. • Counseled clients on how to appropriately manage the emotional challenges of their cases. • Conducted intake interviews and assessed clients and cases for their appropriateness in the clinic. • Used case management software to organize case files and bill time in one-tenths of an hour. Class Duties: • Studied Virginia law on divorce, child support, custody and visitation, and protective orders. • Learned about motivational interviewing and the psychological impacts of family law issues on adults and children from psychologists, custody evaluators, child specialists, and other court-appointed mental health experts.

Client Duties: • Successfully negotiated for homebound educational services for a client due to her medical needs. • Advocated for in-school psychological support services for a client during an IEP meeting. • Coached clients on tactful communication with school officials to facilitate productive relationships. • Used case management software to organize files and bill time in one-tenths of an hour. Class Duties: • Presented on parental rights of notice and consent in the special education process to parents of school-aged children with disabilities at the Peter Paul Development Center in Richmond, VA, so as to empower the parents to better advocate for their children’s needs. • Presented on the nature of Tourette Syndrome to fellow clinicians to facilitate a deeper understanding of how this disability impacts a person’s everyday life. • Participated in a multidisciplinary LEND Clinic to identify legal, educational, financial, and psychological issues affecting a family and to offer initial advice and referrals. • Attended an Autism Clinic to observe a comprehensive diagnosis of a potentially autistic child. • Studied the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and ensuing federal and Virginia regulations.

Court Duties: • Worked with 5 trail judges and 3 law clerks to expeditiously handle the court’s docket. • Wrote 10 legal memoranda advising judges on how to rule on pending cases, examining family law, business litigation, and medical tort issues, as well as procedural errors and discovery disputes. • Briefed an appellate case overturning one of the judges, explaining the ruling to said judge. • Observed civil and criminal trials, motions hearings, arraignment hearings, and de novo lower trial appeals. • Checked parties' submitted jury instructions against the Virginia Model Jury Instructions for variations. • Updated the Virginia Model Jury Instructions binders with 2017 inserts. • Prepared lists of jury demographics for judges' upcoming jury trials. • Regularly met with judges and law clerks to learn their perspectives on effective trial advocacy skills. Class Duties: • Worked at least 16 hours per week at the courthouse and kept weekly time logs in one-tenths of an hour, signed off by my supervising judge. • Tracked additional observation hours for civil and criminal trials and appellate hearings, general assembly sessions, and a city jail tour. • Maintained a weekly journal about my work and experiences in the judicial placement, reviewed and discussed weekly with my section professor, a Richmond Circuit Court judge. • Completed a work plan at the beginning of the placement, discussed with and approved by my supervising judge, which detailed my strengths and weaknesses, goals and objectives, and placement logistics, and used this work plan to gauge my progress throughout the placement. • Attended and actively participated in weekly seminars led by my section professor and guest speakers—i.e., other judges, practicing attorneys, former clients, former jury members, law enforcement personnel, et al.—discussing practical challenges in the practice of law. • Met individually with my section professor for weekly instruction and mentorship.

• Researched trends in Medicaid litigation and wrote a report on the respective potentials of three different litigation strategies to improve the rights protections for a target population. • Visited a group home to evaluate (a) its effectiveness at meaningfully integrating its residents into the community, (b) its compliance with new Medicaid regulations, and (c) its transition plan for residents whom it was no longer eligible to serve. Also, provided voting rights information to group home residents and assessed the extent to which the home provided the residents with meaningful opportunities to exercise their voting rights. • Assisted advocates in screening prospective clients for intakes and referrals. • Conducted a comparative analysis of the driver’s license applications of eighteen states to discern which application questions were potentially discriminatory. • Formulated potential arguments for a supervising attorney to use in a negotiation with opposing counsel regarding a SNF’s noncompliance with a DMAS decision, including Medicare fraud. • Researched the development of the Social Security Act and the current interplay between its parts.

• Wrote articles on family law topics to attract clients and improve the firm’s SEO. • Researched how content marketing can empower attorneys to attract more clients and become legal though leaders.

• Solicited over $31,000 in philanthropic support for the university from alumni, their family members, and university supporters. • Supervised call center operations, strategically assigning callers to specific pools based on their individual strengths, so as to improve donor relations and maximize gifts. • Interviewed and trained new undergraduate and law student callers. • Troubleshot issues with office computers and calling equipment.

• Created a multi-layered, web-integrated database of contacts, clients, and progress tracking for grant proposals. • Staffed biannual executive board meetings and provided direct, administrative support to the president. • Made minor renovations to the office, including painting a whiteboard, updating light fixtures, and hanging wall art.

• Handpicked by the director to help restructure the program and create a student leadership infrastructure in order to meet the emerging academic, professional, and social wellness needs of a growing and diversifying membership and to increase the retention and graduation rates of the university. • One of two new leadership positions created due to individual performance in past positions.

• Hired tutors and coordinated daytime and evening study hours to provide comprehensive academic support to over 500 students in the program’s office and members’ dorm. • One of two new leadership positions created due to individual performance in past positions.

• Tutored 10-15 students per week in over 42 classes ranging from the natural and social sciences to mathematics to English and Spanish. • Helped students optimize their schedules and matriculation plans based on their unique skills and goals.