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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Greater San Diego Area

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Teaches Business Law I and II to undergraduate students. The courses cover a wide range of topics from jurisdiction, to contract law principals, business formation, contract interpretation, international business transactions law and tax compliance. The course is designed to meet the needs of accounting students, prelaw students and students planning on.

Greater Philadelphia Area

On behalf of co-lead counsel led Japanese e-discovery efforts of class counsel, successfully defending motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and pursuing class certification in the following antitrust cases: In Re Auto Parts Antitrust, In Re Liquid Aluminum Sulfate and In Re Caustic Soda Antitrust Litigation.

1. Drafted and administered Nebraska’s 2011 and 2012 US Small Business Administration State Trade and Export Program (STEP) Grant and International Market Access Grant funds. 2. Negotiated and drafted agreement between the Shanghai Small and Medium Enterprise Center, signed by Governor Heineman that established the Nebraska Center in China; administered.

Conducted tax compliance and tax research for private equity funds LS Power, LLC and First Wind Energy, LLC

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Researched and wrote memorandum on a variety of business transaction, civil litigation, and tax issues including real estate transactions, collective bargaining agreements, personal injury litigation, and agricultural operation compliance with state regulations under the Nebraska Supreme Court’s decision in City of Alma v. Furnas County Farms, 266 Neb..

Tokyo, Japan

Assisted Business Transactions Services Division Director Jonathan Blaine in an I.R.C. § 368(a)(1)(C) restructuring of some Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ's leasing operations in the United States researching "continuity of interest" issues.Researched and wrote, "ACES Wild: An introduction to carbon emissions taxes and possible effects of the American Clean.

Tokyo, Japan

Researched and wrote a memorandum on the differences between bankruptcy under the Corporate Rehabilitation Act (Kaisha Kosei Ho) and corporate restructuring under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.Translated a variety of documents including internal memoranda and employment contracts from Japanese to English.Edited English translations of asset sales.

Gobo, Wakayama, Japan

Selected by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate on Japan's largest cultural exchange program I worked as the only non-Japanese staff person at the Gobo City Board of Education and City Hall where I published a monthly one-page Japanese language essay in the Gobo City Magazine, spoke to local Lions, Rotary, and NPO organizations about.

J.D., With Honors, College Of Law

Activities and Societies: Awarded David L. Boren NSEP Fellowship http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship/basics.html

J.D., International Business Law, Dean'S List

Activities and Societies: David L. Boren National Security Exchange Program Fellow

B.A., With Highest Honors, History; Japanese

B.A., Japanese

Activities and Societies: David L. Boren National Security Exchange Program Scholar