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Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

Litigate, mediate, and negotiate corporate issues for small businesses.Advise businesses on corporate matters to register businesses, develop bylaws, create employment manuals, file for trademarks, and address bankruptcy matters.Advise clients on issues related to privacy, technology, AI, and intellectual property issues.Educate clients on the matters that affect business today and tomorrow.Represent clients before regulatory bodies.

Educating myself and others about preparing for an emergency and helping the community.The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. CERT offers a consistent, nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization that professional responders can rely on during disaster situations, allowing them to focus on more complex tasks.

Manage an office of hearing officers and administrative staff to provide due process to businesses and individuals in the Commonwealth of Virginia.Draft the final decision for disputes involving motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers.Conduct a thorough review of the decisions drafted by the Hearing Officers to ensure they are legally, factually, and grammatically accurate; respond both orally and in writing to issues and complaints raised by customers and other outside parties.Review monthly expenditures of the Hearing Office to ensure they are correct.Review and compile statistics which measure the work of the Hearing Officers.Monitor legislation and attending meetings in other areas of the Department which will impact the Hearing Office.

Adjudicate legal proceedings, receive evidence, and analyze issues to decide administrative cases for individuals and regulated entities in the transportation section regarding licensing and operations.Conduct and decide high profile and controversial cases.Advise agency on process improvement for hearing process and administrative appeals.Assess the impact of changes of state and federal law on the hearing process.Analyzed state and federal legislation for executive leadership to advance the interests of a state agency and to determine the impacts that changes to state and federal laws as part of a strategy to influence implementation and minimize adverse impacts.Research and draft the final decisions for the agency to issue to resolve disputes between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers.Manage the Hearing Office’s creation of a records retention process to ensure compliance with the Virginia Public Records Act.Research questions of law and interpret statutes and court cases to draft legal opinions for disputes between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers.Advise state government agency on process improvement for hearing process and administrative appeals.Analyze and interpret state and federal cases and legislation in areas such as transportation, jurisdiction, computer security protocols, privacy, and bankruptcy, to determine the impact on the adjudicative process and agency processes.Analyze and propose changes for a new computer database to manage hearings.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Advised agency on changes in federal law and proposed changes in state law that affected operations.Reviewed major federal transportation legislation and worked with stakeholders to determine the affect on the Commonwealth, opportunities for funding state projects, and needed changes in state law.Saved the Commonwealth more than $1 million and the ability to grant commercial driver's licenses by discovering a problem with a proposed change to state law.

Ashland, Va

Don't Railroad Us is a grassroots organization that was formed to protect the rural culture, historic communities, residential character, the parks, wetlands and wildlife for the Hanover residents and businesses of the eastern I-95 corridor from the expansion of rails.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Investigated, developed, and litigated strategies for consumer protection cases, including mortgage litigation, Consumer Protection Act, fraud, privacy violations, and debt defense.Developed extensive bankruptcy knowledge in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases.Protected clients’ property using the bankruptcy process in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases.Represented individuals and small businesses in state and federal litigation matters on consumer and information issues to protect their real, personal and intellectual property.Managed bankruptcy litigation cases in matters including proofs of claim, dischargeability, preference, mortgage, auto finance, credit card, and privacy litigation.Managed a social media campaign to expand consumer knowledge and increase the reach of my professional reputation.Advised clients on business matters, including corporate creation, employment agreements, non-compete agreements, privacy policies, and terms of use.Represented individuals and small businesses in state and federal proceedings on consumer and information issues to protect their real, personal and intellectual property.Successfully negotiated settlements of disputes between clients and creditors and, when necessary, litigated against those creditors. Representative cases include fighting real estate liens, deceptive mortgage modification practices, debt collection violations.Successfully represented consumers in some of the first privacy cases brought in a U.S. federal court under new rules of procedure.Drafted motions, briefs and memoranda for state and federal court proceedings, including a brief to defeat a motion to dismiss a privacy complaint on numerous grounds.

Represented clients in state and federal courts to protect their rights as consumers by advancing novel legal arguments in consumer and information cases, including bankruptcy litigation and privacy to advance clients' goals.Successfully argued one of the first privacy cases in federal court under the changes in the federal rules.

Advised individuals and small business on diverse areas of law, including business, employment, contracts, real estate, leases, privacy, criminal law, and intellectual property.

Advised and counseled members of the Commission, the House Committee on Science and Technology, and other legislative agencies on science and technology issues for legislation and policy developmentResearched issues of interest to and within the mandate of the Commission, including electronic procurement and contracting; intellectual property and licensing; biotechnology and nanotechnology; electronic commerce; privacy and identity theft, including state, federal and international laws and policies (e.g., ECPA, FCRA, FACTA, GLB, HIPAA, CAN-SPAM, TCPA); and computer crimes.Managed teams and coalitions across all levels of government and private sector companies, staff and budget.Negotiated compromises to legislation, testified before legislative committees, and presented to various other organizations.Created and implemented communications plan, including website development.

J.D.

Activities and Societies: Perspectives on Law & The Public Interest (now The Public Interest Law Review), the first online law journal.

International Law

Activities and Societies: London Law Programme, Internship with the Immigration Advisory Service

Bachelor Of Arts, International Relations & Economics (Double Major)

Activities and Societies: Sydney Internship Program, 1992