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Legal consultant assisting firms with various practice areas including real estate, estate planning and civil and criminal matters.

Assist the government of Niger, principally criminal justice sector leadership, through mentorship and advising as it undertakes and aims to institutionalize key policy reform. Encourage and facilitate regional collaboration between Niger and other countries in the Sahel and Maghreb.Support continuity, tailoring, and integration of corrections assistance into partner country, U.S. Embassy Integrated Country Strategy (ICS), U.S. Government strategies, and INL goals. Help integrate local… Show more Assist the government of Niger, principally criminal justice sector leadership, through mentorship and advising as it undertakes and aims to institutionalize key policy reform. Encourage and facilitate regional collaboration between Niger and other countries in the Sahel and Maghreb.Support continuity, tailoring, and integration of corrections assistance into partner country, U.S. Embassy Integrated Country Strategy (ICS), U.S. Government strategies, and INL goals. Help integrate local realities and specific partner countries’ corrections goals into trainings and assistance activities.Increase the impact of activities through working with partner countries’ staff to understand training goals, develop concrete action plans during the trainings, and support implementation of these plans.Assist with organizing and participating in workshops, seminars, and exercises to develop plans/programs for implementation of corrections assistance in Mauritania/Niger and improve overall capacities to effectively modernize existing institutions.Advise U.S. embassies in developing and engaging in regional initiatives. Overseeing the content of training to ensure adaptation to local needs and context and follow up on implementation of training, conferences, workshops, and events driven by host countries or INL regional programs. Show less

Project funded by British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).Responsible for developing all capacity-building legal training for CT prosecutors and judges, including Supreme Court Judges. Designed and wrote the curricula for basic and advanced legal courses.Provided support to internal training organizations to promote sustainability.Coordinated with Attorney General, Chief Justice of Supreme Court and heads of the Regional and Appeals Courts to structure training to… Show more Project funded by British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).Responsible for developing all capacity-building legal training for CT prosecutors and judges, including Supreme Court Judges. Designed and wrote the curricula for basic and advanced legal courses.Provided support to internal training organizations to promote sustainability.Coordinated with Attorney General, Chief Justice of Supreme Court and heads of the Regional and Appeals Courts to structure training to promote evidence-based prosecutions in terrorism and other serious crimes. Conducted monitoring and evaluation of all training implemented to measure and optimize effectiveness. Show less

Project funded by British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).Worked as part of a four-person team on a short-term contract to train Counter-Terrorism Prosecutors and Judges on the recently passed Criminal Procedure Code and Anti-Money Laundering Law.Researched relevant laws and legal issues and met with Afghan judicial leaders.Designed courses in Evidence, The Role of the Prosecutor and Criminal Procedure and developed high quality teaching materials for the courses.Project… Show more Project funded by British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).Worked as part of a four-person team on a short-term contract to train Counter-Terrorism Prosecutors and Judges on the recently passed Criminal Procedure Code and Anti-Money Laundering Law.Researched relevant laws and legal issues and met with Afghan judicial leaders.Designed courses in Evidence, The Role of the Prosecutor and Criminal Procedure and developed high quality teaching materials for the courses.Project is scheduled to end in March 2015.Taught classes to Afghan prosecutors and judges, including preparing course materials and exercises to ensure that the classes were taught to a high standard.Participated in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of courses, including through follow-up interviews with former students in their places of work and written questionnaires and tests.Contributed to lesson learning and course redesign in light of feedback and the results of Monitoring and Evaluation.Assisted with the production of reports and other deliverables, required by the client. These included work plans, inception reports and M&E reporting.Provide other support as needed to ensure the achievement of the project’s objectives.Promoted to Team Leader, December 2014. Show less

Covered nine provinces in Regional Command North (RC-N) of Afghanistan. Worked in conflict/post-conflict environment under difficult living and working conditions to develop the local adherence to the rule of law and support provincial civic organization, NGOs, judiciary and police to respect and implement the rule of law. Mentored local NGOs in writing law related grant proposals for DOS funding consideration, including two district-level legal aid projectsOversaw implementation of DOS… Show more Covered nine provinces in Regional Command North (RC-N) of Afghanistan. Worked in conflict/post-conflict environment under difficult living and working conditions to develop the local adherence to the rule of law and support provincial civic organization, NGOs, judiciary and police to respect and implement the rule of law. Mentored local NGOs in writing law related grant proposals for DOS funding consideration, including two district-level legal aid projectsOversaw implementation of DOS funded grants to local NGOs for budgetary and programmatic complianceMentored and advised top-tier provincial jurists, police and corrections officials in province, including Provincial Chief Judges, Chiefs of Police and Prison wardensDeveloped goals and work plans for rule of law section on a quarterly basis Produced weekly reporting on rule of law activities for an Embassy and military audienceConducted frequent visits to area detention facilities to monitor human rights conditions and the detainees’ access to justice Worked in conjunction with USAID, the United Nations team (UNAMA), the U.S. military, German military and International Organizations.Key Projects Implemented:Vocational program for women’s prison in Faryab Province.Legal Aid clinics in key terrain districts of RC-N.Established legal awareness radio programming across RC-N.Construction and establishment of a Provincial Justice Center in Mazar-e-Sharif. Established a monthly meeting of committee of key rule of law actors across RC-N, including civilian, military, American, International, Government and no-governmental actors Show less

As a Rule of Law Advisor in Iraq, worked as a liaison among the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the U.S. military, the Provincial Judiciary, Provincial Police and local Non-Governmental Organizations to develop sustainable programs and procedures to improve the legal system and access to justice for the citizens of the Province.

Head of Women's Initiatives (Kirkuk)Mentored local NGOs in writing law-related grant proposals for DOS funding considerationOversaw implementation of DOS funded grants to local NGOsMentored and advised top tier provincial jurists, police and corrections officials in provinceDeveloped goals and work plans for rule of law section on a quarterly basisProduced weekly reporting on rule of law activities for an Embassy audienceConducted frequent visits to area detention… Show more Head of Women's Initiatives (Kirkuk)Mentored local NGOs in writing law-related grant proposals for DOS funding considerationOversaw implementation of DOS funded grants to local NGOsMentored and advised top tier provincial jurists, police and corrections officials in provinceDeveloped goals and work plans for rule of law section on a quarterly basisProduced weekly reporting on rule of law activities for an Embassy audienceConducted frequent visits to area detention facilities to monitor human rights conditions and the detainees' access to justice Worked in conjunction with the United Nations (UNAMI), the U.S. military and Civilian Police Advisors to monitor human rights conditions in detention facilitiesConducted routine key leader engagements with the Provincial Chief Judge and the Provincial Chief of Police to discuss matters relating to procedure and broad rule of law conceptsPlanned and executed monthly Rule of Law conferences to bring together judiciary and police to resolve procedural issues and increase overall communicationKey Projects:Women's Legal Aid Clinic implemented by a local NGO and funded by DOS to aid indigent women in matters of family and status law, later expanded to include criminal law, including defense to prostitution charges where it is very difficult for a women to obtain representation due to cultural taboosWorked in conjunction with Economics Section at PRT and local NGO to develop and implement a Commercial Legal Aid Clinic to encourage small business and use public awareness campaigns to increase the general knowledge of society of matters of business law and anti-corruption in the business sectorSupported the only known Women's Shelter in Iraq serving vulnerable women from every ethnic group and religion, including alleged prostitutes in fear for their lives due to the persistent problem of honor killings in Iraqi society Show less

Ran a successful solo law practice focusing in real estate law, estate planning, bankruptcy, small business, probate and family lawBuilt a practice from the ground up, reaching $550,000 in gross revenues within two yearsHired and supervised numerous attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff over the course of six and a half yearsTook many cases on a pro-bono basis, including bankruptcies for qualified veterans and homeless individuals