Assist with complex anti-trust litigation by drafting subpoenas, letters, and various other discovery requests, engaging in meet and confer negotiations with multiple defendants and third parties regarding such discovery requests, working with experts to solicit nuanced data sets necessary for class certification and damages models, assisting with preparation for depositions, and compiling and organizing voluminous electronic documentary evidence.

Assisting with complex anti-trust litigation by drafting subpoenas and various other discovery requests, engaging in meet and confer negotiations pertaining to such discovery requests, assisting with deposition preparation, and working with experts to solicit nuanced data sets necessary for class certification and damages models.

•Lead counsel for over 1,000 active cases before Immigration Court and Citizenship & Immigration Services;•Managing attorney for approximately 13 employees, in charge of all legal work and procedural work-flow;•Represented clients before Immigration Court in master and bond hearings, as well as individual trials;•Drafted & filed appellate briefs to the Ninth Circuit and Board of Immigration Appeals;•Conducted consultations, quickly reviewing facts, issue spotting, and educating prospective clients

•Lead counsel for over 1,000 active cases before Immigration Court and Citizenship & Immigration Services;•Represented clients before Immigration Court in master and bond hearings, as well as individual trials;•Drafted & filed appellate briefs to the Ninth Circuit and Board of Immigration Appeals;

Represented clients in Immigration Court; drafted and finalized briefs submitted before the Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; managed the workflow of a team of paralegals; consulted with prospective clients regarding legal relief; assisted clients with a range of immigration issues before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Under direction of attorneys from Keker & Van Nest LLP, reviewed documents of client San Diego County Water Authority for responsiveness, issue-tagging, and privilege using Relativity in litigation alleging illegal rate setting practices by Metropolitan Water District, and identified documents and pertinent information for inclusion in the privilege log

Helped create residential and commercial solar financing programs through researching renewable energy incentives, tax law, and financing structures, as well as drafting solar loan contracts for system ownersEstablished a new wholesaler program, drafted dealer agreements, a pricing schedule, and website content

Through entire third year of law school worked 20-30 hours per week on several cases, gained exposure to many stages of litigation including fact-gathering, client strategy meetings, document production negotiations, motions for summary judgment, expert reports, trial preparation, court-mandated mediation efforts, appellate brief writing, and oral argument preparation; researched a variety of legal issues, drafted memoranda, worked on teams, operated on tight deadlines (at times requiring work through all hours of the night), drafted pleadings individually and collaboratively, proofread and cite checked numerous other pleadings, and interacted with clients, agencies, and opposing counsel

Initiated a Clean Water Act citizen suit against municipalities for stormwater permit violations, performed research, drafted notice letters and formal complaints (municipalities came into compliance within sixty days), drafted and submitted written comments to the City of San Diego and County Water Authority, and spoke before the Water Authority and City Council regarding the region’s water supply plans

Researched, compiled, and analyzed data pertaining to a wide range of transportation-related energy problems as well as potential policy solutions, attended Congressional hearings, briefings and other relevant events for projects and publications related to transportation and energy, drafted and edited articles related to transportation and energy, hydraulic fracturing, and other topics

Maintained and recorded the work of approximately 150 contract attorneys reviewing over 15 million documents from AMD, Intel, and numerous third parties pertaining to the AMD v. Intel antitrust suit, served as team leader, managed and oversaw the work of four other paralegals from January-March 2009, utilized deposition transcripts, database searches, and excel spreadsheets to assist with deposition preparation, performed a variety of tasks and assignments for O'Melveny & Myers Attorneys as needed