Practiced law in a small law firm environment representing credit unions and other financial institutions on a variety of issues.-Draft and edit settlement agreements, complaints, answers, motions, discovery, court orders, and a successful appellate brief, as well as complex adversarial and client-advice correspondence, in the creditors' rights arena.Research, draft, and edit confidential client memoranda and advisory correspondence regarding credit union and other institutional compliance concerns, risk management analysis, and legal recommendations.Appear in the courts of Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., for proceedings spanning all stages of civil litigation, from initial hearing through trial, including direct settlement negotiations and mediations.Manage firm IT administration: research and craft internal policies and procedures, review and resolve day to day internal software and hardware IT issues, serve as liaison to outside IT consultants, and personally redesign firm website.