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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Providing advice and assistance to Director McKernan on matters coming before the FDIC and its Board of Directors.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Supported directly the General Counsel in executing the General Counsel’s legal responsibilities.
• Assisted the General Counsel in prioritizing and responding promptly to requests for legal and policy advice.
• Reviewed and synthesized legal memoranda and other legal documents on relevant topics transmitted to the Office of the General Counsel.
• Advised stakeholders verbally and in writing on legal and policy issues relating to a wide range of subject matters on behalf of the General Counsel.
• Acted as a liaison for the General Counsel with various partners within the FDIC and across the government.
• Assisted with rulemaking to implement Basel III.

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Legal Division, Resolution and Receivership Branch, Complex Financial Institutions Section (CFIS)Primary focus was on the oversight and resolution of complex financial institutions, including U.S. and foreign global.
• Advised on statutory and regulatory issues related to resolution plan reviews under Title I (section 165(d)) of the Dodd-Frank Act—including issues related to the Bankruptcy Code—and the FDIC’s insured depository.
• Advised on resolution planning and execution strategies for financial companies, including bank holding companies, under Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act (Orderly Liquidation Authority) and for IDIs under the Federal.
• Analyzed regulatory capital rules, and total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) and long-term debt (LTD) matters, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s TLAC and LTD rule.
• Assisted with regulatory capital matters.
• Assisted with the FDIC’s engagement in domestic and international resolution coordination, including analysis of foreign legal and regulatory frameworks.

Arlington, VA

Teach LRWA III - Appellate Writing, a legal research, writing, and analysis course focused on drafting appellate briefs and participating in oral argument; and LRWA IV - Legal Drafting (Transactional), a legal research, writing, and analysis course focused on drafting transactional legal documents.

Washington, DC; New York, NY

• Represented and advised financial services, corporate, and sovereign clients in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe on a wide range of transactional and legal issues, principally in a cross-border.
• Capital market experience included registered and unregistered transactions (including pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D and Regulation S), exchange offers, consent solicitations and secondary block trades. Counseled.
• Derivatives and structured finance experience included OTC derivatives documented under ISDA documentation and receivables securitizations. Advised clients on products such as equity derivatives, interest rate swaps.
• Regulatory focus was on securities laws (including corporate finance, broker-dealer, market manipulation, investment company and investment adviser regulations). Also advised on banking regulations (including the.
• Emerging markets experience in Latin American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru.

New York, NY

Performed research, drafted memoranda and transactional documents, and engaged in due diligence in a variety of areas, including capital markets, project finance, antitrust, arbitration and litigation.

Rockford, IL

Researched and drafted memoranda and court documents on federal and state law issues including collateral estoppel, union grievances, products liability and Title VII; reviewed and completed discovery for worker’s compensation and discrimination cases.

Rockford, IL

Drafted judicial opinions on objection to claims, annulment of stay, mortgage stripping, turnover, workers’ compensation and res judicata; researched bankruptcy and Illinois state law, including civil procedure and fraudulent transfers; attended trials.

La Masica, Honduras

Organized and managed community projects on gender development, sexual and reproductive health, education, information technology, business development and youth development in five municipalities.

Juris Doctor, Law, Summa Cum Laude, Order Of The Coif

Activities and Societies: • Articles Editor, University of Illinois Law Review • Getting Abused and Neglected Children into Court: A.

Bachelor Of Arts, History And Science, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: • Senior thesis: Physics, Argentina, and Einstein: The Nature of International Physics and the Reception of the.

Computational Physics; Mathematics