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• Engaged in extensive discovery practice, including drafting and responding to written discovery, managing document productions, and drafting discovery-related motions in securities, fraud, and negligence practice.

• Worked in busy litigation department, handling variety of civil litigation tasks, including review and oversight of document productions, correspondence with opposing counsel, meet and confer practice, and motion.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Developed courtroom and oral advocacy skills through handling of preliminary hearings for domestic violence, child abuse, sex crimes, and elder abuse cases.
• Assisted Deputy District Attorneys with pretrial preparation and trial tasks, including interviewing and preparing witnesses for testimony.
• Drafted and successfully argued pretrial and trial motions, including oppositions to motions to dismiss, motions to exclude third-party culpability, and motions to exclude improper character evidence.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Conducted extensive legal research and prepared legal analysis in variety of cases, including personal injury, negligence, premises liability, products liability, and medical malpractice.
• Drafted opinions and proposed orders for Judge’s review in response to variety of motions, including demurrers, motions for summary judgment, motions to compel, motions to quash, and requests for default judgment.
• Facilitated informal discovery conferences and final status conferences.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted with filing of zoning variance and special permit applications with NY Board of Standards & Appeals.
• Researched and drafted supporting documents for variety of land use matters, including zoning relief, vested rights, rezoning, and transactions.

• Kindergarten and elementary school English teacher to 100+ students.

• Served as Clark University’s liaison to the U.S. State Department
• Organized State Department officials to address Clark’s campus and the Worcester community on an array of foreign policy issues—Speakers included Ambassador J. Christiaan Kennedy (Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues).

• Prepared memoranda and briefings for U.S. Special Envoy on religious human rights violations in Middle East.
• Compiled and edited reports for the annual International Religious Freedom Report.

• Conducted property acquisition assessments, analysis of California low-income housing tax credit documents, attended public hearings, and assembled in-house electronic database for property management functions.

• Worked in Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• Conducted legislative research for the Committee’s counsel members on a wide array of issues including Bechtel National, Inc. nuclear waste in Hanford, Washington, the Department of Homeland Security’s Credentialing.

• Conducted legislative research for the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security
• Wrote memoranda to brief Senator on variety of issues such as gang violence and immigration reform

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Pepperdine Micro-Enterprise Program- President and Lead Business Advisor; Law Students as Catalyst for the.

M.A., Community Development And Planning

Completed an Accelerated Masters program at Clark University in Community Development & Planning. My thesis, The Effects of Inclusionary.

B.A., Political Science, Minors In Urban Development & Social Change, And Law & Society, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Pre-Law Society- Vice President/Treasurer, Mock Trial- Captain Honors: National Dean's List member (Fall.

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