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• Counseled sole proprietor on entity selection; prepared and filed articles of organization; drafted client service contracts, demand letters, cancellation and rescheduling addendums• Obtained trademark for an LLC by preparing a response to a USPTO action suggesting amendment to the identification of goods and mark description in the trademark application• Drafted waivers to limit liability for injuries resulting from contracting COVID-19 at photographer’s events

• Prepared memorandum and presented findings on collateral consequences of marijuana related incarceration• Provided legal advice and resources to eviction hotline callers

At the Tax Exempt and Government Entity Division Counsel (TEGEDC) I researched issues regarding:• Qualified and non-qualified plans• Deferred contribution plans• Stock options and other investments

• Drafted a company prospectus update for new director appointment • Conducted legal research, registered, and filed the articles of organization for various organizations• Prepared transmittal letters explaining constituents of operating agreements and importance of record keeping

• Conducted research to develop legal strategy in a pending $1.5 million severance benefit class action lawsuit• Successfully negotiated reconsideration of benefits in an administrative short term disability denial case transitioning into long-term disability without having to resort to appeals process• Reviewed & analyzed claim files; plan documents; medical records; Forms 5500 and; Social Security claims• Contributed towards firm’s blog on all aspects of recent ERISA rulings and regulations to create awareness within ERISA lawyers’ fraternity

• Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) with focus on: short term and long term disability, life AD&D and pension claims at the administrative and federal litigation levels

• Filed a L-1A under which 4 key managers transferred from the entity’s subsidiary in Jordan to the parent company’s location in the U.S. within 3 months of filing• Drafted support letter for a successful asylum case for an underrepresented Saudi national from LGBT community• Explained impact of government’s injunction on DACA to 4 affected clients and helped them evaluate options

• Conducted research on asylum laws to form legal arguments for client cases • Drafted letters to establish “extreme hardship” to reverse unfavorable decisions for family-based immigration• Analyzed laws governing crimes committed by illegal immigrants and those in the process of being naturalized for a court appointed pro bono Criminal Charges and Abuse case that rendered a favorable decision• Prepared a presentation for the annual Continuing Legal Education (CLE) 2014 on Affidavits of Support • Filed business and family-based immigration forms and drafted correspondence to government agencies• Trained newly hired paralegals on starting client files; gathering supporting documents; navigating travel history

• Initiator and coordinator of a capital campaign to provide affordable in-patient healthcare insurance to the residents of Malir, Karachi, Pakistan (a district in Pakistan severely affected by drought and desertification).

• Conducted research on pharmaceutical sector insurance policies and how disputes are resolved amicably on the basis of tested legal frameworks.