Adding value to ship owners, operators, and their insurers by providing key advice on U.S. legal issues. Helping maritime companies navigate issues related to sanctions, environmental compliance, pollution, and claims.

Added value to client operations by designing solutions to extraordinary and mundane issues faced by companiesLead internal investigations to determine compliance with International and U.S. laws related to environment, corruption, and international tradeAdvised clients on compliance with U.S. laws in international operations, including FATCA, MARPOL, SOLAS, and othersExamined enforcement actions by U.S. government in international trade, environmental, and criminal actionsDesigned solutions under UNCLOS and U.S. law to advance client business goals

Drafted contracts and associated documents in aviation and vessel transactionsAnalyzed and advised on compliance with cabotage and other regulatory provisionsAdvised client on developing ballast water regulations

Provided press analysis to His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians. Liased with Turkish and Greek journalists, and operated in a trilingual work environment.

Fulbright scholar researching Islamic business networks and Turkish minority groups.

Interviewed, photographed, and wrote about 25 beneficiaries of USAID HIV/AIDS and rural initiatives