• Represented clients responding to government investigations and proceedings.• Served as lead attorney on criminal and civil internal investigations, compliance audits, and due diligence reviews world-wide.• Represented companies involved in complex commercial civil litigation, including securities fraud class actions, contract disputes, and civil fraud actions.• Counseled companies on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, corporate governance best practices, board and audit committee responsibilities, and director and officer liability.

• Taught Legal Rhetoric, Writing, and Research course to first year law students, focusing on legal reasoning, analysis, writing, and research, introductory advocacy, and fundamental lawyering skills.

• Engaged in financing and transactions practice, representing investment banks, domestic and multinational corporations, multilateral development banks, and foreign sovereigns.• Facilitated capital markets transactions including registered public offerings, IPOs, and private offerings, and assisted with project financings, structured finance transactions, and derivative transactions.• Advised clients regarding SEC reporting compliance, general corporate matters, and international law issues.• Engaged in same practice as associate from 1998 to 1999, and as summer associate in 1997.

• Served as judicial law clerk to federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

• Wrote music and arts reviews and feature pieces for publications including Rolling Stone, The Boston Phoenix, and The Glasgow Herald.