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Anaheim, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Providing direct legal representation on the Center for Immigration Legal and Support Services’ removal defense team to vulnerable women, families, and unaccompanied minors, who are often fleeing persecution, gender-specific trauma, and/or gang-based violence, in humanitarian applications including asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile visas, and adjustment of status. • Conducting consultations, drafting and filing persuasive immigration applications, motions, and briefs, diligently preparing clients for interviews and testimony, and successfully advocating before the San Francisco Immigration Court and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Asylum Office.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Successfully prepared and presented cases for clients primarily seeking political or gender-based asylum from South Asian or Central American countries before the San Francisco Immigration Court and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Asylum Office.• Trained, supervised, and reviewed the casework of paralegals and junior attorneys.

New York, Ny, Us

• Fostered a safer learning environment for public school students by analyzing and implementing city, state, and federal policies, laws, and regulations for the General Counsel’s Office of Special Investigations.• Drafted reports detailing investigative steps and dispositions for allegations related to corporal punishment, verbal abuse, discrimination, sexual misconduct, special education needs, disability rights, privacy rights, financial improprieties, vendor contracts, and adherence to academic policies.• Supervised investigators’ compliance with investigative procedures, advised investigators on depositions and hearings, and trained temporary attorneys.

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Represented the Federal Housing Finance Agency in a residential mortgage-backed securities lawsuit against numerous investment banks for misrepresentation, securities law violations, and fraud.• Facilitated the discovery process by conducting targeted searches and analyzing documents, managing privilege and issue-based logs, examining testimony and exhibits, drafting deposition outlines and indexes, and summarizing findings for summary judgment and pre-trial motions.• Selected to serve as a liaison with staffing agencies as well as to supervise and advise temporary attorneys on substantive and procedural issues.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Prepared briefing materials for judicial nominations, executive appointments, and hearings for the Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security and Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. Tracked bill statuses and amendments and researched policy issues relating to antiterrorism, civil rights, net neutrality, and mobile privacy.• Analyzed subpoenaed documents, prepared strategies and exhibits for witness interviews, and drafted reports pertaining to Goldman Sachs’ use of residential mortgage-backed securities (focusing on its conflicts of interests, asset selection, and risk management) for the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Master Of Arts (M.A.), International Relations And Affairs

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology And Sociology