Rebecca Y Email & Phone Number

San Diego, CA

• Represented low-income and disabled individuals in eviction defense regarding rental evictions and wrongful foreclosures requiring management of large caseloads, leading in-depth legal research regarding novel issues.
• Won over $400,000 in waived rent, $50,000 in direct settlement payments to clients, and preserved over $1,000,000 in lifetime Sec. 8 benefits for clients through advocacy, negotiating with opposing counsel, arguing.
• Won a case of first impression relating to CDC's COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium through collaborating with a team of lawyers in conducting legal research and drafting a motion, and prevailing at a motion hearing as Lead.
• Led research and advocacy regarding: uninhabitable living conditions and housing standards, state legislation prohibiting public access to cases, nonpayment of rent and wrongful foreclosures defenses, and on newly.
• Effectively managed large case load, oversaw case deadlines and deliverables, spearheaded development of effective litigation plans, conducted detailed interviews and depositions of individuals to determine timeline.
• Led improvements to legal operations including updating and standardizing pre-trial motions and trial briefs, developed new discovery documents that incorporated newly enacted COVID-19 state and federal legislation.

Greater San Diego Area

• Led advocacy for individuals with disabilities pursuing healthcare rights, managed cases focused on reinstated Medi-Cal benefits, coordinated with industry experts, and led a team of legal interns.
• Negotiated multiple settlements as Lead Attorney challenging County’s improper refusal of in-home healthcare services resulting in over $200,000 in annual, lifetime benefits for clients and $75,000 in attorney’s fees..
• Developed Federal Class Action lawsuit regarding availability of Medi-Cal through waiver programs for in-home services for children with disabilities.
• Managed a team of 4 legal interns in setting up a hotline to find potential named class representatives, mentored legal interns in analyzing cases for merit, developed intake procedures that streamlined client.
• Partnered directly with health and advocacy experts, including Health Systems, Medi-Cal Administration, and Disability Rights experts, reviewed case details, outlined litigation strategies and legal theories, developed.
• Researched, drafted, and published educational publications regarding public healthcare rights. Led 9 community trainings to underprivileged and marginalized groups.

El Monte, California

Morganton, NC

• Advocated for clients from highly impacted populations, such as indigent individuals or individuals with disabilities.
• Led civil litigation in all phases of State Courts and at all administrative levels and conducted legal research on novel issues.
• Chosen by the Statewide Employment Taskforce to develop and submit public comments on behalf of organization.
• Won Supplemental Security Income case for low-income client with severe learning disability through investigating previous real estate holdings, recalculating actual income, drafting a memorandum, and presenting.
• Won an unemployment insurance benefits case on appeal through conducting legal research, drafting memorandum, representing the client at an administrative hearing, drafting and filing the appeal, and arguing the appeal.

Asheville, NC

• Drafted complaints, counter-claims, answers, and affirmative defenses in housing law cases for indigent tenants.
• Conducted client-intakes and gathered on-site evidence at various apartment complexes and mobile home parks.

• Conducted research regarding environmental justice issues in China.
• Compiled a bibliography of existing research on environmental justice in China.

Durham, NC

• Researched and wrote legal memoranda regarding North Carolina law on preliminary injunctions, and standing. I supported the Lead Attorney through researching and drafting a Motion for Preliminary Injunction, and.
• Reviewed documents and hundreds of hours of videotape during the discovery portion of a lawsuit used to support the Motino for Preliminary Injunction.
• Drafted wills, living wills, and other end-of-life documents at a weekend wills clinic in Tarrboro, NC.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Researched and summarized scientific studies for use in the Particulate Matter 2009 Integrated Science Assessments.
• Researcher for individual scientists in their research projects regarding the criteria air pollutants. I was the sole researcher for a meta-analysis exposure assessment study under Dr. Tom Long.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

J.D., Dean’S List (5 Out Of 6 Semesters)

• Dean's List 5 out of 6 Semesters • William T. Joyner Award for Excellence in Journal Writing • North Carolina Journal of International.

Ba, Environmental Studies, Minor In Biology, 3.6 (Major Gpa)

• Inaugural Member of Nation's First Academic Environmental Fraternity • Resident Advisor • Alpha Omega Christian Fellowship - member •.