Zoe Osterman Email & Phone Number

Washington DC

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Review, identify, and resolve potential conflicts involving new business for a law firm with 400+ attorneys in 13 US offices.
• Assist attorneys in opening new matters; review engagement letters and scope-of-work communications.
• Evaluate clients’ outside counsel guidelines, collect feedback from internal teams, and incorporate comments into engagement letters, adhering to ethical standards and firm policies.
• Use Intapp to mitigate risk and maintain compliance throughout the client and matter lifecycle.
• Review details of employment candidates’ work; draft jurisdiction-specific waivers and notice letters.
• Build ethical walls for proper screening.

Boulder, CO

• Deployed international human rights and corporate engagement strategies to drive respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• Provided guidance to the Gwich’in in filing petitions with international human rights bodies and preparing for engagements with companies, financial institutions, insurers, and Congressional leaders.
• Assisted the former Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe with drafting and reviewing articles and preparing talking points for advocacy engagements. ACHIEVEMENTS
• Organized 30 election observers to ensure tribal members in North Dakota succeeded in voting despite changes to voter ID laws.
• Launched an international insurance company campaign.
• Successfully petitioned the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, resulting in 3 inquiry letters.

Washington D.C.

• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated vendor contracts.
• Trained legal fellows and oversaw their procurement work.
• Advised management regarding employment law and hiring practices.ACHIEVEMENTS
• Spearheaded the organization’s first staffing RFP.

• Drafted and negotiated contracts.
• Provided legal advice to management on employment matters including FLSA classifications.
• Drafted office policies including a weapons-free workplace policy and a policy for screening prospective employee's social media.
• Drafted regulations and shepherded them through the federal rule-making process including the repeal of an antiquated thirty year old rule.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated the Rural Summer Legal Corps, a privately-funded initiative that places law students in rural communities for summer fellowships.
• Provided high level support to the President, Vice-President, Chief of Staff, Special Assistant to the President on Board Affairs, and Director of Development.

• Researched and wrote memoranda on a range of topics relating to aboriginal and contemporary fishing.
• Conducted on-site reservation research and interviews for forthcoming book on the Boldt decision.

Boulder, CO

• Guided Community Accountability Board Conferences in an effort to repair harms, build relationships and trust, and educate students to resources to prevent future harms to the community.
• Controlled discussions, engaged participants, assessed student participation, tracked and implemented restorative practices, and finalized agreements.
• Served as liaison between the program and the law school; increasing the number of law school volunteers from 2 to 10 in a 6-month period.

Boulder, CO

• Represented tribal clients in domestic and international forums.
• Drafted a memorandum arguing that a Tribe could use their inherent treaty rights to protect their traditional knowledge in a domestic court.
• Conducted a "Know Your Rights under the Indian Child Welfare Act" Training on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Snowmass

• AASI Certified
• Taught youth and adult classes. Group and private lessons.

Boulder, CO

• Reviewed, summarized, and added recent Indian law cases to the website’s online bulletins (see http://www.narf.org/nill/index.htm).

Boulder, CO

• Developed content for the Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative website.
• Organized available materials to support Native peoples interested in restoring peacemaking practices.

Palau

• Drafted memoranda and correspondence on behalf of the Attorney General's Office.

Ba, Environmental Policy

Activities and Societies: Captain of the Women's Club Ice Hockey Team

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Indian Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Activities and Societies: President of the Legal Alternative Dispute Resolution club, Secretary of the Native American Law Student.