Director of Compliance

• Aug 2021 - Present

Instructor

• Jan 2011 - Present

Instructor

• Jan 2011 - Present

Serve as sole instructor for “Firearms Law and the Second Amendment,” created from scratch; also serve as sole instructor for “Principles of Legal Writing.” Both classes include lecturing, designing syllabi and lesson plans, creating and grading all assignments and exams for undergraduate and graduate level students. Also serve as teaching assistant and writing instructor in “The Constitution and the Media,” including editing, grading, and advising students on multiple intensive writing assignments.

Director of Compliance, East Coast Region

• Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

Director Of Compliance

• Oct 2019 - Aug 2021

Attorney

• Jul 2018 - Oct 2019

Legal Fellow, Center for Health Policy and Law

• Jun 2017 - Jul 2018

Oversee the Public Health Law Watch; liaise between the NUSL team and members of the PHLW network, who represent academic institutions and public health organizations from around the United States; curate and write content for the blog; generate written work from network and guest bloggers; performs additional research needed to support the blog and its associated work; seeks opportunities for the network and affiliated partners to actualize academic scholarship and influence policy-making, including drumming up support for amicus briefs, mobilizing the network for letters to elected leaders and policy-makers, and supporting potential and ongoing legal work on public health related issues.

Deputy General Counsel

• Apr 2011 - Apr 2015

Served as legal counsel for EOPSS and the Secretary of Public Safety and Security (a member of the Governor’s cabinet); oversaw legal issues in EOPSS’s 11 state agencies, including Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and State Police; drafted, interpreted, and made policy determinations on firearms legislation and regulation; oversaw all matters involving electronic weapons; served as counsel to Gun Control Advisory Board; served on Firearms Licensing Review Board; served as counsel for the Municipal Police Training Committee; addressed employment matters, including ADA and MCAD issues; drafted legislation and regulations a variety of public safety issues; represented Secretariat in administrative proceedings.

Legal Fellow/Attorney

• Aug 2009 - Sep 2010

Provided free legal assistance and representation to indigent individuals in landlord/tenant cases involving public and subsidized housing, as well as family law cases involving custody and divorce. Provided free legal assistance and representation to indigent individuals in landlord/tenant cases involving public and subsidized housing, as well as family law cases involving custody and divorce.

Associate Attorney

• Jul 2008 - Feb 2009

Provided client representation in busy private criminal defense practice in a variety of District, Superior, and Juvenile Courts; extensively researched and wrote motions for cases in lower courts and appeals court; typical cases included sexual assault, OUI, business crime, larceny, and drug possession and distribution. Provided client representation in busy private criminal defense practice in a variety of District, Superior, and Juvenile Courts; extensively researched and wrote motions for cases in lower courts and appeals court; typical cases included sexual assault, OUI, business crime, larceny, and drug possession and distribution.

Public Defender

• Sep 2006 - Jul 2008

Provided zealous representation for indigent clients charged with crimes in Worcester, Fitchburg, and Dudley District Courts, beginning with arraignments and going through to bail reviews, pre-trial conferences, plea negotiations, motions, and trial; typical cases included OUI, drug possession and distribution, assault and battery, restraining order violations, larceny, breaking and entering, trespass, and motor vehicle offenses. Provided zealous representation for indigent clients charged with crimes in Worcester, Fitchburg, and Dudley District Courts, beginning with arraignments and going through to bail reviews, pre-trial conferences, plea negotiations, motions, and trial; typical cases included OUI, drug possession and distribution, assault and battery, restraining order violations, larceny, breaking and entering, trespass, and motor vehicle offenses.