Experience

Columbia Legal Services
• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Attorney

  • May 2021 - Present

Yakima Department of Assigned Counsel
• Attorney

  • Jul 2018 - Apr 2021


Carey & Lillevik PLLC

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Feb 2017 - Jun 2018

  Represented clients in criminal defense, dependency, family law, education law, and estate planning matters. Represented clients in criminal defense, dependency, family law, education law, and estate planning matters.



Unemployment Law Project

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Attorney/Frances Perkins Fellow

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2016

  Represented clients in administrative hearings, Superior Court and Court of Appeals for unemployment cases. Wrote appeals to administrative decisions and trial briefs. Performed community outreach to immigrant and refugee groups and people who speak English as a second language. Represented clients in administrative hearings, Superior Court and Court of Appeals for unemployment cases. Wrote appeals to administrative decisions and trial briefs. Performed community outreach to immigrant and refugee groups and people who speak English as a second language.



HKM Employment Attorneys LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Law Clerk

  • Dec 2014 - May 2015

  Assisted attorneys in protecting the interests of employees in class-action litigation through legal research, writing memoranda, drafting motions, and translating for Spanish-speaking clients. Assisted attorneys in protecting the interests of employees in class-action litigation through legal research, writing memoranda, drafting motions, and translating for Spanish-speaking clients.



Washington State Supreme Court

• United States
• Courts of Law
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Judicial Extern to Justice Gordon McCloud

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Wrote memoranda, conducted legal research concerning cases pending before the Court, read extensively through court briefs, observe oral arguments, and discuss and assist Justice Gordon McCloud in case preparation. Wrote memoranda, conducted legal research concerning cases pending before the Court, read extensively through court briefs, observe oral arguments, and discuss and assist Justice Gordon McCloud in case preparation.

• Legal Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Represented clients in administrative hearings regarding their unemployment benefits. Duties included client intake, working with clients to prepare for their hearings, advocating zealously for the clients, and writing appeals to certain administrative court decisions. Represented clients in administrative hearings regarding their unemployment benefits. Duties included client intake, working with clients to prepare for their hearings, advocating zealously for the clients, and writing appeals to certain administrative court decisions.



Washington State Labor and Education Research Center

• Workers' Rights Manual Editor

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2013

  Contributed to the research and writing of the manual, which serves to educate workers on their legal rights with relations to employers. Contributed to the research and writing of the manual, which serves to educate workers on their legal rights with relations to employers.



Seattle University School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Criminal Law Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Graded assignments, tutored students, gave presentations on course material, and served as mentor to first year law students. Graded assignments, tutored students, gave presentations on course material, and served as mentor to first year law students.



Moderate Means Program

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Conducted intakes and referred clients between 200-400% above the poverty line in the areas of family, consumer, and housing law to attorneys. Conducted intakes and referred clients between 200-400% above the poverty line in the areas of family, consumer, and housing law to attorneys.