Experience

Maine Municipal Association

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Attorney

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Provides legal advice to municipal officials in member municipalities in Maine. Areas of law include; town meetings and elections, road acquisition/disposal/management, land use, tax assessment and collection, General Assistance, and personnel management. Lectures at MMA workshops. Reviews and edits manuals and information packets.



Land Conservation Assistance Network

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of the Conservation Tax Center

  • Nov 2012 - Sep 2014

  Assisted private landowners in conserving agricultural, forest and other "working land" through tax incentives and estate planning. Helped develop a website for private land management for endangered species conservation.



Buzzell, Blanda & Visconti, LLP

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Paralegal

  • Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

  Assisted partners in land use litigation and municipal review of land use applications, including site plan and change of zone approval. Duties included filing for permits and recording declarations of covenants and restrictions and deeds. Able to analyze site plans and building elevations.



Vermont Law and Graduate School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Student

  • Aug 2009 - May 2012

  Earned a dual degree: Juris Doctor and Master in Environmental Law and Policy magna cum laude. Completed course work includes Environmental Law, Land Use Law, Wills Trusts and Estates, Administrative Law, Sustainable Community Planning, Ocean and Coastal Law, and Non-Profit Organizations.



Vermont Law School Land Use Clinic

• Student Clinician

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  Researched housing and development options for the Barriers Against Housing Committee for the city of Montpelier, wrote a training module discerning group home statutes for Development Review Boards, assisted with a takings analysis for the UNH SeaGrant on floodplain management, and volunteered to assist flood victims complete FEMA forms after tropical storm Irene.



Town of Brookhaven Law Department

• Intern

  • May 2011 - Sep 2011

  Prosecuted violations of the Brookhaven Town Code in the 6th District Court, sat in on depositions and GML 50(h) hearings, researched and wrote memos on various topics, including saltwater recreational fishing licenses, agricultural uses in the Pine Barrens, and municipal regulation.



New York State Department of State Office of General Counsel

• Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

  Updated the online site plan publication, edited decisions for an Administrative Law Judge, answered municipal law and land use question from municipal officers and assisted towns in creating Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans.



SCA MassParks AmeriCorps

• AmeriCorps Volunteer

  • Oct 2008 - Aug 2009

  Taught environmental education in rural Massachusetts elementary schools and performed trail maintenance in state parks. I have completed Wilderness First Response, Leave No Trace Trainer, and Project Wild.



Stand.earth

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Recruited activists locally and nationally for the Paper Campaign; a grassroots movement to stop corporations from using Endangered Forests as paper for their catalogs. Attended the Business Ethics Network seminar.