Experience

New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Counsel

  • Sep 2021 - Present



State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General

• Law Enforcement
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Section Chief- Deputy Attorney General

  • Oct 2019 - Sep 2021

  Health and Human Services Health and Human Services



State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General

• Law Enforcement
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Deputy Attorney General

  • Oct 2015 - 2018

  Tort Litigation Tort Litigation



Superior Court of New Jersey Vicinage XV (Gloucester County)

• Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable Jean B. McMaster

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Draft and revise judicial opinions, correspondence, and memoranda.• Research various civil legal issues to resolve discovery, dispositive, pretrial, and post-trial motions.• Analyze pleadings, briefs, and correspondence with the Court, including complex motion filings. • Trained to mediate small claims matters brought in front of the Court. • Draft and revise judicial opinions, correspondence, and memoranda.• Research various civil legal issues to resolve discovery, dispositive, pretrial, and post-trial motions.• Analyze pleadings, briefs, and correspondence with the Court, including complex motion filings. • Trained to mediate small claims matters brought in front of the Court.



The Honorable Joel B. Toomey

• Judicial Intern

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Drafted legal memoranda.Assisted with legal research.Prepared report and recommendations for Judge.Assisted Judge in resolving complex legal issues. Drafted legal memoranda.Assisted with legal research.Prepared report and recommendations for Judge.Assisted Judge in resolving complex legal issues.



The Wilner Firm

• Law Clerk

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Drafted pleadings and motions.Analyzed legal issues and performed extensive legal research pertaining to product liability, personal injury, and medical malpractice.Participated in trials, depositions, and client interviews. Drafted pleadings and motions.Analyzed legal issues and performed extensive legal research pertaining to product liability, personal injury, and medical malpractice.Participated in trials, depositions, and client interviews.



Riggs Investigative Services

• Private Investigator

  • Aug 2005 - May 2011

  Provided assistance to attorneys by conducting interviews and obtaining witness statements to be used in anticipation of civil, criminal and family law cases.Conducted surveillance and used other investigative techniques to prepare civil and criminal defense cases for settlement negotiations and trials.Gathered DNA evidence for Project Innocence to assist in overturning wrongful convictions of death row inmates.Organized and documented various information for clients in the preparation of defense cases.