Experience

Gilbert Employment Law, P.C.
• Law Clerk

  • May 2020 - Present


Administrative Law Review

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Feb 2020 - May 2021

• Staffer

  • May 2019 - Feb 2020



Government Accountability Project

• United States
• Public Policy
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Researched Second Circuit precedent regarding Fed. R. Civ. Pro. R. 9(b)’s applicability to a medicare fraud case. Draft a case strategy memorandum, based on legal research, regarding the likelihood of surviving a Rule 9(b) motion to dismiss in the relevant jurisdiction. • Review approximately 400 initial decisions from U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Judges and summarize erroneous applications of whistleblower reprisal law. Identify and suggest potential legislative solutions to loopholes identified in current whistleblower reprisal law. Show less

• Paralegal

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2018

  Summary: I provided litigation and client support services on over 100 cases at a given time with a 60% billable hour goal. I worked primarily with clients who have limited financial means, are members of protected classes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or whose employer had subjected them to discrimination, adverse personnel actions, and whistleblower reprisal. Awards: • Recipient of several merit-based raises, bonuses, and firm-sponsored trainings (2015-2018) Publications: • Editorial assistant for Consolidated Federal Sector EEO Update (Dewey Publications, 2018); • Paralegal editor for Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association newsletter Advocacy: • Co-author of internal memorandum advocating for paralegal pay scale increase within Firm. Relevant Proficiencies: • Drafted and proofread legal correspondence, briefs, lines of questioning, discovery responses, evidence objections, and deposition digests for attorney review. • Researched legal issues arising from whistleblower-retaliation, equal employment opportunity, and adverse action actions involving federal and private sector employees using LexisNexis Advanced and WestlawNext. • Cite-checked common law, statutes, regulations, and other authorities in legal memoranda using Bluebook rules. • Coordinated and conducted client calls, preliminary intake consultations, and witness interviews. • Reviewed, organized, filed, and maintained case documents, litigation plans, and attorney calendars. • Trained incoming paralegals, law clerks, and junior attorneys on firm policy and procedural legal tasks. Show less



Contract Catering [Self-Employed]

• Owner/Executive Pastry Chef

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2018

  • Creative control and management of cookie dough catering business for private clientele. • Plan and implement catered events for local small business. • Creative control and management of cookie dough catering business for private clientele. • Plan and implement catered events for local small business.



Beej Flamholz LLC

• Food and Beverage Services

• Pastry Chef/Sous Chef

  • Sep 2010 - Jan 2015

  • Oversaw pastry production for private parties ranging from 15-100 people. • Communicated with vendors and clientele to design, source, and produce personalized cuisine for events. • Oversaw pastry production for private parties ranging from 15-100 people. • Communicated with vendors and clientele to design, source, and produce personalized cuisine for events.


Fleurir Chocolates
• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Chocolatier (Intern)

  • 2012 - 2013

Neighborhood Restaurant Group
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Pastry Assistant

  • 2011 - 2012