Staff Attorney

• Jun 2020 - Present

Attorney/Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps TVPA Fellow

• Jun 2018 - Jun 2020

•Designed, developed and implemented a holistic, victim-centered program providing legal services to survivors of human trafficking. The program is guided by trauma-informed practice and is culturally appropriate and linguistically accessible.•Assist clients with a variety of legal matters including immigration filings, representing clients in DVRO hearings and divorce and custody proceedings, assisting them in accessing public benefits, filing reports of identity theft and responding to creditors, and vacatur.•Conduct outreach and educational activities targeting survivors, at-risk individuals, communities, service providers, and pro-bono attorneys. •Participate in four different human trafficking task forces in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.

Independent Contractor

• Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

•Performed document review for complex civil litigation. •Performed document review for complex civil litigation.

Knowledge and Information Services Legal Intern

• Sep 2014 - May 2016

Legal Intern

• May 2015 - Aug 2015

•Provided legal support to organization that works on behalf of asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants to South Africa.•Conducted client interviews, researched current country conditions, and drafted asylum appeals for individuals who had applied for and been denied asylum in South Africa.•Designed and implemented office’s appeals process for denials of Zimbabwean Dispensation Permits. Interviewed clients, collected documents, and drafted appeals. •Provided legal support to organization that works on behalf of asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants to South Africa.•Conducted client interviews, researched current country conditions, and drafted asylum appeals for individuals who had applied for and been denied asylum in South Africa.•Designed and implemented office’s appeals process for denials of Zimbabwean Dispensation Permits. Interviewed clients, collected documents, and drafted appeals.

Legal Intern

• May 2014 - Jul 2014

•Researched and drafted briefs on economic and environmental development topics affecting Cambodia and the Greater Mekong Region, with a focus on the rubber industry and agricultural policy. •Researched and drafted briefs on economic and environmental development topics affecting Cambodia and the Greater Mekong Region, with a focus on the rubber industry and agricultural policy.

Paralegal Specialist, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit

• Aug 2008 - Aug 2012

•Worked alongside Assistant U.S. Attorneys and several federal agencies to prosecute individuals for national security threats, narcotics violations, violent crimes, and financial crimes; assisted in all aspects of trial preparation, including production of discovery material, organizational administration of evidence and witnesses, preparation and execution of courtroom presentations, research and editing of briefs. •Worked alongside Assistant U.S. Attorneys and several federal agencies to prosecute individuals for national security threats, narcotics violations, violent crimes, and financial crimes; assisted in all aspects of trial preparation, including production of discovery material, organizational administration of evidence and witnesses, preparation and execution of courtroom presentations, research and editing of briefs.

Senior Client Services Representative

• Jan 2006 - Mar 2008