Experience

Les Schwab Tire Centers

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• In-House Counsel

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Bend, Oregon, United States Negotiate contracts, work with internal and external partners to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, manage agency complaints and litigation internally and with outside counsel, advise internal stakeholders at all levels on various legal matters and compliance.



Buchalter

• United States
• Law Practice
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • May 2020 - Feb 2022

  San Diego, California, United States



Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Dec 2016 - Apr 2020

  Greater San Diego Area

• Law Clerk

  • Sep 2015 - Nov 2016

  Greater San Diego Area Researched complex legal issues in a variety of areas including real property, contracts, family, and employment. Drafted memoranda, pleadings, client letters, discovery responses and requests.



United States District Court for the Southern District of California

• United States
• Administration of Justice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Judicial Extern, Honorable District Judge Larry Burns

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Greater San Diego Area Researched and analyzed case law. Drafted bench memoranda and court orders for civil and criminal issues. Observed criminal and civil proceedings.

• Judicial Extern, Honorable Magistrate Judge Karen Crawford

  • Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

  Greater San Diego Area Researched and analyzed case law and drafted bench memoranda for civil and criminal issues. Observed criminal and civil proceedings including Early Neutral Evaluations, Mandatory Settlement Conferences, etc.



Damiani Law Group APC 619-239-0170

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Law Clerk

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  Researched complex legal issues in the fields of employment, landlord/tenant, personal injury, criminal defense and civil rights. Prepared memoranda, administrative claims, complaints, settlement agreements and appellate briefs. Performed witness interviews. Established and maintained client relationships.



Petco

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Merchandising Manager, Natural Dog Food

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2013

  San Diego, CA  Develop business plans and objectives for the Natural Dog Food category that align with overall category strategic plan and with Petco's customer value proposition to exceed customer expectations and financial budgets. Set business plan objectives and goals for sales, margin dollars, and margin percent. Share the vision for assigned merchandise category strategy with cross-functional team members, other Petco business partners and vendors as appropriate. Coordinate team members to meet… Show more  Develop business plans and objectives for the Natural Dog Food category that align with overall category strategic plan and with Petco's customer value proposition to exceed customer expectations and financial budgets. Set business plan objectives and goals for sales, margin dollars, and margin percent. Share the vision for assigned merchandise category strategy with cross-functional team members, other Petco business partners and vendors as appropriate. Coordinate team members to meet timelines.  Establish and maintain strategic relationships with all internal and external stakeholders including Petco management, cross-functional teams, subordinates, internal business partners and vendors.  Negotiate profitable product costs and contract terms with vendors to achieve sales and margin goals for sub-category.  Identify key factors that affect the performance of the Natural Dog Food category. Collaborate with and provide direction to cross-functional team members to ensure the development and appropriate utilization of financial models, assortment analysis/planning, and replenishment/merchandise/pricing analysis. Review sales by item and sub-category to determine whether appropriate profit margins are being maintained. Develop innovative solutions to tactical and operational problems and roadblocks.  Make decisions within the framework of Petco's strategic initiatives and tactical imperatives. Drive the selection and development of new products. Oversee the analysis of current internal trends and market factors to forecast the success of new merchandise items.  Participate in and conduct meetings and presentations in various formats – formal and informal, planned and impromptu.  Ensure all activities are in compliance with federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances.

• Vendor Analyst for Blue Buffalo and Del Monte

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2012

  Greater San Diego Area  Provide vendors and merchant team with weekly reporting to discover opportunities within the business and communicate with the vendor and merchant team areas of improvement  Utilize the household PALS database to distinguish customer trends, market basket analysis and merchandise affinities  Monthly analysis of promotional impact through sales lifts, margin profitability and household acquisition  Provide ad hoc reports that expose opportunities in sales, marketing, SKU… Show more  Provide vendors and merchant team with weekly reporting to discover opportunities within the business and communicate with the vendor and merchant team areas of improvement  Utilize the household PALS database to distinguish customer trends, market basket analysis and merchandise affinities  Monthly analysis of promotional impact through sales lifts, margin profitability and household acquisition  Provide ad hoc reports that expose opportunities in sales, marketing, SKU rationalization, space management etc. through cross referenced data information (sales, planogram, PALS household information)



Luth Research

• United States
• Market Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Nov 2010 - Aug 2011

  Involves extensive experience in managing custom market research projects involving client and vendor relationship management ensuring communication with outside parties is seamless and timely. I oversee project management for various research studies. Projects range from large scale quantitative to multi-city qualitative studies. Part of the project management responsibilities involve study design and data analysis, using various applications for data collection, cross-tabulations and… Show more Involves extensive experience in managing custom market research projects involving client and vendor relationship management ensuring communication with outside parties is seamless and timely. I oversee project management for various research studies. Projects range from large scale quantitative to multi-city qualitative studies. Part of the project management responsibilities involve study design and data analysis, using various applications for data collection, cross-tabulations and statistical analysis and reporting. Show less



Center for Understanding and Treating Anxiety

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Nov 2010

  While interning at the Center for Understanding and Treating Anxiety specific duties included becoming familiar with the projects and relevant literature, learning the protocol for various experiments, collecting data from human subjects, and helping analyze and summarize the data for national conferences.