Experience

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  Delaware County Department of Job & Family Services

  • Delaware County, Ohio, United States

  • Staff Attorney

    • Oct 2023 - Present
    • Delaware County, Ohio, United States

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  Schulze, Cox & Will

  • Marysville, Ohio, United States

  • Of Counsel Attorney

    • Oct 2022 - Oct 2023
    • Marysville, Ohio, United States

    Of Counsel Attorney who handled matters in family law, adult guardianships, Medicaid issues, and estate work.

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  JLH Law LLC

  • Attorney

    • Jul 2022 - Oct 2023

    Through my own LLC I took appointments as guardian ad litem, representing juveniles in delinquency matters, representing parties in adoption cases, and representing parties in Children’s Services cases. I am also trained as an adoption assessor.

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  CASA Program of Delaware and Union Counties

  • Ohio, United States

  • Attorney

    • Mar 2023 - Sep 2023
    • Ohio, United States

    I served as one of the attorneys for the CASA volunteers in Delaware and Union counties. In this role I attend hearings in Children’s Services cases and provide legal advice to the CASA Program.

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  Logan County Family Court

  • Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States

  • Intake Officer - Juvenile Probation Department

    • Sep 2020 - Jul 2022
    • Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States

    I previously served as the Intake Officer for the Logan County Juvenile Probation Department.

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  Logan County Prosecutor's Office

  • Bellefontaine, OH

  • Assistant Prosecutor

    • Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
    • Bellefontaine, OH

    I served as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Logan County Prosecutor's Office working in the juvenile and civil divisions.

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  The Honorable Elizabeth A. Preston Deavers

  • Columbus, Ohio Area

  • Law Clerk

    • Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
    • Columbus, Ohio Area

    I served as a term clerk for the Honorable Elizabeth A. Preston Deavers of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

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  MacArthur Foundation

  • HQ at Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN

  • Research Assistant for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience

    • May 2016 - May 2018
    • HQ at Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN

    I worked as a Research Assistant for Vanderbilt Professor Owen D. Jones, who serves as the Director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience. In this position, I assisted with the forthcoming second edition of the Law and Neuroscience coursebook and completed various law and neuroscience related research projects.

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  Tennessee Attorney General's Office

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Legal Extern

    • Aug 2016 - Nov 2016
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

    I worked as an extern in the Office of the Solicitor General for the fall 2016 semester. In this position, I researched various legal questions for attorneys, prepared memorandums, and observed moot court arguments.

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  United States Attorney's Office

  • Middle District of Tennessee

  • Law Clerk

    • May 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Middle District of Tennessee

    In this position I researched various legal topics for Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs); wrote legal memorandums regarding research findings for AUSAs; and attended various court proceedings, witness depositions, and inmate interviews.

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  Global Bioethics Initiative

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) Intern & Student in the Inaugural GBI Summer School

    • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    The Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to improving quality of life in vulnerable populations globally, through research, education and policy change recommendations. GBI concentrates on disparities over international lines which often lead to poor health and needless loss of life. As an intern, I helped coordinate GBI events, assisted in running the inaugural GBI summer school, and did research on current bioethical issues.

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  The Ohio State University

  • columbus, ohio area

  • Social Neurochemistry Lab Student Researcher

    • Aug 2013 - May 2015
    • columbus, ohio area

    I directed experiment participants, helped design experiments, handled confidential information, and worked with statistical data.

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  The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  • Columbus, Ohio Area

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Student Researcher

    • Aug 2012 - May 2015
    • Columbus, Ohio Area

    I contacted traumatic brain injury patients, conducted interviews with substance abuse clients, entered statistical data, provided community members with brain injury awareness education, and handled sensitive and confidential information.

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  Thompson, Dunlap & Heydinger, Ltd.

  • Bellefontaine, OH

  • Law Clerk

    • May 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Bellefontaine, OH

    I designed and implemented a new filing system for over 14,000 open and closed cases, ran business errands for the firm at local courts, other law offices, and government departments, and assisted attorneys with various legal tasks.

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  Mary Rutan Hospital

  • Bellefontaine, OH

  • Mary Rutan Hospital Physical Rehabilitation Center Intern

    • May 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Bellefontaine, OH

    I completed organizational projects for company policies and reference materials, answered telephone calls, greeted and checked in patients, notified therapists of patient arrivals, and reformatted and updated all Occupational Therapy patient document materials.

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  United States Postal Service

  • Columbus, Ohio Area

  • Multi-Jurisdictional Counterfeit Check Task Force Intern

    • Sep 2012 - May 2013
    • Columbus, Ohio Area

    I wrote arrest warrants and grand jury packets, witnessed suspect interviews, created files for cases, entered data, transcribed suspect phone call recordings, and handled sensitive and confidential information.

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  V-Teck Communications

  • Bellefontaine, oh

  • News Reporter

    • Aug 2009 - Aug 2011
    • Bellefontaine, oh

    I worked as a field reporter, conducted interviews, edited interview recordings, composed online news stories, recorded broadcasts, and represented V-Teck Communications and WPKO/WBLL at community events.