Attorney

• May 2023 - Present

Founding Partner

• Jan 2016 - May 2023

-Provide sliding-scale and unbundled family law services to families across Georgia. -Specialize in divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, and protective orders. -Serve as guardian ad litem and domestic relations mediator. -Provide sliding-scale and unbundled family law services to families across Georgia. -Specialize in divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, and protective orders. -Serve as guardian ad litem and domestic relations mediator.

Executive Director

• May 2019 - Sep 2020

Manage all aspects of a small non-profit organization, including fundraising and development, supervision of interns and administrative staff, mentorship of young attorneys, and developing partnerships with pro bono partners.

Interim Executive Director

• Jan 2019 - May 2019

Manage the administrative day-to-day of a non-profit organization. Provide mentorship and guidance to young attorneys starting their own law firms with an eye towards innovation and serving middle-income Georgians.

Associate

• 2015 - 2016

-Represented clients in high asset, complex divorce, alimony, and custody cases and mediation. -Negotiated and drafted pre-nuptial agreements, separation agreements, and settlement agreements. -Served as a court-appointed Guardian ad litem in child custody cases. -Represented clients in high asset, complex divorce, alimony, and custody cases and mediation. -Negotiated and drafted pre-nuptial agreements, separation agreements, and settlement agreements. -Served as a court-appointed Guardian ad litem in child custody cases.

Legal Intern, Family Law Unit

• Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

• Represented clients seeking temporary protective orders in Fulton County Superior Court under the Georgia Third Year Practice Act, including at contested hearings. • Interviewed clients, possible witnesses, and experts for assigned cases. •Participated in all aspects of discovery and draft motions, petitions, answers, counter claims, and direct and cross examinations. •Attended CLEs, including Family Law Nuts & Bolts and Veteran Administration Accreditation. • Represented clients seeking temporary protective orders in Fulton County Superior Court under the Georgia Third Year Practice Act, including at contested hearings. • Interviewed clients, possible witnesses, and experts for assigned cases. •Participated in all aspects of discovery and draft motions, petitions, answers, counter claims, and direct and cross examinations. •Attended CLEs, including Family Law Nuts & Bolts and Veteran Administration Accreditation.

Legal Intern

• Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

• Drafted direct examination questions, crafted case theories, performed intakes, and worked with attorneys, clients, and witnesses to prepare for civil protection order, divorce, and custody hearings. • Researched jurisdictional, evidentiary, and procedural issues relating to CPO hearings. • Participated in all aspects of discovery, including drafting interrogatories and requests for production of documents and assisting with client responses. • Drafted direct examination questions, crafted case theories, performed intakes, and worked with attorneys, clients, and witnesses to prepare for civil protection order, divorce, and custody hearings. • Researched jurisdictional, evidentiary, and procedural issues relating to CPO hearings. • Participated in all aspects of discovery, including drafting interrogatories and requests for production of documents and assisting with client responses.

Legal and Policy Research Assistant

• Oct 2012 - May 2013

• Perform legal and policy research and analysis on access to confidential healthcare services for minors and young adults, expedited partner therapy, and issues related to the Affordable Care Act. • Perform legal and policy research and analysis on access to confidential healthcare services for minors and young adults, expedited partner therapy, and issues related to the Affordable Care Act.

Legal Intern

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

• Conducted discovery, witness preparation, and writing lines of questioning and the closing statement for an administrative hearing in front of the Equal Opportunity Commission. • Wrote policies on and presented briefings to senior political and legal staff about agency compliance with federal regulations. • Researched and wrote memos about the legal and policy implications of the transportation reauthorization bill and actions by standard setting organizations and outside stakeholders on the work of the agency. Show less

Doula (Birth Support Person) and Doula Program Co-Coordinator

• Jun 2009 - Aug 2011

-Coordinated volunteer doula program in an underserved neighborhood, including scheduling shifts, training volunteers, and serving as liaison between the birth center, midwives, and doulas. -Assisted women in preparing and executing their plans for birth. Accompanied women throughout labor and facilitated communication between women, their partners, and providers. -Coordinated volunteer doula program in an underserved neighborhood, including scheduling shifts, training volunteers, and serving as liaison between the birth center, midwives, and doulas. -Assisted women in preparing and executing their plans for birth. Accompanied women throughout labor and facilitated communication between women, their partners, and providers.

Program Analyst

• Mar 2009 - May 2011

-Coordinated interagency Climate Change Center. Worked with Office of the Secretary and senior and working-level staff in different agencies to coordinate research and leverage federal funds. -Assisted with special projects, such as developing New Media initiatives, creating a research collaboration website, organizing two DOT Distracted Driving Summits, supporting agency participation at public conferences and meetings, and planning monthly speakers’ forums. -Coordinated interagency Climate Change Center. Worked with Office of the Secretary and senior and working-level staff in different agencies to coordinate research and leverage federal funds. -Assisted with special projects, such as developing New Media initiatives, creating a research collaboration website, organizing two DOT Distracted Driving Summits, supporting agency participation at public conferences and meetings, and planning monthly speakers’ forums.

Policy Assistant

• May 2007 - Jun 2008

-Prepared briefing materials for and met with congressional staff, attended congressional hearings and represented a nationally-recognized progressive policy organization at coalition meetings. -Drafted Congressional testimony, developed a survey of Secretaries of State about state election laws, and staffed the 2007 Election Protection hotline to ensure fair voting practices. -Prepared briefing materials for and met with congressional staff, attended congressional hearings and represented a nationally-recognized progressive policy organization at coalition meetings. -Drafted Congressional testimony, developed a survey of Secretaries of State about state election laws, and staffed the 2007 Election Protection hotline to ensure fair voting practices.