Experience

Harter & Schottland

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Attorney (Family Law Practice)

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Law Offices of David S Kerpel, LLC

• United States

• Associate

  • Feb 2021 - Feb 2022



Highland Park-Highwood Legal Aid Clinic

• Staff Attorney

  • Jan 2018 - Feb 2021



United States Marine Corps

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Judge Advocate

  • May 2009 - Feb 2018

  • Provided legal counsel, support, and representation to all eligible personnel in the following practice areas: Estate planning, domestic relations and family law, taxes, economic and consumer affairs, citizenship and immigration, landlord tenant and real estate, the Service Members Civil Relief act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 and other specialized areas of law where competently authorized• Represented eligible clients in the various State courts of South Carolina pursuant to the terms of the Expanded Legal Assistance Programs of that state• Provided pre-deployment and pre-mobilization advice and assistance to commands and individual service members in preparation for deployment• Supervised and trained both attorney and non-legal personnel in the performance of their duties• Prepare and File Immigration/naturalization packages for eligible recruits, service members and their dependents. • Acted as Marine Corps legal Liaison with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency in furtherance of Marine recruit naturalizations out of MCRD Parris Island• Updated standard operating procedures for estate planning, Immigration/ Naturalization, new attorney check-in training, and mediation.• Oversaw approximately 20 Administrative Separations all resulting in a separation with either a general or other than honorable characterization.• Formed and trained volunteer Marines to act as Tax Preparers tax center for 2015 and 2016 tax years resulting in over 5000 successful State and Federal returns.