Experience

Legal Aid DC

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Domestic Violence/Family Law Staff Attorney

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  - Represent domestic violence survivors in family law matters - Provide advice and representation in child support matters - Advise and represent clients in immigration matters. - Represent domestic violence survivors in family law matters - Provide advice and representation in child support matters - Advise and represent clients in immigration matters.



DC Affordable Law Firm

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Associate

  • Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

  • Mentored first-year associates in family and immigration cases, including giving feedback on client counseling and client meetings, strategizing litigation plans, reviewing written materials, and preparing for hearings.• Helped develop DCALF’s case management processes, outreach efforts, organizational changes and development, and fellowship training program. • Facilitated the Immigration Justice Legal Services grant and draft and submit all quarterly reports. • Created and implemented DCALF’s response to COVID-19 for clients, including tracking the effect of the pandemic on our clients and connecting them to additional legal and extralegal resources. • Continued to manage personal caseload focused on gender-based violence in addition to mentorship duties.

• Fellow/Associate

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Advocated for low-income clients in family law and domestic violence matters at DC Superior Court, including litigating trials and hearings, drafting and submitting pleadings, motions, and discovery requests/responses.• Focused on representing survivors of gender-based violence and providing client-centered lawyering in family law and immigration cases.• Negotiated on behalf of clients with opposing counsel and pro se parties informally and in multi-door mediation, judicial mediation, alternative dispute resolution, and DC Court of Appeals mediation.• Represented immigration clients in humanitarian-based cases, including an asylum trial, asylum applications, U-Visa and T-Visa applications, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in the DRB, USCIS, and EOIR stages.• Participated in intensive 12-week training to develop client counseling, interviewing, and litigation skills, and knowledge in family, immigration, and probate law.



Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic

• Student Attorney

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  • Represented survivors of gender violence in civil protection order hearings at DC Superior Court. • Completed numerous trainings on client centered lawyering, domestic violence, and family legal statutes, rules, and case law. • Represented survivors of gender violence in civil protection order hearings at DC Superior Court. • Completed numerous trainings on client centered lawyering, domestic violence, and family legal statutes, rules, and case law.



Legal Aid DC

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Domestic Violence/Family Law Legal Intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Drafted family court documents, including direct and cross examinations, opening statements, and motions. • Observed and supported attorneys at family court proceedings at DC Superior Court. • Performed intake of low-income domestic violence survivors to get information on recent Intrafamily offenses. • Drafted family court documents, including direct and cross examinations, opening statements, and motions. • Observed and supported attorneys at family court proceedings at DC Superior Court. • Performed intake of low-income domestic violence survivors to get information on recent Intrafamily offenses.



U.S. Department of Justice

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  • Drafted research and analytical memoranda for upcoming disability rights cases against private and public entities. • Assisted federal attorneys in the enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act. • Drafted research and analytical memoranda for upcoming disability rights cases against private and public entities. • Assisted federal attorneys in the enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act.



Legal Aid DC

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Benefits Legal Intern

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

  • Drafted letters to agencies, including the Department of Human Services and the Social Security Administration, requesting intervention for low-income clients seeking public benefits. • Investigated medical records of clients in order to find arguments about why they should receive benefits. • Called insurers, providers, and collection agencies and demonstrate that clients no longer have outstanding bills. • Researched past ALJ decisions regarding benefits in order to study which arguments function best in court.



Philadelphia Legal Assistance

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Custody and Support Advocacy Clinic Legal Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Advised clients on custody, child support, spousal support, and protection from abuse litigations. • Assisted primarily survivors of domestic and sexual violence. • Attended two weeks of and ongoing training focused on family law education, court observation, and attorney observation. • Maintained individual caseload, including maintaining sole contact with clients via phone and email, sending clients documents, and drafting pleadings and motions for clients. • Advised clients on custody, child support, spousal support, and protection from abuse litigations. • Assisted primarily survivors of domestic and sexual violence. • Attended two weeks of and ongoing training focused on family law education, court observation, and attorney observation. • Maintained individual caseload, including maintaining sole contact with clients via phone and email, sending clients documents, and drafting pleadings and motions for clients.



Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Litigation Legal Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Supported attorneys and staff by researching, reviewing, editing, and proofreading legal documents. • Worked in complex document management, including processing of legal filings, utilization of complicated legal databases, and organized document preservation. • Recruited and interviewed students for legal assistant position and then trained and mentored new legal assistants. • Organized and participated in pro bono matters and directed an office-wide charitable event. • Supported attorneys and staff by researching, reviewing, editing, and proofreading legal documents. • Worked in complex document management, including processing of legal filings, utilization of complicated legal databases, and organized document preservation. • Recruited and interviewed students for legal assistant position and then trained and mentored new legal assistants. • Organized and participated in pro bono matters and directed an office-wide charitable event.



RAINN

• Individual and Family Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Online Hotline Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Counseled rape and abuse survivors after attending over 50 hours of in-depth training. • Conducted research, assisted in updating volunteer resources, organized files, and compiled data spreadsheets. • Continued as a staffer on the hotline for three years and eight months after finishing my internship. • Counseled rape and abuse survivors after attending over 50 hours of in-depth training. • Conducted research, assisted in updating volunteer resources, organized files, and compiled data spreadsheets. • Continued as a staffer on the hotline for three years and eight months after finishing my internship.



Liberty Athletic Club

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Snack Bar Attendant

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2011

  Serviced customers, inventoried supplies and developed positive relationship with supervisor and team members. Serviced customers, inventoried supplies and developed positive relationship with supervisor and team members.