Experience

The Wicks Group

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • May 2022 - Present

  • Traveling overseas to prepare foreign aviation agencies (Bahrain and Angola) for aviation audits; • Advising shipping organizations, foreign governments, airlines, and airports on U.S. and international law; • Researching and drafting reports on International Registry aircraft liens, Cape Town Convention declarations, Bermudan contract lawsuits, FAA drone registration, noise programs under and the preemption exception to the Airport Noise and Capacity Act, NY doctrine of equitable subrogation for sureties, FTC vertical integration guidelines, railroad regulatory structure, eCommerce taxes, federal aviation taxes, and SEC securities brokerage laws; • Drafting LLC operating agreements, contract amendments, corporate resolutions, corporate compliance forms, and regulatory news reports for the firm website; • Revising corporate bylaws, DOT NPRM comments, trucking brokerage contracts, engagement letters, non-disclosure letters, and foreign aviation regulations; • Coordinating business formation, registration, and maintenance of status; • Managing compliance between corporate members and bylaws; • Reviewing the daily Federal Register report to remain abreast with federal regulations. Show less



Alexandria Bankruptcy Court

• District of Columbia, United States

• Legal Intern, Bankruptcy

  • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  Assisted in pro bono advising to people considering filing for bankruptcy. Assisted in pro bono advising to people considering filing for bankruptcy.



Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern, Zoning Litigation

  • Sep 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Researched and drafted memoranda for the Department’s zoning authority over embassies and for privacy laws limiting the Department’s ability to track private contractor inspectors; • Interfaced with respondents for settlement negotiation; prepared and drafted settlement offers; • Prepared and filed exhibit packages as evidence for zoning infraction litigation; • Sat in on zoning litigation hearings with the Office of Administrative Hearings. • Researched and drafted memoranda for the Department’s zoning authority over embassies and for privacy laws limiting the Department’s ability to track private contractor inspectors; • Interfaced with respondents for settlement negotiation; prepared and drafted settlement offers; • Prepared and filed exhibit packages as evidence for zoning infraction litigation; • Sat in on zoning litigation hearings with the Office of Administrative Hearings.



CYRON & MILLER LLP

• United States

• Legal Intern, Litigation

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

  • Researched and drafting Motions to Dismiss, complaints, memoranda, garnishments, unlawful detainers, and requests and answers in discovery; • Filed pleadings and motions with the court, managing the service of filings upon opposing parties, attending trials. • Researched and drafting Motions to Dismiss, complaints, memoranda, garnishments, unlawful detainers, and requests and answers in discovery; • Filed pleadings and motions with the court, managing the service of filings upon opposing parties, attending trials.



Right Path Law Group, PLLC

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern, Immigration

  • May 2020 - Nov 2020

  • Served foreign nationals who are fighting deportation and seeking family-based or adoption-based green cards; • Wrote termination of deportation motions, administrative closure motions, continuance motions, I-601A memos, & responses to Requests for Evidence; • Attended trials regarding deportation proceedings, petitioned for cancellation of deportation; • Researched on probable cause for arrest in Virginia DUI cases; • Researched country conditions relating to the standard of “extreme hardship” for waiving immigrants’ inadmissibility. Show less



Global Immigration Associates, P.C. (Merged with CIP & HNM)

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Immigration Paralegal

  • Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

  Global Immigration Associates (great place to work, by the way) partners with Envoy Global for their software platform that makes visas intuitive for clients. My role was to review documents, spot issues, draft forms, and compile filings for submission to the USCIS. • Managed wide variety of cases: Recruitment and Prevailing Wage forms for the first step toward the work-based Green card, H-1B, H-4, H-4 EAD, E-3, H-1B1, L-1B, L-2, TN; • Wrote responses to Requests for Evidence on H-1B Petitions for several evidentiary concerns, including Specialty Occupation, Availability of Work, Right to Control, Beneficiary’s status, and Beneficiary’s qualifications; • Answered foreign nationals’ questions about the forms and processes of their families’ visas. Show less



Watson Dwyer Inc.

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Paralegal (temporary assignment)

  • Jun 2018 - Oct 2018

  Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, to which I was assigned, is America’s largest immigration law firm and processes immigration and visa petitions on behalf of major corporations’ executives, engineers, researchers, and analysts. • Submitted three to five filings each week to the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services, which involved gathering the documents, information, and signatures, drafting the forms, and compiling the filings for submission; • Achieved approvals on wide array of cases: I-140 Petitions, Adjustment of Status Applications, H-1B Petitions, H-4 Applications, and H-4 EAD Applications; • Completed several H-1B Withdrawals and Premium Processing Upgrades.; • Provided proactive customer service by keeping foreign nationals informed and satisfied with the pace of their cases. Show less



NIU writing center

• DeKalb, IL

• Writing Coach

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  The writing center at NIU focuses on making better writers rather than merely making better essays. I advised PhD students’ clarity, development, and structure, coached undergraduate students’ writing and research skills, and taught grammar to non-native English speakers. This job was immensely rewarding, because I observed returning clients gradually progress in their writing over the year. The writing center at NIU focuses on making better writers rather than merely making better essays. I advised PhD students’ clarity, development, and structure, coached undergraduate students’ writing and research skills, and taught grammar to non-native English speakers. This job was immensely rewarding, because I observed returning clients gradually progress in their writing over the year.



NIU foreign language and literature department

• DeKalb, IL

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  This class taught Greek and Roman mythology with a special focus on the Odyssey, the Oresteia, and Hercules. I tutored students on course material, graded assignments for comprehension, and supervised classes, tests, and group projects. This class taught Greek and Roman mythology with a special focus on the Odyssey, the Oresteia, and Hercules. I tutored students on course material, graded assignments for comprehension, and supervised classes, tests, and group projects.



Tuscan Wine Imports, Inc.

• Virginia Beach, Virginia

• Warehouse Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2016

  Tuscan Wine Imports, Inc. is a growing wine distributor that imports wine primarily from Italy and Portugal. I was alone responsible for the warehouse and shipments, both incoming and outgoing. I processed incoming international shipments, managed the warehouse conditions and layout, and interacted with local restaurants and stores. Tuscan Wine Imports, Inc. is a growing wine distributor that imports wine primarily from Italy and Portugal. I was alone responsible for the warehouse and shipments, both incoming and outgoing. I processed incoming international shipments, managed the warehouse conditions and layout, and interacted with local restaurants and stores.



Mannino's Italian Bistro

• Portsmouth, VA

• Waiter

  • May 2015 - Jul 2015



Offender Aid & Restoration

• Charlottesville, Virginia

• Intern

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  I worked in the drug court branch of Offender Aid & Restoration. The drug court branch rehabilitates people who have pled guilty to non-violent drug charges. People enter the program in order to have their sentences reduced or dropped, and along the way they often find that the program has improved their quality of life. Each person is required to pass drug tests, hold a full-time job, and attend therapy and court sessions. I participated in the assignment of sanctions, observed the group therapy and court sessions, and constructed a Microsoft Access database to monitor the efficiency by which case workers processed applicants. Show less



UVA's magazine, The Declaration

• Writer and Editor

  • Sep 2013 - May 2015

  For four semesters, I wrote several fiction and non-fiction stories as well as editing others’. We were the more creative of two school-funded and fiercely competitive newspapers. Every other week, we would plan the issue as a team, delegate portions, and then work together late into the night. The experience has taught me how to collaborate on a writing project, so I will instantly be able to contribute to your team. For four semesters, I wrote several fiction and non-fiction stories as well as editing others’. We were the more creative of two school-funded and fiercely competitive newspapers. Every other week, we would plan the issue as a team, delegate portions, and then work together late into the night. The experience has taught me how to collaborate on a writing project, so I will instantly be able to contribute to your team.



UVA psychology department

• Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - May 2015

  I worked for two different psychology laboratories across four semesters. Gerald Clore’s laboratory “Emotion and Cognition” allowed me to run participants, input and interpret data, and participate in study design. Our studies examined what decided the intensity of an event’s emotional impact. Ben Converse’s “Social Behavior and Decisions” involved a greater number and diversity of experiments, exposing me to many methods of testing participants. Our studies primarily examined the environmental factors that influence decisions and evaluations. Show less



The Cellars Fine Dining

• Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

• Waiter

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013