Experience

MNK Law

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Nov 2020 - Present



Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Oct 2017 - Sep 2020

  Litigation attorney. Represent clients in federal and state judicial and administrative tribunals, including the GAO, courts of appeal, and trial courts. Litigation attorney. Represent clients in federal and state judicial and administrative tribunals, including the GAO, courts of appeal, and trial courts.



ABA Immigration Justice Project

• Post Bar Law Clerk

  • Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

  Drafted appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued that the court below erred in not adminstratively closing removal proceedings, misapplied the Convention Against Torture's governmental-nexus requirement, and violated client's due process rights. Drafted appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued that the court below erred in not adminstratively closing removal proceedings, misapplied the Convention Against Torture's governmental-nexus requirement, and violated client's due process rights.



Coughlin Law Group

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Dec 2016 - Aug 2017

  Litigated in the federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels. Drafted Respondent's brief, arguing that the trial court properly demurred (dismissed) plaintiff's causes of action; drafted a motion for sanctions, arguing that Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 37(e) should not apply retroactively; and drafted replies to evidentiary objections, arguing that the defendant misconstrued the law-of-the-case doctrine and Ninth Circuit law governing the admissibility of evidence during summary judgment.



U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

• Judicial Extern

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Drafted orders for motions to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6), Section 1983 lawsuits, habeas claims; summarized Ninth Circuit briefing in an immigration appeal. Drafted orders for motions to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6), Section 1983 lawsuits, habeas claims; summarized Ninth Circuit briefing in an immigration appeal.

• Judicial Extern

  • Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

  Drafted an R&R for a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; analyzed whether an ALJ complied with his duty to develop the record in a social-security appeal case. Drafted an R&R for a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; analyzed whether an ALJ complied with his duty to develop the record in a social-security appeal case.



California Department of Justice

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk (Correctional Law Section)

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Drafted motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment in Section 1983 litigation against state officers in U.S. District Court; drafted a motion to oppose a request for judicial notice in the Ninth Circuit. Drafted motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment in Section 1983 litigation against state officers in U.S. District Court; drafted a motion to oppose a request for judicial notice in the Ninth Circuit.



Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic, USD

• Legal Intern

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Briefed (opening and reply) the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the Board of Immigration Appeals improperly reversed an Immigration Judge's grant of relief to our client. Briefed (opening and reply) the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the Board of Immigration Appeals improperly reversed an Immigration Judge's grant of relief to our client.



Civil Litigation Clinic, USD

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Drafted Ex Parte Applications in state court to Continue Trial, the TRC, and Extend the Discovery and Law and Motion Deadlines and to Amend Answer to Include Truth as an Affirmative Defense. Drafted Ex Parte Applications in state court to Continue Trial, the TRC, and Extend the Discovery and Law and Motion Deadlines and to Amend Answer to Include Truth as an Affirmative Defense.