Experience

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  Harris Ranch Beef Company

  • Selma, California, United States

  • General Counsel

    • Apr 2024 - Present
    • Selma, California, United States

    I have recently changed careers, closing out the chapters of both College Professor and Prosecutor.I am excited to join Harris Ranch Beef Company and Central Valley Meat Company as General Counsel. The leadership teams' vision and drive are impressive, and I look forward to contributing to th...

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  Central Valley Meat Co., Inc.

  • General Counsel

    • Apr 2024 - Present

    I have recently changed careers, closing out the chapters of both College Professor and Prosecutor.I am excited to join Central Valley Meat Company and Harris Ranch Beef Company as General Counsel. The leadership teams' vision and drive are impressive, and I look forward to contributing to th...

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  West Hills College Coalinga

  • Coalinga, California

  • Professor

    • Aug 2019 - May 2024
    • Coalinga, California

    I taught full-time in the Administration of Justice program at West Hills College. In this role, I taught the following courses: Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Corrections, Control, and Supervision of Inmates, Correctional Interviewing and Counseling, Legal Aspects of Correcti...

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  County of Tulare

  • Extra-help Senior Deputy District Attorney

    • Dec 2019 - Mar 2024

    In this role, I was primarily responsible for prosecuting Welfare Fraud. I also prosecuted general criminal cases, including those brought by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CSLB, BAR, and DMV, and handled a variety of felony and misdemeanor matters as needed.

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  Tulare County District Attorney's Office

  • Senior Deputy District Attorney

    • Dec 2010 - Aug 2019

    My last full-time assignments were with the Special Crimes Div.- Porterville Gang Violence and Major Crimes - Gang Violence. In those roles I prosecuted gang related crimes in our community.Prior to that I served in Financial Crimes Div. as Special Crimes Prosecutor for Real Estate Fraud (Sept 20...

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  University of Phoenix

  • Visalia, California Area

  • Adjunct Faculty Instructor

    • Aug 2015 - Jun 2019
    • Visalia, California Area

    I served as a Faculty member in the College of Business, the College of Criminal Justice and Security and in the MBA program.I taught a variety of courses including Business Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Contemporary Business Law, Introduction to Criminal Court System, and Ethical and L...

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  Visalia Chamber of Commerce

  • Visalia, California Area

  • Participant - Leadership Visalia

    • 2013 - 2014
    • Visalia, California Area

    Participated in the Leadership Visalia program put on by the Visalia Chamber of Commerce.

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  Brickwood Law Firm

  • Associate Attorney

    • Sep 2008 - Jul 2010

    The firm specialized in civil litigation with an emphasis on public entity defense, product liability, wrongful termination, real estate, labor, business and corporate law. The Firm had a client base ranging from the local cities and counties to individuals and businesses. The firm is dedicated ...

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  Harr, Arthofer & Ayres

  • Associate Attorney

    • Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

    The firm specialized in civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance defense, public entity defense, construction defect, product liability, wrongful termination, real estate and legal malpractice. The Firm had a client base ranging from the largest insurance companies to individual public ent...

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  Independent Attorney

  • Contract Attorney

    • Feb 2002 - Aug 2007

    - Assisted in the organization of the document review process and creation of coding strategies- Managed teams of attorneys on document review and production projects- Drafted privilege logs, created detailed document indices and prepared documents for depositions- Compiled and outlined documents...

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  Deloitte & Touche

  • Senior Consultant

    • Dec 2000 - Aug 2001

    Worked as a Senior Consultant in the Intellectual Asset Management Group.

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  McGuireWoods LLP

  • Legal Assistant

    • Aug 2000 - Oct 2000

    Worked as a legal assistant while waiting for my California Bar results.

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  National Youth Leadership Forum

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Facilitator

    • 1999 - 2000
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    Worked as a Facilitator for high school students attending the National Youth Leadership Forum on Law.

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  United State Patent and Trademark Office

  • Trademark Intern

    • Aug 1999 - Dec 1999

    Worked as a Trademark Intern during the Fall 1999 semester.

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  US ARMY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORP,

  • JAG Intern

    • May 1999 - Jul 1999

    JAG Intern 18th Airborne Corp, Fort Bragg, NC