Experience

New York State Inspector General

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief of Staff to the New York State Inspector General

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Oversee policy development, daily operations and staff activities in the six statewide offices of the New York State Inspector General. Provide supervision of the receiving and investigation of complaints concerning allegations of corruption, fraud, criminal activity, conflicts of interest in any executive branch agency. Serve as liaison with other state agencies on a variety of investigative and administrative matters. Establish performance standards, manage staff evaluation program and formulate agency policy and procedures. Review all final reports for overall accuracy and completeness before submission to the Inspector General for approval.



Manhattan District Attorney's Office

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Bureau Chief

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2022

  Responsible for the supervision and training of approximately fifty Assistant District Attorneys of all levels of experience. Serve as the trial bureau point person for Conviction Integrity, discovery, protective orders, mass writs, and Covid-19 response matters. Oversee scheduling, indictment reviews, case management, Grand Jury presentations and trials.

• Designated Homicide Prosecutor

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2022

  Served as the lead prosecutor on three homicide matters and the second-chair on four others, two of which involved psychiatric defenses. Periodically on-call to respond to murders, attempted murders, police involved shootings, home invasions, vehicular homicides, and other serious incidents within the confines of Manhattan. Work with members of the Manhattan North and South Homicide Squads, the Crime Scene Unit, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, NYPD Intelligence, and the Accident Investigation Squad to prepare the prosecution of offenders.

• Human Trafficking Response Unit (HTRU)

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2022

  Investigate and prosecute incidents of sex-trafficking and promoting prostitution through threats and the use of violence. Utilize various investigatory tools such as search warrants, surveillance, controlled calls, forensic analysis of electronic devices, and witness interviews to build cases. Work with specially trained social workers to engage with victims of trafficking.

• Coordinator of Mass Arrest Prosecutions For New York County

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2022

  Serve as the office-wide supervisor of all mass arrest (protest) prosecutions. Supervised the handling of over 2,500 arrests in connection with Occupy Wall Street. Drafted extensive legal briefs in connection with the clearing of Zuccotti Park and the lawfulness of excluding or removing individuals from Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS). Engaged in litigation with Twitter, Inc., regarding their non-compliance to subpoena process for public "tweet" information. Liaise on regular basis with the NYPD Legal Bureau, Commanding Officers of the various NYPD Task Force Commands, members of the Technical Assistance Response Unit (TARU), and private property owners to coordinate the District Attorney's Office/NYPD response to expected and unexpected protest actions.

• Assistant District Attorney

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2022

  Investigate and prosecute various criminal offenses. Presented more than two hundred cases to New York County Grand Juries. Secured indictments based upon DNA, fingerprint, ballistic and forensic evidence. Served as lead prosecutor on over twenty trials, achieving trial convictions on charges including murder, manslaughter, arson, assault, and robbery. Serve as member of the Permanent Hiring Board and "Race & Prosecution" working group.

• Criminal Court Supervisor

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  Responsible for supervision and training of sixteen junior Assistant District Attorneys.



Coro New York Leadership Center

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coro NYC Leadership Fellow (Cohort 29)

  • Sep 2017 - May 2018

  Nominated by New York District Attorney's Office for inclusion in the Coro Leadership New York (LNY) fellowship, which convenes a cross-sector cohort of mid to early executive-level professionals who are deeply immersed in the city’s social, political, and economic issues and are committed to developing their leadership capacity to improve New York City. Over the course of nine months and 175+ hours of rigorous training, fellows are educated in the adaptive and inquiry-based leadership methods practiced by business executives and leading non-profits to enable them to succeed in complex, multi-stakeholder environments common to New York City.



Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Litigation Associate

  • Aug 2004 - Aug 2007

  Member of the firm's litigation group, focusing primarily on internal and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) litigation and white collar criminal defense. Member of the trial team for civil matter heard in Delaware Chancery Court. Served as "Country Lead" for FCPA investigation, which included a three-month posting to China and personally conducting over thirty interviews of employees of the targeted multi-national corporation. Participated in internal investigation into allegations of misconduct by a company's CEO on behalf of the Board. Represented a defendant, pro bono, on federal drug trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York.



Suffolk County District Attorney's Office (Massachusetts)

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Practicing Law Clerk

  • Aug 2003 - Jan 2004

  Completed full training program for newly hired Assistant District Attorneys. Conducted suppression hearings under student practice order. Served as second-chair on two felony trials. Completed full training program for newly hired Assistant District Attorneys. Conducted suppression hearings under student practice order. Served as second-chair on two felony trials.



United States Attorneys' Offices

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Criminal Division Intern

  • Jun 2002 - Aug 2002