Experience

Deckert Law, P.A.

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Immigration Attorney

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Represent businesses, families, and individuals on both employment-based and family-based immigration matters.

• Law Clerk

  • May 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Draft motions for summary judgment, interrogatories, affidavits, corporate agreements, business contracts, annual records of action, responsive pleadings, and judgment and decrees.• Research case law on probate disputes and drafted memoranda on estate planning and gift laws.• Supervise estate planning signings for elderly clients in nursing homes and hospitals.

• Legal Assistant

  • Mar 2015 - May 2017



University of St. Thomas School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Grell Feist PLC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Immigration Law Clerk

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  • Prepare visa applications including E-1, E-2, EB-1, EB-2, H-1B, L-1A, O-1, R-1 and National Interest Waivers for U.S. corporations and foreign national entrepreneurs. • Prepare visa applications including E-1, E-2, EB-1, EB-2, H-1B, L-1A, O-1, R-1 and National Interest Waivers for U.S. corporations and foreign national entrepreneurs.



Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pro Bono Immigration Law Clerk

  • Jun 2018 - May 2019

  • Represent clients for naturalization and DACA under the supervision of attorney Kathy Klos. • Represent clients for naturalization and DACA under the supervision of attorney Kathy Klos.



Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services

• Advanced Certified Student Attorney

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Oversee immigration cases on remand from 8th Circuit • Mentor student attorneys on asylum cases • Oversee immigration cases on remand from 8th Circuit • Mentor student attorneys on asylum cases



Executive Office for Immigration Review - Bloomington Immigration Court

• Bloomington, Minnesota

• Judicial Extern

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  • Drafted judicial opinions and conduct legal research for the Honorable Katherine L. Hansen, Ryan R. Wood, and Kristin W. Olmanson. • Drafted judicial opinions and conduct legal research for the Honorable Katherine L. Hansen, Ryan R. Wood, and Kristin W. Olmanson.



Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services

• Minneapolis, MN

• Certified Student Attorney

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Represented immigrants in Master Calendar Hearings before the Immigration Court. • Wrote legal memoranda and responsive briefs, conducted client interviews, and submitted forms to USCIS for asylum clients. • Represented immigrants in Master Calendar Hearings before the Immigration Court. • Wrote legal memoranda and responsive briefs, conducted client interviews, and submitted forms to USCIS for asylum clients.



C.H. Robinson

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Carrier Resolutions Specialist II

  • Aug 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Provided legal and contractual advice for carriers and offered mediation between contractors and C.H. Robinson offices across the United States regarding legal and financial disputes. • Managed and reported T-Chek fraud across all carrier accounts. • Gave guidance to C.H. Robinson offices concerning future fraud prevention and recovering past losses due to fraud. • Provided legal and contractual advice for carriers and offered mediation between contractors and C.H. Robinson offices across the United States regarding legal and financial disputes. • Managed and reported T-Chek fraud across all carrier accounts. • Gave guidance to C.H. Robinson offices concerning future fraud prevention and recovering past losses due to fraud.



Baptist Mid-Missions

• Salamanca, Spain

• Theological Professor and Lecturer

  • 2011 - 2014

  • Developed and taught theological courses in systematic and historical theology on three campuses. • Led, designed, and implemented a plan to expand classroom-based training into a web-based format. • Developed and taught theological courses in systematic and historical theology on three campuses. • Led, designed, and implemented a plan to expand classroom-based training into a web-based format.



Eden Baptist Church

• Burnsville, MN

• Administrative Assistant

  • Mar 2009 - Dec 2011

  • Fulfilled a wide range of administrative duties, completed editorial assignments and provided technical support. • Managed and monitored staff financial accounts while serving as the first line of support and service for members and clients. • Fulfilled a wide range of administrative duties, completed editorial assignments and provided technical support. • Managed and monitored staff financial accounts while serving as the first line of support and service for members and clients.