Experience

Bison Rail Systems

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Project Coordinator

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Assist in house general counsel of railroad engineering consulting company that provides consultation services to a variety of transportation agencies and engineering firms nationwide and globally. Typical duties include contract review, drafting and/or updating company policies to ensure those policies comply with federal and state statutes Assist in house general counsel of railroad engineering consulting company that provides consultation services to a variety of transportation agencies and engineering firms nationwide and globally. Typical duties include contract review, drafting and/or updating company policies to ensure those policies comply with federal and state statutes



Circuit Court for Prince George's County

• United States
• Administration of Justice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Judicial Law Clerk

  • Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

  Helped prepare court docket briefings on a daily basis. Researched, analyzed, and drafted memoranda and orders on criminal and civil law issues including tax sale foreclosure right of redemption, post conviction, violation of probation, bond review, expungements, zoning law, etc. Helped prepare court docket briefings on a daily basis. Researched, analyzed, and drafted memoranda and orders on criminal and civil law issues including tax sale foreclosure right of redemption, post conviction, violation of probation, bond review, expungements, zoning law, etc.



Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office-Sentencing Review Unit

• Intern

  • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

  Assisted Ms. Becky Feldman, Chief of The Sentencing Review Unit at The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office review cases of certain selected incarcerated people to determine whether the office will support their release from prisons. This unit was enacted in response to the problems of mass incarceration, racial inequity in sentencing, and COVID-19 infection rates in Maryland prisons. I received course credit for this externship. My duties in this externship included: -Reviewing juvenile lifer case files, identifying potential legal claims the defendant may have that could grant them release, and identifying mitigating information to support defendant’s release - Meeting on a weekly basis via Zoom with Ms. Feldman and providing a debrief of important information I found while reviewing the case files Show less



Pre-Trial Release and Parole Advocacy/Juvenile Lifer Advocacy Clinic

• Clinic Student

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  During my Spring 2020 and Fall 2020 law school semesters, I researched 8th amendment case law specific to juvenile lifers, researched litigation and policy efforts made by Maryland and other states to reduce prison populations during COVID-19, and observed bail review hearings at The District Court of Maryland. During my Spring 2020 and Fall 2020 law school semesters, I researched 8th amendment case law specific to juvenile lifers, researched litigation and policy efforts made by Maryland and other states to reduce prison populations during COVID-19, and observed bail review hearings at The District Court of Maryland.



Office of the Public Defender Maryland

• United States
• Legal Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  -Drafted motions for sentence modification -Researched case law pertaining to ineffective assistance of counsel claims -Drafted supplemental post-conviction petitions -Drafted motions for sentence modification -Researched case law pertaining to ineffective assistance of counsel claims -Drafted supplemental post-conviction petitions

• Intern

  • May 2019 - Nov 2019

  -Assisted supervising attorneys, including the Deputy Director of The University of Baltimore Law School Innocence Project Clinic, to determine the viability of an innocence claim by reviewing trial transcripts, discovery documents, and prior appellate court opinions. Wrote a small portion of client’s joint writ of actual innocence petition which was granted by The Baltimore City Circuit Court, resulting in the exoneration of both the client and two co-defendants. -Drafted motion to correct an illegal sentence -Interviewed and communicated effectively with incarcerated clients -Drafted motions for sentence modification Show less



Fedcap

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

• Intern

  • Jan 2018 - Mar 2018

  The Women’s Project is an Alternative to Detention (ATD) program that aims to secure the release of women detained pre-trail at Rikers Island who are eligible for alternative rehabilitation programs. During my internship, I observed client court appearances, and researched social service programs, transitional housing programs, and training workshops for clients. The Women’s Project is an Alternative to Detention (ATD) program that aims to secure the release of women detained pre-trail at Rikers Island who are eligible for alternative rehabilitation programs. During my internship, I observed client court appearances, and researched social service programs, transitional housing programs, and training workshops for clients.



District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office-Civil Litigation Division

• College Intern

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  -Wrote a deposition summary -Redacted confidential material on documents -Organized case documents for discovery purposes -Wrote a deposition summary -Redacted confidential material on documents -Organized case documents for discovery purposes



The Petey Greene Program

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Tutor

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  Provided weekly General Equivalency Diploma (GED) Exam prep tutoring to incarcerated women at The Maryland Correctional Institution For Women. Provided weekly General Equivalency Diploma (GED) Exam prep tutoring to incarcerated women at The Maryland Correctional Institution For Women.



U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Assistant

  • Oct 2014 - Dec 2016

  -College Federal Work Study position -Gathered federal records from record rooms -Filed records retrieval request forms -College Federal Work Study position -Gathered federal records from record rooms -Filed records retrieval request forms



The New York County District Attorney’s Office (Manhattan DA’s Office)-Trial Bureau 60

• College Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  -Redacted and organized discovery material -Audited inmate phone calls to assess if statements were of evidentiary value -Transcribed video recorded interrogations of defendants -Observed first year Assistant District Attorneys during Early Case Assessment Bureau shifts -Participated in The College Intern Mock Appellate Court Program -Redacted and organized discovery material -Audited inmate phone calls to assess if statements were of evidentiary value -Transcribed video recorded interrogations of defendants -Observed first year Assistant District Attorneys during Early Case Assessment Bureau shifts -Participated in The College Intern Mock Appellate Court Program



Jumpstart

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Corps Member

  • Aug 2013 - May 2014

  -Served 300 hours as an Americorps member in which I read to and conducted interactive learning activities for preschool age children at the Edward C. Mazique Parent Child Center in order to help them gain basic reading comprehension and mathematics skills -Served 300 hours as an Americorps member in which I read to and conducted interactive learning activities for preschool age children at the Edward C. Mazique Parent Child Center in order to help them gain basic reading comprehension and mathematics skills