Experience

Law Firm Editorial Service

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  The Law Firm Editorial Service is a ghostwriting and content strategy service serving Big Law and boutique law firms, and companies that serve the legal industry. We ghostwrite marketing and business development content, especially thought-leadership content, for lawyers and legal industry executives who have knowledge, wisdom, and insights to share—and who know that sharing them will help them build their prominence and their practices or organizations. I launched this service in April 2020 after working on a ghostwriting project in 2019 for almost a dozen partners at an Am Law 50 firm. While working on that project, I saw how badly lawyers and their law firms needed assistance crafting compelling *lawyer-written* thought-leadership marketing and business development content.



Copo Strategies

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Copo Strategies is a legal services and communications firm. The firm's flagship service is helping attorneys and their clients ethically, strategically, and proactively engage the Court of Public Opinion to help them win in a court of law. The firm also helps attorneys generate revenue and bring new client matters in the door by ethically, strategically, and proactively engaging prospective clients, referral sources, and the media. I launched the firm after spending over a decade achieving favorable legal and public relations results for my clients. As the founder and managing attorney of Copo Strategies, I am responsible for all aspects of the firm, from accounting to delivery of services to lead generation to marketing to new business development to social media programming to website development.



Dechert LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Litigation Associate

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2016

  Dechert LLP is an international law firm of more than 900 attorneys and more than $1 billion in revenue. At Dechert, I represented individuals and corporate entities in complex commercial litigation (i.e., securities litigation, product liability litigation, and general business disputes) in state and federal courts. I also presented clients’ positions to third parties, such as judges and opposing attorneys, through persuasive documents. My accomplishments at Dechert include: + Generating over $7M in billable hours in defending clients, such as the former independent directors of Lehman Brothers, top mutual fund families, and a leading international airbag manufacturer, by assisting in limiting or eliminating claims against them and obtaining favorable settlements. + Obtaining favorable outcomes for clients by drafting legal papers and other documents containing analyses and presentations of complex legal and factual issues. + Preparing partners and clients for depositions, court hearings, and interviews by government investigators by synthesizing and distilling for them relevant legal and factual issues and crafting key messages. + Providing responsive client service and managed day-to-day activity on matters.



Student Press Law Center

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Fellow

  • Sep 2009 - Feb 2010

  The Student Press Law Center is a legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to high school and college journalists. While at the Student Press Law Center, I provided legal resources to student journalists and their faculty advisors concerning censorship, confidential sources, and Freedom of Information Act issues. The Student Press Law Center is a legal assistance agency devoted exclusively to high school and college journalists. While at the Student Press Law Center, I provided legal resources to student journalists and their faculty advisors concerning censorship, confidential sources, and Freedom of Information Act issues.



The Georgetown Law Journal

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Special Projects Editor

  • Aug 2007 - May 2009



U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Student Intern - Division of Corporation Finance

  • Jan 2009 - Apr 2009

  As a Law Student Intern in "Corp Fin," I reviewed applications for confidential treatment of exhibits filed with periodic reports. I also reviewed periodic reports to ensure compliance with United States securities laws. As a Law Student Intern in "Corp Fin," I reviewed applications for confidential treatment of exhibits filed with periodic reports. I also reviewed periodic reports to ensure compliance with United States securities laws.



Dechert LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • May 2008 - Aug 2008



Philadelphia District Attorney's Office

• Philadelphia, PA

• Law Student Summer Intern - Pre-Trial Unit

  • May 2007 - Aug 2007

  During my internship, I assisted paralegals and Assistant District Attorneys in the preparation of defendants’ files by compiling and analyzing criminal history, drug seizure, and background reports. During my internship, I assisted paralegals and Assistant District Attorneys in the preparation of defendants’ files by compiling and analyzing criminal history, drug seizure, and background reports.



Star Group

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Account Executive - Public Relations

  • Sep 2002 - Aug 2006

  The Star Group was a former Advertising Age “Top 100” marketing communications firm serving national and international clients. At The Star Group, I developed and executed public relations and marketing initiatives on behalf of clients in the healthcare, packaged goods, professional services, and technology industries. I also positioned clients to achieve desired objectives with third parties, including media and clients’ employees. My accomplishments at The Star Group include: + Securing dozens of placements for clients in national and regional media outlets including USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, regional television network affiliates, and national trade media outlets by cultivating relationships with journalists. + Achieving numerous additional placements in national, regional, and trade media outlets for clients that positioned them as thought leaders in their industries by rapidly responding to breaking news and hot trends. + Developing and implementing qualitative and quantitative metrics for measuring effectiveness of initiatives, allowing clients to realize their returns on investment.