EDUCATION

• Honors - Dean's List
• Technology Commercialization Law Studies Certificate, concentrations in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfers
• New Technology Law Center: Drafted extensive research reports as part of a team dedicated to researching and analyzing alternative strategies for commercializing early-stage technologies on behalf of universities, federal laboratories and corporations.
• Criminal Law Clinic: Represented clients charged with misdemeanors and violations in Syracuse City Court; Participated in all aspects of criminal litigation including arraignments, pretrial hearings, motions and trial stages; Conducted client interviews, as well as researched records and pertinent client background information; Drafted and filed various legal notices, memoranda and pleadings.

Bachelor of Science, Concentration in Communication Systems Management,

• Honors - Cum Laude, Dean's List
• Minors in Business Administration and Political Science

EMPLOYMENT

2008 -Present Confidential, Washington, DC

• Performs high-level quality control review for responsive and privileged documents as part of a large international document review involving DOJ concerns about possible anti-kickback violations involving a large medical equipment manufacturer.
• Determined attorney-client privilege, assisted in generation of the privilege log and conducted various document review functions in support of a patent infringement case in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Reviewed documents for responsiveness and privilege in preparation for litigation against a telecommunications trade organization.
• Digested deposition transcripts in preparation for litigation against SEC fraud in AOL's Business Affairs Unit.

2008 Confidential, Spring, MD
Litigation Associate

• Supported Managing Partner in the representation of business and individual clients in various civil matters ranging from breach of contract to family law disputes.
• Reviewed and analyzed contracts of business clients for the purpose of providing legal advice.
• Conducted client interviews and drafted client correspondence.
• Performed legal research related to civil, criminal, and family law matters.
• Assisted Managing Partner in trial preparation for civil, criminal and family law matters.
• Drafted various legal notices, memoranda, pleadings and motions, as well as interrogatories and other discovery-related requests.

2006 -2008 Confidential, Washington, DC

• Determined the attorney-client privilege qualifications of documents produced to address concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding alleged anti-competitive behavior between a health care provider and an insurance company.
• Reviewed documents and prepared litigation materials in preparation for a patent infringement case in the biomedical field.
• Analyzed responsiveness and attorney-client privilege qualifications of documents produced in response to a second-review request by the U.S. Department of Justice for the merger of BMG and Universal Music Group.

2005 Confidential, Washington, DC
Legal Intern - Civil Enforcement Division

• Coordinated and conducted various statutory and case law research projects in support of ongoing cases involving probate law, regulatory law, administrative law, consumer protection and health care professional misconduct.
• Composed and filed various legal notices, memoranda and pleadings.
• Researched case law and statutory law in preparation for administrative hearings.
• Created and maintained case status reports for the Division Chief.

1999-2003 Confidential, Reston, VA
Equipment Provisioner, Interconnect Planning Engineer - Strategic Network Planning Group

• Facilitated the review and revision of switch-related planning assumptions for the Nextel network.
• Produced 0-3 year switch deployment plan-of-record by market for the continental United States.
• Created weekly switch utilization reports for assigned area to both peer-level and management-level contacts.
• Generated, maintained and reconciled the Nextel capital budget for area of responsibility.
• Created, compiled and streamlined the executive-level justification report for equipment purchases.

1995-1999 Confidential, Richardson, TX
Traffic Engineer, Project Implementation / Network Design Engineer - Regional Access Management Group

• Provisioned orders and monitored capacity of shared access DS3 circuits.
• Managed all LEC and CAP collocation, interconnection and overbuild projects for Texas market.
• Generated various managerial and executive-level reports on network performance.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Director's Network All-Star Award,August 1996

• Award presented for the successful development and implementation of a trunk group augmentation plan developed to sustain heavy increases in network traffic related to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Network Engineering Monthly Award,October 2002

• Award presented for the successful planning and implementation of a switch software load deployment plan for the Nextel network that led to much need increased in call capacity for all switches in the network.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Federal Communications Bar Association
• District of Columbia Bar Association: Computer and Telecommunications Law Section
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Montgomery County Bar Association