Work Experience

 

Online Legal Marketing/lawyersandsettlements.com

Digital Marketing- Client Engagement Lead

October 2012- present

 

Promote the Online Legal Media brands and drive sales prospecting via B2B social networking and event integration on LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter and Foursquare.

 

Seek out and nurture relationships with key legal contacts by contributing to social conversations and by consistently posting relevant content (e.g., commentary, analysis, site content, surveys/polls, video, remote seminar/convention updates).

 

Propose innovative ways to expand reach and grow B2B audience through additive social networking

 

Work with head of Content/Digital Marketing to ensure integrated messaging, consistent brand voice, and highly responsive customer service as necessary.

 

Stay abreast of social media marketing trends and product updates.

 

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing 

Civil Rights Fellow/Graduate Legal Assistant 

August 2013-August 2014

 

Litigation Support:

• Draft legal memoranda, civil complaints, group complaints, discovery (interrogatories, subpoenas, requests for production, requests for admission), pleadings, motions, opposition paperwork, ex parte applications, stipulations tolling agreements 

• Compose mediation briefs, and settlement agreements, and conduct SB 1038 pre-civil mediations

• Document review & analysis, cite-checking, citation formatting

• Communicate with co- and opposing counsel 

 

Investigation and Analysis: 

• Conduct neutral investigations of public complaints filed under the Fair Employment of Housing Act, Unruh Civil Rights Act, Disabled Persons Act, & Ralph Civil Rights Act 

• Communicate with complainants, witnesses, representatives, & obtain witness declarations, contact information, & relevant documents

• Conciliation discussions, make closure determinations, and notify complainants of case status. 

• Obtain medical records & police reports

• Conduct and supervise depositions

• Onsite visits to complainant residences or places of work

 

DFEH Clinic Assistance: 

• Provided legal training to & lead teams of law school interns on investigation and litigation of civil rights cases 

• Work onsite at UC Davis School of Law to assist interns.

 

Organization and Maintenance: 

• Organized & maintained investigatory & legal files in electronic filing system 

• Responsible for managing & organizing case load 

 

Meetings/Conferences: 

• Conferred regularly with Department supervisory attorneys on case development and litigation strategies, including, travel to various DFEH offices and courts

• Participated in multiple panels at UC Davis School of Law, representing the Graduate Legal Assistant position at the DFEH

• Presented & led sessions at three-day EEO training, conducted by DFEH & sponsored by CalHR

• Attended fair housing & sexual harassment training, as well as DFEH webinars on civil rights topics

• Prepared and presented DFEH webinar on race discrimination

 

Academic Success Program, UC Davis School of Law

Tutor, Contracts + Torts

January 2013-May 2013 + January 2012-May 2012

 

• Holds office hours, conducts study skills groups, runs review sessions, and proctors practice exams. 

• Works with the professor to create practice exams. 

• Available as an academic and personal resource for first-year law students.

 

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing

Legal Extern

January 2013-April 2013

 

• Investigate complaints submitted to the DFEH.  

• Interview clients, correspond with complainants and witnesses.  

• Drafted subpoenas and requests for production of documents.  

• Drafted deposition notices, potential to conduct a deposition.  

• Legal research and writing of statutory preclusion memo. 

• Case grading of new complaints.

 

Stillwell Law Office

Legal Intern

May 2012-August 2012

 

• Employment law litigation firm in Laguna Beach, CA. 

• Drafted demand letters, complaints, and mediation briefs.  

• Filed and served documents.  

• Prepared online administrative complaints.  

• Attended court hearings.  

• Client intake, screening, and interviews.  

• Communicated with court clerks and managed firm scheduling and calendar.

 

Friends of the River

Law Clerk

June 2011-August 2011

 

• Working with the legal team and policy advocates.  

• Drafted opposition letter to HR 869 (Denham).  

• Compiled research and completed document review for Friends of the River v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (filed June 20, 2011).  

• Ongoing projects include California Protected Waterways research (emphasis on extraordinary river value) and efforts to preserve the Merced River's classification as "Wild and Scenic."

 

Alumni Relations and Development, University of California, Davis, School of Law

Student Assistant II

February 2009-August 2010

 

• Basic office duties, such as copying and filing. 

• Responsible for assisting with Gifts Processing.  

• Record donations to the school, create processing forms, write acknowledgement letters to donors, deliver gifts to the proper office on campus, and file office gift copies.  

• Work with Microsoft Office software to create and manage documents and spreadsheets, ensuring an organized office environment.

 

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International

Pledge Parent

March 2010-May 2010

 

• Responsible for the process of introducing and educating the newest members to the Fraternity.  

• Planned and organized events, ceremonies, team-building exercises, and a weekend retreat.  

• Extensive time management and budgeting skills requried, as well as extensive communication and monitoring between Members and Candidates.

• Liaison between Members and Candidates

• Created, collected, and graded Pledge assignments and quizzes.

 

Cipolla, Calaba, Marrone & Wollman LLC

Legal Clerk

July 2008-August 2008

 

• Copying, filing, mail sorting, and other clerical duties.  

• Stamped and mailed the firm’s correspondence each day and worked with programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel to organize closed case files.  

• Located and sorted the case files required for each day’s schedule, including returning the prior day’s cases to the appropriate office.

• Created Statements of Record for case files; contacted medical facilities to acquire missing records or documents.

 

Bath & Body Works

Sales Associate

November 2007-May 2008

 

• Aiding customers in finding products, restocking the store, and cashier duties.  

• Floorset team member, altering the store layout and design in order to introduce new product.

 

University of California, Davis- Undergraduate Admissions

Undergraduate Admissions Phone Project Caller

April 2008

 

• Contacted admitted freshmen and answering any questions regarding the UC Davis campus and student life.  

• Required rapidly learning a high volume of information. 

• Phone etiquette skills.

• Maintenance of a professional and courteous demeanor.

 

American Eagle Outfitters

Sales Associate

June 2007-August 2007

 

• Cashier duties- returns, exchanges, purchases, phone orders. 

• Greeted customers as they entered the store.

• General cleaning and organization of the store 

• Floorset team member, ensuring an effective transition between store layouts, often creatively rearranging displays to fit the store’s unique layout.  

• Worked with customers to tailor their shopping experience to their needs, finding the particular items that they were seeking with efficiency, often searching for items at fellow stores via the Internet or phone communication.

Bar Admissions

 

California

Employment Law Section

International Law Section

 

Skills

 

Westlaw

LexisNexis

PACER

HoudiniEsq

Concordance

Windows

OS

Microsoft Office

French language