I'm a law student and former financial-services leader preparing for a career in law that spans transactions, the workplace, and the courtroom — bringing rigor, judgment, and a decade of real operating experience.
Three practices, one foundation — a decade of operating experience, brought to bear on transactions, the workplace, and disputes.
M&A, finance, and transactional work at sophisticated firms — where a decade inside regulated financial institutions is a genuine edge, not a starting-from-zero.
Employment law across the statutes that govern the workplace — Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and wage-and-hour law — informed by years spent leading teams inside regulated workplaces.
Commercial and employment disputes, carried from discovery to the courtroom. My aim is to become a top trial attorney — mastering case theory, narrative, and argument before judge and jury.
Supporting the Division Counsel litigation function — federal tax controversy work at the intersection of enforcement and taxpayer rights.
Drafted summary judgment motions and supporting memoranda, evaluated liability and settlement posture across pleadings and discovery, and prepared deposition outlines for supervising counsel.
Managed operations for a global financial-services firm, ensuring adherence to internal controls and federal regulatory standards while leading cross-functional initiatives in a highly regulated environment.
Managed merchant-services relationships for business clients — assisting them with financial allocation and advising on sound billing practices to keep their payment operations running efficiently.
Directed operations for a national banking institution — supervising teams, resolving client disputes through negotiation, and partnering with executive leadership on KPIs and quality-assurance programs.
Oversee financial governance for a nonprofit corporation — administering budgets, ensuring fiduciary compliance, and translating complex financial data into board-level guidance.
Following graduation in 2028, my goal is to serve as a judicial clerk in the highest courts for one year — sharpening the craft of legal analysis at its source before entering litigation practice.
Before law school I spent more than a decade leading operations in banking and financial services — at U.S. Bancorp and American Express — managing teams, mitigating risk, and resolving disputes inside heavily regulated institutions.
I came to law because of what that vantage point showed me about how organizations and the people inside them navigate risk and conflict. Today I'm channeling that operating experience into legal work — whether structuring a transaction, working through a workplace matter, or carrying a dispute through to trial. Same discipline, same command of detail, whatever the matter.
Fifteen years of marriage have made me a better communicator — especially in the hard conversations, the ones most people would rather avoid. Raising our children has taught me how a real team functions: how to lead, how to listen, and how to keep a unit moving toward a shared goal. Those instincts don't stay at home; they're exactly what a career in law demands.
I chose law after more than a decade of working to move large institutions from the inside. I saw what changed them and, more often, what didn't — and I came to see that the sharpest leverage belongs to whoever can marshal the facts and the law when decisions are put to the test. Law wasn't a departure from that work; it was the most direct way to do it well.
Open to summer associate opportunities in corporate, labor & employment, and litigation at leading firms.