I'm a law student and former financial-services leader preparing for a career in law — from sophisticated corporate and finance practice to the courtroom — bringing rigor, judgment, and real operating experience to complex problems.
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.
High-stakes disputes and federal tax controversy, where careful analysis of pleadings, discovery, and the record is what decides the outcome.
A throughline of values: representing people overlooked by the institutions meant to serve them — approached with the same rigor as any corporate matter.
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, I plan to serve as a judicial clerk in the highest courts for one year — sharpening the craft of legal analysis at its source before stepping into 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 institutions treat the people who depend on them. Today I'm channeling that operating experience into legal work — whether structuring a transaction, managing complex litigation, or advocating for someone the system overlooked. Same discipline, same command of detail, whichever side of the matter I'm on.
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 trying to change large institutions from the inside. I saw what moved them and, more often, what didn't — and it became clear that litigation prompts change far faster than persuasion alone ever could. Law wasn't a departure from the work I'd been doing. It was the most direct route to the outcomes I'd been chasing all along.
Open to summer associate opportunities in Big Law — corporate, finance, and litigation — as well as public-interest and plaintiff-side work.