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BAR MEMBERSHIP

·   State of California, 2009

 

Education

Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont

J.D., magna cum laude, May 2009

·   GPA: 3.73; Class rank: 5/184

·   Vermont Law Review, Senior Managing Editor, 2008–2009; Staff Member, 2007–2008

·   Vermont Law School Dean’s Fellow, taught legal writing to 1L students, 2008–2009

·   Dean’s List, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009

·   Vermont Law School Scholar

·   Academic Excellence Award for Judicial Opinion Writing, Fall 2008; Corporations, Fall 2008; Civil Procedure II, Spring 2007; Property, Spring 2007

 

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

B.A., magna cum laude, Philosophy, 2005

·   Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2005

·   Sourisseau Prize, Outstanding Senior Major in Philosophy, 2005

 

Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California

·   Pursued studies in graphic design, 2001–2002

 

Legal Experience

San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, San Francisco, California

Legal Intern, Land Use Team, June–August 2008

·   Selected projects include:

·          Advising the City on revisions to its blight-abatement code

·          Defending a First Amendment challenge to the City’s billboard restrictions

·          Clarifying the scope of the Mitigation Fee Act’s application

·          Determining whether municipal Building Inspectors can be compelled to give expert testimony

·          Analyzing whether the City, under its Inclusionary Housing Program, could give preference to residents of a particular geographic area

    

Homeless Advocacy Project, San Francisco, California

Legal Intern, May–August 2007

·   Held primary or principal responsibility for ten clients, focusing on eviction and SSI issues; drafted motions for submission to state courts; drafted letters and briefs on behalf of clients; conducted phone work

 

Publication

·   Note, The Toll of Bell Atlantic v. Twombly: An Argument for Taking the Edge off the Advantage Given Defendants, published at 33 Vt. L. Rev. 323 (2008)