Eight Years of Associate Experience

• Frequently drafted pleadings, a wide range of motions, oppositions, and supporting briefs.

• Educated litigation teams on accounting concepts to better understand the evidence in cases involving financial statements and audits. 

• Excelled at creatively approaching challenging research issues and summarizing findings.

• Conducted in-depth research on many topics, including chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, Article 9 of the UCC, rules of evidence (federal), rules of civil procedure (federal), bankruptcy avoidance actions, contract interpretation, and expert witness admissibility.

• Reviewed and organized extensive discovery to assess factual narrative of cases, including cases with hundreds of thousands of electronic documents.

• Prepared partners for several dozen depositions, preparing outlines and selecting exhibits.

• Investigated fraud by studying financial statement irregularities, bank statements and other debtor financial records.

• Applied accounting background to work effectively with accounting expert witnesses (and to identify shortcomings in opposing expert’s reports).

• Spent years as a lead associate on teams (1) representing a bankruptcy trustee tasked with unwinding a $250 million Ponzi scheme and (2) litigating ownership of over $200 million in tax carryback refunds, which involved a complex intersection of contract, tax, property, and trust law. 

• Regularly litigated fraudulent transfers, preference actions and other adversary proceedings.

• Represented secured creditors in foreclosures and receivership proceedings.

• Obtained dismissals of chapter 11 cases filed in bad faith.

Reason for Freelancing

I left Baker Hostetler in 2018 to work my family business, but I miss being a litigation associate. Freelancing is a way for me to continue the work that I enjoy while contributing to my family business.

My skill set is ideal for freelance projects. My job as a litigation associate rarely felt like work. Research, drafting briefs, working on discovery and document reviews are all tasks that I excel at and enjoy.