RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
- Primary: Constitutional Law, Education Law, Federal Courts, Civil Procedure, International Law, Federal Indian Law, Legal History
- Other: Torts, State and Local Government, Environmental Law, Legal Research and Writing
EXPERIENCE
Leone Alberts & Duus, Concord, CA
Litigation Attorney, Oct. 2015 – Present
- Defense of public entities in state and federal court litigation.
- Involved in all aspects of litigation with primary focus on motion practice and appeals—
filed over one hundred dispositive motions in state and federal court; briefed and argued seven appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; briefed and argued several appeals before the California Court of Appeal; filed three petitions for writ to the California Court of Appeal; and authored several Amicus Briefs filed in the California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, MP
Law Clerk for Chief Justice Miguel S. Demapan, Nov. 2009 – Sept. 2010
- Prepared bench memoranda and draft opinions for the Chief Justice (published 7 opinions).
- Cases involved the following areas of law: government contracts; interpretation of the
Commonwealth Constitution; judicial disqualification; election law; interpretation of local appellate rules; and a certified question from the Ninth Circuit in an employment discrimination
case.
Northern California Innocence Project, Santa Clara, CA
Teaching Fellowship/Attorney, Sept. 2008 – Nov. 2009
- Represented clients with claims of actual innocence in state and federal habeas proceedings.
- Assisted with teaching law students in classroom setting and oversaw law student legal work
in clinical setting.
- Invited to U.S. Supreme Court as guest of the Chief Justice for an argument in which the
Innocence Project participated.
- Conducted research and drafted memoranda for supervising attorneys on issues ranging
from the Cal. Rules of Evidence to the constitutional basis underlying the post-conviction right
to obtain DNA evidence
BAR ADMISSIONS
- California (March 2009)
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
