Resume
Professional Experience
• Steyer Lowenthal LLP (Civil Litigation Firm) San Francisco, CA Litigation Legal Assistant Jun. 2019 - Present
Class Action Cases: Served as the sole legal assistant to compile and analyze class member data for complex class action cases to identify issues of commonality and limited scope claims and bring forward allegations of violations of consumer protection
Antitrust Cases: Prepared in-depth draft briefs and memoranda for multiple ongoing or potential antitrust cases using Westlaw Research and discovery to distill information for attorneys and to prepare court response briefings
Legal Document Preparation: Managed case documents for nine attorneys by preparing and organizing voluminous civil litigation discovery, mediation and trial productions for them involving the need to create, bates label and redact thousands of pages of documents, exhibits and privilege logs
• San Francisco District Attorney’s O ce San Francisco, CA Victim Services Fellow May 2018 - Aug. 2018
Courtwatch: Spearheaded a quantitative data analysis court watch project that examined the practices of 60+ attorneys and judges within courtrooms to generate a report displaying possible discriminatory practices
Policy Reform: Advocated for policy reform through reports concerning firearm restraining acts, disaster/evacuation procedures impacting victims of domestic violence, bereavement resources, and other issues related to the Victim Services department
Victim Advocate: Assisted Victim Advocates via updating case statuses, conducting new client outreach and providing social services referrals
• Eviction Defense Collaborative (Eviction Assistance Nonprofit) San Francisco, CA
Volunteer Law Clerk Internship Sept. 2017– Dec. 2017
Intake Management: Conducted 65+ intakes from low-income tenants being sued for unlawful detainer cases to create draft legal responses of responsive pleadings and request for stay of evictions to provide clients legal solutions to their eviction cases
Assisting Litigation: Collaborated with two attorneys in developing case strategy to be used for litigation proceedings and pretrial services
Research and Extracurricular Experience
• Sigma Alpha Nu (Pre-Law Co-Ed Fraternity) Berkeley, CA President Sept. 2015 - May 2019
Management: Oversaw a co-ed professional pre-law fraternity of 25 students, organized into five committees, to form a community that provided a variety professional development resources, workshops on legal topics, community bonding activities, and philanthropic events through the course of a total of 30 general active meetings and 10 board meetings every year
Professional Development: Organized professional development events for the fraternity, including attorney speaker events and law school trips and tours, to provide exposure to the members of the application process and pathways of attending law school
• Institute for Research Labor and Employment Berkeley, CA Research Intern Jan. 2018 - Oct. 2018
Ban-The-Box Interviews: Developed and conducted 75+ intakes of formerly incarcerated felons, as part of a graduate sociological research project, to gain an understanding of the perception surrounding the “Ban-the-Box” policy and felons’ employment prospects post incarceration to examine the e↵ects of whether the policy created tangible quality-of-life improvements towards equitable employment practices
Legislation Reports: Drafted a comparative legislation report reflecting state’s alternatives towards the “Ban-the-Box” policy to create policy recommendations
Professional Experience
• Steyer Lowenthal LLP (Civil Litigation Firm) San Francisco, CA Litigation Legal Assistant Jun. 2019 - Present
Class Action Cases: Served as the sole legal assistant to compile and analyze class member data for complex class action cases to identify issues of commonality and limited scope claims and bring forward allegations of violations of consumer protection
Antitrust Cases: Prepared in-depth draft briefs and memoranda for multiple ongoing or potential antitrust cases using Westlaw Research and discovery to distill information for attorneys and to prepare court response briefings
Legal Document Preparation: Managed case documents for nine attorneys by preparing and organizing voluminous civil litigation discovery, mediation and trial productions for them involving the need to create, bates label and redact thousands of pages of documents, exhibits and privilege logs
• San Francisco District Attorney’s O ce San Francisco, CA Victim Services Fellow May 2018 - Aug. 2018
Courtwatch: Spearheaded a quantitative data analysis court watch project that examined the practices of 60+ attorneys and judges within courtrooms to generate a report displaying possible discriminatory practices
Policy Reform: Advocated for policy reform through reports concerning firearm restraining acts, disaster/evacuation procedures impacting victims of domestic violence, bereavement resources, and other issues related to the Victim Services department
Victim Advocate: Assisted Victim Advocates via updating case statuses, conducting new client outreach and providing social services referrals
• Eviction Defense Collaborative (Eviction Assistance Nonprofit) San Francisco, CA
Volunteer Law Clerk Internship Sept. 2017– Dec. 2017
Intake Management: Conducted 65+ intakes from low-income tenants being sued for unlawful detainer cases to create draft legal responses of responsive pleadings and request for stay of evictions to provide clients legal solutions to their eviction cases
Assisting Litigation: Collaborated with two attorneys in developing case strategy to be used for litigation proceedings and pretrial services
Research and Extracurricular Experience
• Sigma Alpha Nu (Pre-Law Co-Ed Fraternity) Berkeley, CA President Sept. 2015 - May 2019
Management: Oversaw a co-ed professional pre-law fraternity of 25 students, organized into five committees, to form a community that provided a variety professional development resources, workshops on legal topics, community bonding activities, and philanthropic events through the course of a total of 30 general active meetings and 10 board meetings every year
Professional Development: Organized professional development events for the fraternity, including attorney speaker events and law school trips and tours, to provide exposure to the members of the application process and pathways of attending law school
• Institute for Research Labor and Employment Berkeley, CA Research Intern Jan. 2018 - Oct. 2018
Ban-The-Box Interviews: Developed and conducted 75+ intakes of formerly incarcerated felons, as part of a graduate sociological research project, to gain an understanding of the perception surrounding the “Ban-the-Box” policy and felons’ employment prospects post incarceration to examine the e↵ects of whether the policy created tangible quality-of-life improvements towards equitable employment practices
Legislation Reports: Drafted a comparative legislation report reflecting state’s alternatives towards the “Ban-the-Box” policy to create policy recommendations