Areas of Practice
Business transactions and general corporate law for traditional and nonprofit entities, including enterprise formation and development, contract negotiation and drafting, and corporate governance. Finance and commercial law including document review and negotiation for commercial loans.

Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Portland, OR

Summer Associate, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR

Higher Education Experience
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

• Supreme Court Institute Fellow
  
• Sloan Project on Business Institutions Administrator
  
• Assistant Director of Financial Aid

• Interim Director of Financial Aid
  
• Adjunct Faculty, Human Development

• Associate Director of Financial Aid & Registrar’s Office

• Student Financial Aid Counselor

Publications and Presentations
International Outsourcing of Legal Services, DWT Corporate Finance & Business Transactions Practice Group Retreat Presentation, May 5, 2007

Supreme Court of the United States, October Term 2005 Overview, Georgetown Supreme Court Institute, June 30, 2006

Public University and Affiliated Foundation Relationships: Balancing Control and AutonomyInternational Outsourcing of Legal Services, The Education Law and Policy Forum, Vol. 1, Fall 2005

Memberships and Activities
Oregon State Bar, Member

Multnomah Bar Association, Member

Portland Female Executives, Member

Oregon Lawyers for a Sustainable Future, Participant

NABL 2008 Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law Seminar, Participant

Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., 2006

• Dean’s List (2002–2003; 2004–2005)
  
• Publications Editor, State & Local Tax Lawyer; Staff Member, The Tax Lawyer
  
• Law Fellow, Legal Research & Writing and U.S. Legal Discourse

B.A. in English, cum laude, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, 1992

Languages
French (Limited)