Work history
Cross-border Data Management, Partner
Providing the know-how to Japanese corporate counsels and managers on internal risk control and data management.
UBIC, Inc, Legal Consultant and Advisor
Advised the largest Japanese electronic discovery service provider on US expansion strategy, towards establishing offices in New York and London, and was instrumental in procuring a long term contract for services with one of the largest law firms in the world
Assessed, prioritized and promoted development of software functionalities that will most benefit document reviewers' ease of use and efficiency, and case attorneys' ability to assess, manage, and organize data.
Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP, Visiting Attorney
Conducted electronic discovery coordination, to improve efficiency and efficacy of various vendors, and thus reduce cost to clients
Engaged in extensive document review, document translation and preparation, for a number of Federal antitrust investigations
Supported document custodian interview
Assisted due diligence work under mergers & acquisition of Japanese company
Principle interviewer and assessor of Japanese contract attorneys and paralegal assistants for expanding and expediting e-discovery’s document reviewing
Law Offices of Robert W. Cohen, Law Clerk
Assisted in trial preparation, coached Japanese witnesses, performed legal research, translated legal documents from Japanese, conducted document review, and critiqued strengths of motions
Legal Services of Northern California, Law Clerk
Assisted indigent clients by providing legal tools and advice regarding tenant/landlord law
Identified potential clients with critical legal issues that may affect case law
Office of the Public Defender of Anne Arundel Country, Law Clerk
Coordinated and trained two other interns for assisting indigent clients in completing necessary documents to gain public legal representation
Collected and distilled into a brief memorandum pertinent information from clients for the use at trial to defend against criminal charges
Democratic National Committee, Research Assistant
Conducted research to substantiate and promote Party objectives in short briefs
Created pamphlets of facts, figures, and analysis, as directed
Coordinated five interns to organize several thousand pages of emails between members of Vice President Cheney’s Energy Task Force to support Party objectives
Education and qualifications
Georgetown University, Public Policy Institute Master, Public Policy
Georgetown University Master of Public Policy, Economics and Statistics
University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law Juris Doctor, International Law and Legal Studies
Ohio Wesleyan University Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, and Political Science
