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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- Maryland
- Supreme Court of Maryland
- 2nd Circuit
- 10th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Incoming Chief Strategic Programs Officer
- Advocates for Trans Equality
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- Director of LGBTQI Equality Clinic
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
- - Current
- Director of LGBTQI Equality
- National Women's Law Center
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- Clinical Instructor & Lecturer on Law, LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic
- HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
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- Deputy Legal Director
- ACLU of Florida
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- Staff Attorney, Jun 2019 - Jun 2020.
- Adjunct Professor Of Law
- Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
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- Appellate Practice and Legal Writing Consultant
- Angelo Marino, Jr., P.A.
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- Associate Attorney
- Smithey Law Group LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Gilbert Employment Law, P.C.
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- Assistant County Attorney, Government Operations Section
- Anne Arundel County Office of Law
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- Attorney
- High-Quality Legal Services & Consulting
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- Judicial Law Clerk, Court of Special Appeals
- Maryland Judiciary
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Education
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
- J.D. (2012) | Law
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- Honors: University of Maryland School of Law Leadership Scholar; University of Maryland School of Law Litigation and Advocacy Award.
- Activities: Co-Chair, 2011-2012 University of Maryland School of Law Moot Court Board Fall Competition; University of Maryland 2011-2012 Appellate and Post-Conviction Clinic; LGBT Law Alliance Admissions Liaison & 2010-2011 Liaison to Free-State Legal Project/Member of Free-State Legal Project’s Board of Directors.
- Johns Hopkins University
- B.A. (2007) | Anthropology
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- Concentration in Near Eastern Studies
- Honors:
- Activities: ARGO—Undergraduate Anthropological Research Journal (Head of Published Group Study on Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions’ Urban Legends (2006)); Johns Hopkins University’s Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance [Executive Board Member (2005—2007); Fundraising Advisory Officer (2005—2007); Community Outreach Chair (2004—2006)];Peabody Conservatory of Music Renaissance Ensemble.
Professional Associations
- National LGBT Bar Association
- Current
- Florida State Bar
- Member
- - Current
- The Rosemary Barkett Appellate Inn of Court
- - Current
- Dade County Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- District of Columbia
- Member
- - Current
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