Education

Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA

J.D., May 2011

GPA: 3.47, Top 25.5% of class (60/235)

Activities: Villanova Environmental Law Journal, Executive

Editor; Phi Alpha Delta

Publications: Case Note, Geertson Seed Farms v. Johanns: Why Alfalfa

is Not the Only Little Rascal For Bio-Agriculture Law, 21 Vill. Envtl.

L.J. 383 (2010).

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA

B.A. in Political Science and Spanish, Magna Cum Laude; Minor in Sociology,

May 2008

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science honor

society), Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish honor society),

Alpha Lambda Delta (Freshman honor society), Matthew

Brown Ringland Prize in the Social Sciences, Alpha Scholar, Beta Scholar,

Dean's List (every semester), Scholar's Award

Scholarship Recipient

Activities: Pre-Legal Society Vice President, Model UN (founding

member), Choir, Campus tour guide

Experience

Professor Mitch Nathanson, Villanova School of Law, Villanova, PA

Teaching Assistant: Legal Analysis, Writing, and Oral Advocacy (August 2010-

May 2011)

Taught weekly citation class to first year students; researched and wrote

professor's model memo and brief; graded student memos and briefs; assisted

with student preparation of oral argument; provided extra help to students

outside of class

Justice Debra Todd, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA

Intern (June-August 2010)

Researched and wrote allocatur reports for circulation among the Justices;

drafted and presented bench memo and portions of judicial opinion;

summarized past Supreme Court opinions written by Justice Todd for

compilation of her work

Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office, Greensburg, PA

Legal Intern (July-August 2009)

Performed research and prepared appellate briefs for the Assistant District

Attorneys; observed trials and assisted with other components of the

criminal legal process including preliminary hearings, juvenile court, ICC

court and criminal motions court; worked as a file clerk during Summer 2007

and Summer 2008

Professor Ruth Gordon, Villanova School of Law, Villanova, PA

Research Assistant (May-July 2009)

Performed research, wrote research memos and prepared materials for an

international environmental law review article on sustainable development;

revised professor's article and footnotes

Languages

Spanish: Highly proficient (both written and spoken)

Interests

Singing, theater, Italian food, current events, cooking, reading, country

music, the Pittsburgh Steelers

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