Legal Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Experience Associate Attorney, Public Finance 09/2007 - 08/2010
Summer Associate - Summer, 2006
. Practice concentrated on municipal finance transactions,
including taxable, tax-exempt and tax-credit bond financings
. Served as bond counsel in 100+ governmental bond financings
annually, managing deal from inception to completion
. Counseled clients on complex financing options, including
working cash fund bonds, double-barreled bonds, school fire
prevention and safety bonds, funding and advance refunding
bonds, debt certificates, capital appreciation bonds and
build America bonds
. Drafted all deal documentation, including bond purchase
resolutions and escrow agreements
. Reviewed public offering documents, bond purchase agreements
and verification reports
. Elected by Chapman Associates to serve on Associates'
Committee for 2 years
The Honorable William D. Maddux, Presiding Judge, Law Division,
Chicago, Illinois
Judicial Extern - Summer, 2005
. Supported Law Division Judges with civil cases
. Performed legal research and drafted legal memoranda
Non-Legal Textron Financial Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island
Experience MBA Intern - Summer, 2004
. Collected and analyzed data relating to viability and market
position of time-share finance business
. Presented findings and made recommendations regarding future
positioning to marketing and finance groups
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Denver, Colorado
Personal Banker 08/2002 - 03
. Sold banking and investment products
. Counseled clients on banking issues
Netcentives, Inc., San Francisco, California
Loyalty Marketing Account Manager 08/1999 - 09/2001
. Liaison between sales, marketing and technical design groups
working to create technical loyalty marketing solutions for
clients
Education Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana - JD, May 2007
. University of Notre Dame, London Law Program, London, United
Kingdom
University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business, Notre
Dame, Indiana - MBA, May 2007
. China Study Abroad Program, Beijing, Suzhou and Shanghai,
China
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts - BA,
History, May 1999
. Junior Year Abroad, St. Andrews University, St. Andrews,
Scotland
. Member, Holy Cross Ski Team
Universita per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy - Italian Language
Study, 02- 05/2002
Affiliations & Admitted to the Illinois Bar, 2007
Interests Avid skier, knitter, and traveler
Co-Chair Membership Development, Associate Board, Infant
Welfare Society of Chicago (2007 - 10)