Extraordinary Education:

Mount Tabor High School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1988

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill 1991

Juris Doctor with Honors, UNC Chapel Hill School of Law, 1992-1995

Successful and Dynamic Legal Career, 1996-2012

1996-1999, Staff Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta GA

1999-2000, Appellate Public Defender, Fulton County, Atlanta GA

2000-2001, Pro Se Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, N.D. California, Oakland CA

2000-2002, Research Attorney, Law Offices of Norton Tooby, Oakland, CA

2002-2005, Update Editor, Immigration Law and Crimes (West Publishing)

2002-2004, Lobbyist, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, Western NC

2002-2005, Attorney, Law and Mediation Office of Jennifer Foster, Asheville NC

2005-2007, Attorney, Cogburn & Brazil, P.A., Asheville NC

2007-2010, Pro Bono Coordinator, Pisgah Legal Services, Asheville NC

2010-2012, Attorney, Law and Mediation Office of Jennifer Foster, Asheville NC

2011-2013, Activist, Grassroots Organizer and Educator

2002-2012, Extensive Continuing Legal Education (CLE) event production and speaking

Legal Recruiting Experience:

- Doubled # of volunteer attorneysmand increased volunteer service hours by 90% in one year at Pisgah Legal Services. Won local and statewide bar awards for inspiring attorneys to increased service;

- Produced pro bono service and recognition events and recognition, including first annual ABA national pro bono week (won conference scholarship), PR, email marketing, supervised volunteers;

- Ongoing sales, marketing, publicity for CLE legal education events;