Attorney

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Hire Counsel, June ****- Present

Document Reviewer

Coded documents for responsiveness, confidentiality, and privilege tags

Trained in ESI programs ClarVergence and Relativity

Office of Hawaiian Affairs, January 2015- May 2016

Student Policy Analyst

Conducted research and drafted policy briefs relating to Native Hawaiian Issues:

Indigenous Rights and Self Governance in International Law

Papahanaumokuakea (Northwest Hawaiian Islands) Marine Conservation

Customary Uses of Natural Resources Involving Fisheries and Whaling

William S. Richardson School of Law Library, August 2015-May 2016

Legal Research Assistant

Conducted research using Westlaw Next and Lexis Advance on behalf of professors to locate relevant sources for upcoming publications

Located statutes, cases, and regulations for public patrons and pro se litigants

Tracked legislation at state and federal levels

William S. Richardson School of Law, August 2015-December 2015

Legal Research Methods Teaching Assistant

Consulted with professor on curriculum development

Held weekly group and one to one help sessions

Language Education Center of Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, February 2005 – June 2014

Language Instructor

Instructed adult and professional students in six-level conversational English skills

Instructed primary and secondary school teachers in listening comprehension, pronunciation, and culture of learning English

Taught courses in Business English Skills to international business professionals

EDUCATION

Juris Doctorate, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, May 2016

Certificates in 1) Pacific and Asian Law and 2) International Law

Legum Baccalaureus, University of London International Programmes, August 2013

Masters of Arts in International Boundaries, Durham University, December 2001

Bachelors of Arts in History and Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2000

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Washington DC Bar

Passed February, 2017 Uniform Bar Examination

Awaiting swear in and mandatory ethics course

Requisite Professional Ethics Examination Score attained

ADEPT- ASEAN Development and Economic Planning Taskforce

ITLOS- 2015 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Summer Academy Alumnus

CITIZENSHIP INFORMATION

Citizen of USA and France

Ability to reobtain green card equivalent in Republic of Korea

SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook

Adobe, SPSS, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides

ESI ClarVergence and Relativity

WORKSHOPS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS

Contributor to “ASEAN Member States’ BITs Obligations Handbook,” Brill Publishers, forthcoming, Spring 2018

Contributing Author to Hawaii-ASEAN Partnership Law and Policy Brief, Summer 2016

Opportunities to deepen connections between the State government and ASEAN states

Presenter at World Human Rights Cities Forum, Gwangju, Korea, July 2016

Urban Transit in Honolulu: Challenges for Implementing the Complete Streets Policy

Contributing Author to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review for Timor-Leste 26th Session, Spring 2016

Human Rights and Access to Education for Women and Children

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Summer Academy, August 2015

Four-week international ocean law and policy training workshop

Contributing Author of submission to Tribunal and participant in moot court

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Bilateral Investment Treaty Training and Mapping Project, Fall 2015

Categorized obligations according to standardized criteria in UNCTAD guidebook

Gwangju International Center, Guest Speaker, 2005-2016

Why the Dokdo-Takeshima Dispute Matters to Korea

Korean and Chinese Tensions in the West Sea/Yellow Sea: A Brief Introduction to Political, Economic, and Security Issues

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