Attorney with DC and VA bar licenses

KIMBERLY A. TOLHURST

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Membership District of Columbia (active) and Virginia Bars

Document Extensive experience with discovery and document review. Past experience managing large

Review document reviews as an associate at a national law firm. Extensive knowledge of procedures

Experience involving privilege designation, redaction, and identification of highly important documents.

Recent experience using Relativity, as well as Everlaw. Past experience using Concordance.

Legal Collective Action for Safe Spaces, Washington, DC July 2015 to present

Experience Serve on the board of this non-profit dedicated to creating a safe environment for women and LGBT individuals in the Washington, DC area, particularly in public areas such as bars and various methods of transportation. CASS recently worked successfully with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority on a campaign to prevent sexual harassment on trains and buses.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC June 2013-January 2017

Special Assistant/Advisor to Commissioner Michael Yaki. Performed legal and policy research and writing on key civil rights issues for one of the eight commissioners appointed by the President and Congress. Issues included sex trafficking, stand-your-ground laws, the federal government’s treatment of Arab and Muslim Americans post-9/11, and voting rights. Assisted with the identification of issues on which to report and on the development of findings and recommendations regarding the federal response to civil rights challenges.

National Abortion Federation, Washington, DC October 2012-January 2013

Vice President and General Counsel. Responsible for providing general legal advice on all aspects of NAF’s work, represented NAF at national and state level reproductive rights coalitions and working groups, oversaw staff engaged in reproductive rights advocacy, and strategized about introducing new legislation and responding to proposed legislation and regulations.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC November 2006-October 2012

Senior Attorney-Advisor. Served in the Office of the General Counsel, providing legal guidance on

administrative law, employment, and other areas. Researched civil rights law and practice for the Commission. Organized public hearings and briefings on equal protection as applied to topics such as educational opportunity, voting rights, and other areas in which groups or individuals may face discrimination on the basis of gender, race, age, disability, religion, or national origin. Drafted reports to the President and Congress providing an overview of specific civil rights topics, offering findings and recommendations for legislative or other action. Drafted statutory reports analyzing the federal response to discrimination.

Acting Staff Director. From February 2011 to April 2012, served as the agency’s administrative head, managing budget, personnel, and programmatic work. Oversaw all agency staff. Worked with the agency’s eight commissioners to establish agency policy and develop agency projects. Provided information to members of Congress and their staff.

Acting General Counsel. From February 2011 to October 2012, served as the agency’s lead attorney, supervising staff, advising Commissioners, and oversaw all legal research and writing on civil rights policy and administrative matters.

Ethics Officer. From October 2011 to November 2012, managed the agency’s ethics training program, oversaw agency compliance with federal ethics reporting and other statutory obligations, and advised the Staff Director and agency employees on issues relating to conflicts of interest, the Hatch Act, travel regulations, financial reporting obligations, and all other areas of ethics law and policy.

Consultant, Washington, DC October 2006-November 2006

Violence Against Women Consultant. Served clients in multiple states, performing legal research on issues including equal protection analysis of employment and housing practices under state and federal law. Drafted legal memoranda, advised clients, and created practical tools for state and national organizations working in the sexual assault and domestic violence fields. Provided technical assistance and grant writing services.

Battered Women’s Justice Project/Civil, Washington, DC January 2005-September 2006

Senior Attorney. Managed day-to-day operations of national nonprofit, including staff supervision and budget oversight. Provided technical assistance to battered women, legal advocates, attorneys, judges, law enforcement, and the general public. Held national conferences for attorneys and legal advocates on issues important to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, including confidentiality, safety planning, custody, orders of protection, and immigration. Drafted and collaborated with other national experts on amicus briefs relating to violence against women and reproductive freedom, including a Supreme Court brief relating to a parental notification statute’s impact on abused teens seeking abortions. Testified before the Washington, DC City Council on confidentiality and privilege policy for women and their domestic violence counselors.

Trainings and Presentations Delivered to National Audiences:

Civil Legal Institute: lead organizer, moderator, and presenter on advocacy skills and immigration law

Coalition Advocates and Attorneys Network: lead organizer, moderator and presenter on a wide range of topics, including developments in criminal law, domestic violence and accessing services following a natural disaster, relocation, and domestic violence and Native American women

Sexual Assault and the Healthcare System: An Advocate’s Guide to the Privacy Rights of Survivors

Testimony before the DC Council regarding the need for a statutory victim counselor privilege for communications between domestic violence victims and their counselors

Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Des Moines, IA February 2002-March 2004

Staff Attorney. First and only attorney for state-wide coalition of thirty-two rape crisis centers. Counseled and trained advocates, law enforcement, and medical personnel. Published guidelines on confidentiality and other issues. Provided assistance to victims seeking legal services including protective orders and immigration remedies. Analyzed and drafted legislation relating to criminal sanctions, statutes of limitation, victims’ rights, and funding for sexual assault programs. Provided legal information to rape crisis centers, government officials, media, and the public. Organized lobbying efforts, bringing over two hundred activists to the state legislature. Responded to media inquiries and assisted in press strategy. Participated in an amicus brief on the confidentiality of abortion clinic records.

Trainings and Presentations Delivered to State Audiences:

Sexual Assault in Iowa

Victim Counselor Privilege

Confidentiality: A Guide for Advocates

Sexual Assault and the Healthcare System (a program for emergency room physicians and nurses)

Immigration and Violence Against Women

Des Moines NBC affiliate: interview re: rape kit storage

Des Moines NBC affiliate: interview re: Kobe Bryant sexual assault case and relevant Iowa law

Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC July 1997-December 2001 Staff Attorney, Associate. Worked on large-scale litigation in telecommunications, airlines, and other industries for the firm’s antitrust group. Represented clients in congressional investigations, federal arbitration, and regulatory review of mergers and acquisitions. Advised clients on matters including distributorship agreements, international antitrust law, and insurance coverage. Participated in significant discovery/document review matters, managing a large number of associates and contract attorneys reviewing documents and travelling to meet with clients and the court involving our production of documents.

Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC 1996-1997 Staff Attorney. Assisted senior counsel on large antitrust litigation. Supervised staff of contract attorneys and paralegals engaged in the production and coding of documents. Aided in depositions, pretrial strategy, and legal research. Traveled extensively to direct and assist in discovery at numerous client sites and in the firm's New York office.

Publications Entries for “Rape Kit,” “Victim Impact Statement,” and “Battered Women’s Justice Project”

Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence (Claire M. Renzetti and Jeffrey L. Edleson, eds. 2008).

Comment, A Search For Solutions: Evaluating the Latest Anti-Stalking Developments and the National Institute of Justice Model Stalking Code, 1 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 269, 281 (1994).

Education William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, VA

Juris Doctorate

William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law

Co-Founder and Executive Board Member. Supervised staff and directed Journal policy including editorial and production decisions. Directed membership selection and training program.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Bachelor of Arts in English

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