Representative Experience
Represents a wide range of clients, from large corporate companies to small and minority-owned businesses, in corporate diversity, employment law, government relations and government contracts matters
Advises Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of matters that require critical analysis of novel circumstances, creative problem-solving and effective advocacy
Provides counseling and crisis management services to Fortune 200 companies seeking to enhance their corporate diversity performance, including: reviewing and assessing existing policies and procedures, interviewing corporate officers and recommending changes in the structure and management of diversity programs
Develops strategies to mitigate the effects of a client’s diversity-related crisis and helps them develop long-term solutions
Acts as an advocate assisting in the delivery of positive messages to external constituencies
Assists clients in all aspects of diversity, including:
- Corporate governance
- Workforce diversity and equal pay
- Supplier diversity and business partnering
- Environmental justice
- Community relations and targeted philanthropy
- Government relations
Works with Members of Congress, congressional staff and ranking Executive Branch officials to advance client interests. Projects include:
- Civil justice reform
- Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
- Permanent normal trade relations with China
- Changes to federal procurement requirements
Memberships and Activities
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Vice chair, Small Business Committee of the American Bar Association Public Contract Law Section
District of Columbia Bar
Maryland Bar
Massachusetts Bar
Education
J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center
A.B., cum laude, Dartmouth College
