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Administrative Law
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11 years | 2 cases
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Licensed in New York for 11 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2014
No misconduct found
Location
Better Markets, Inc.
1825 K St NW Suite 1080, Washington, DC, 20006
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Experience
Honors
2013
Order of the Coif, New York University School of Law
2013
Benjamin F. Butler Memorial Award, for unusual distinction, New York University School of Law
2013
Summa Cum Laude, New York University School of Law
2011
Butler Scholar, for the top ten grades after two years, New York University School of Law
2011
Zuckerman Fellowship, for leadership in the public interest, Harvard University
2010
Pomeroy Scholar, for the top ten grades after one year, New York University School of Law
2009
Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar, for leadership in the public interest, New York University School of Law
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Attorney, Better Markets, Inc.
2014 - 2015
Law Clerk, Chambers of Hon. Robert A. Katzmann, 2d Cir.
2013 - 2014
Law Clerk, Chambers of Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, S.D.N.Y.
2011 - 2011
Summer Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
2007 - 2009
National Director, Financial Justice Center, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
2003 - 2007
8th District Alderperson, Council President, City of Madison, WI Common Council
Associations
2014 - 2015
SurvJustice, Inc.Founding Board Member, Treasurer
2013 - 2015
Demand Progress ActionFounding Board Chairperson
Sample of Legal Cases
MetLife, Inc. v. Financial Stability Oversight Council
Pending resolution
Starr Int'l Co. v. United States
Prevailed on Motion for Leave to File. Merits of appeal pending.
Education
2013
New York University School of Law
J.D.
2013
Harvard University, John. F. Kennedy School of Government
M.P.A.
2003
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S.
Speaking Engagements
2013
2013 Policy Conference
Galvanizing Support from Elected Officials
2011
Towards a Politics of Solidarity
The Wisconsin Uprising and Beyond
2011
Leadership Institute
Politics with Purpose
2008
National Convening on Subprime Lending, Foreclosures, and Race
Evaluating State and Local Policy Responses’ Effectiveness
2008
National Conference of State Legislatures
Model State Policy Options on Foreclosure and Affordable Housing
2008
Annual Convening
Housing Kenote: Mayors Take Action, Fight Back Against Foreclosures
Publications
2013
New York University Law Review
Affirmatively Further: Reviving the Fair Housing Act’s Integrationist Purpose
2011
The Guardian
Wisconsin’s Coalition against Corporate Power
2009
Investor's Business Daily
From the Left: Bankers’ Greed Cause of Housing Crisis (a debate with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann)
2008
Liberty Tree Journal for the Democratic Revolution
Fix the Foreclosure Crisis by Looking to Local Levers
2008
Social Policy
Toward a New State-Federal Partnership on Foreclosure Prevention
Languages
English
Spanish