Professor, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Hebei, China, September 2014-Current
Teaching English as a Foreign Language to post-graduate Medical, Engineering, MBA and Accounting students
ŸPreparing Lesson Plans and overseeing the progress of the students
ŸOffice hours for meeting with students
ŸScoring examinations and student performance
ŸReviewing, proofreading and editing engineering research articles for world-wide engineering periodicals
Volunteer, Brookside Gardens (BG) and Friends of the Homeless (FOH), January 2013-August 2014
ŸBG -Front desk greeter, prepared documents, copied and answered multiple phone lines
ŸFOH - Organized and delivered food, clothing, personal supplies and public assistance contact information to homeless persons within the Baltimore/Washington DC areas
Corporate Project Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery; Crowell & Moring; Williams & Connolly; Jones Day; Akin Gump, Washington, DC, December 2010-December 2012
ŸReviewed data for a DOJ inquiry into the pricing of e-books by corporations for consumer purchase
ŸAnalyzed data for a DOJ second request document review regarding the multibillion dollar acquisition of the Gavilon Corporation which buys, transports and sells grain products
ŸReviewed documents for responsiveness and privilege claims for a large scale Honeywell corporate matter
ŸAnalyzed documents for responsiveness and privilege claims for a large-scale environmental tort matter
ŸEvaluated documents for responsiveness and privilege claims for multimillion dollar patent infringement and antitrust litigation lawsuits on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies Astra Zeneca and TEVA
Private Practice Attorney, The Crowell Law Firm, Washington, DC, January 2005-December 2010
Taxation Matters:
ŸRepresented clients with federal, state and local taxation and in sales, use and franchise taxes
ŸHandled accounting duties and income tax returns for individual and small business clients
ŸConducted research for tax-exempt organizations
ŸRepresented individuals and companies before the IRS in audit and collection cases
ŸResearched international, federal, state and District tax laws/regulations for compliance issues/matters
ŸNegotiated offers in compromise and installment agreements before the IRS for clients
ŸRepresented clients with filing status determinations and tax transcript analysis/corrections
ŸRepresented clients before the DC Superior Court and the IRS with state, District and federal tax liens
ŸRepresented clients with Traditional and Roth IRA matters/problems before the IRS
Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD), Indiana University School of Law (IU), May 1998-May 2002
Visiting JD Candidate, Notre Dame Law School Summer in London Program, June 2001-August 2001
Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, University of Alabama (UA), Cum Laude, August 1992-May 1996