Law & Policy Experience

I am a licensed attorney in the District of Columbia and have worked with civil rights litigation and public policy advocacy matters at national nonprofit organizations, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (Housing & Civil Enforcement Section), legislative bodies, international NGOs, and private civil rights firms. Some relevant experiences include:

• Drafting a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court seeking to apply McGirt v. Oklahoma retroactively.

• Conducting legal research and drafting successful motion in limine for a case, which on appeal, established patients’ rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to keep their psychiatric service animals with them in hospital settings.

• Investigating and writing a complaint on behalf of people subjected to police brutality and misconduct at Black Lives Matter protests in Summer 2020.

• Creating guidance documents for doctors communicating best practices for writing accommodations letters for pregnant people.

• Providing expertise to local, state, and national stakeholders about disability policy in light of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, advocating for increased funding to non-carceral and non-coercive community-based services.

• Editing a volume published by the UN Sustainable Development Goals Fund about women’s rights and security to inform practitioners and scholars about emerging practices in human rights law.

• Running a national-level campaign in the UK Labour Party to prioritize mental health, leading to the creation of a shadow ministerial position for mental health.