Education

Georgetown University Law Center, Editorial Board, Georgetown Journal of International Law , J.D., Cum Laude (2008)

Bryn Mawr College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude (2002)

Admissions

Pennsylvania

New York

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Boards/Memberships

Member,  Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission (2019)

Member,  American Bar Association

Member,  ABA's Central European and Eurasian Legal Initiative Council, 2014-2017

Former Editor-in-Chief (2015-2017),  TYL

Managing Editor (2014-2015),  TYL, Young Lawyers' Division, American Bar Association

Member,  Philadelphia Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors,  Philadelphia Artists' Collective

Bryn Mawr College Alumni Association

Georgetown University Alumni Association

Awards and Honors

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Fellow, Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association

Star of the Year, ABA Young Lawyers Division, 2016-2017

Star of the Quarter, ABA Young Lawyers Division, 2015

Pennsylvania Rising Star by Super Lawyers (2019)

Speeches and Publications

"E-Discovery Disasters and How to Avoid Them," accredited CLE presentation

"Letters of Intent: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," accredited CLE presentation with Gregory G. Gosfield

"20/20 Hindsight: A Litigator's Critique of Merger and Acquisition Agreements in Private Company Transactions," accredited CLE presentation with Michael Coran

"Mobile Strategies for Trial Presentations and Traveling for Trial," accredited CLE presentation with Paul Nofer and Kerry Slade

"Finding the Money: Piercing the Corporate Veil & Successor Liability," accredited CLE presentation with Michael Coran

"Basics of U.S. Contract Law, " presented for a group of Bosnian attorneys in connection with the American Bar Association's Rule of Law Initiative's Balkan Regional Rule of Law Network program

• Prevailed on a motion to dismiss a hedge fund’s five claims for alleged violations of ERISA in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on behalf of a regional bank;
• Obtained a permanent injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on behalf of a regional bank in connection with a claim for willful trademark infringement;
• Achieved a dismissal on the pleadings on behalf of the directors and officers of a North Carolina food and beverage distributor in a suit for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas;
• Obtained summary judgment disposing of claims for fraud, breach of contract, conversion, violation of the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, trespass, and negligence brought against a distributor of recreational vehicles in the Berks County Court of Common Pleas;
• Obtained two successive dismissals on the pleadings of claims for tortious interference with contract, the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, tortious interference with rights of inheritance, invasion of privacy, indemnity, and injunctive relief on behalf of a regional bank and an attorney in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas;
• Represented a regional bank and its investment subsidiary in successful interpleader action involving accounts containing approximately $1.5 million in funds for which there were more than 50 claimants;
• Litigated coverage dispute and negotiated favorable settlements of breach of fiduciary duty claims on behalf of twelve former directors and officers of a bankrupt publicly-traded insurance company and its subsidiaries; and
• Successfully defended a petition to vacate a favorable arbitration award on behalf of a former equity partner and member of the executive committee of a dissolved national law firm.