Please describe two of your most substantial, recent wins in practice.
As a first-year associate, I was on a team defending a poultry processor client against a discrimination suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of over 100 claimants and 10 individual plaintiffs. After almost a decade of countless motions and discovery disputes, dozens of two-day depositions with multiple translators, a Fifth Circuit interlocutory appeal and oral argument, we resolved the case. I was fortunate to play a key role throughout the litigation including by drafting briefs, formulating legal arguments on novel issues, and drafting settlement agreements and key terms of the consent decree, which ended July 2021. The skills I developed during this case helped me successfully resolve many subsequent suits.

In 2020, I became a thought leader on COVID-19 related workplace issues, including speaking at webinars about new legislation; authoring guides, policies, and other material; and writing articles on vaccination mandates. My efforts benefited firm clients and colleagues and resulted in my quick resolution of a case filed in federal district court under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The suit was filed against a long-term...

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