PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

EDUCATION & HONORS

Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD), Indiana University School of Law (IU), May 1998-May 2002

• Indiana University School of Law Research Fellow, 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

Ø  Dean’s List, President’s List

Ø  Phi Eta Sigma, Golden Key, Sigma Tau Delta, Order of Omega, Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Societies

Ø  Women’s Honor Program, Academic Achievement Awards (4 years)