EDUCATION

• Representing leading private research university in federal suit filed by former women’s hockey coach alleging gender-based discrimination and pay equity claims 
• Regularly advise university clients regarding Title VI compliance issues, including internal reviews, False Claims Act risks, mitigation measures, policy development, and trainings for students, faculty, staff, and administrators
• Successfully represented leading private research university in wrongful death suit filed by estate of former undergraduate student who died on campus
• Represented leading private research university in federal court case challenging handling of Title IX complaints 
• Represented major teaching hospital and physicians’ organization in qui tam action alleging improper billing of Medicare and Medicaid
• Advise university clients regarding admissions practices, including race conscious admissions policies, use of race-neutral alternatives, and overarching diversity statements and goals
• Advise non-profit and educational institutions regarding accessing restricted endowment funds, conflicts of interest and investment policies, crisis communication, and branding strategy

U.S. LITIGATION

• Successfully represented former research hospital executive in suit alleging various federal and state RICO, antitrust, fraudulent misrepresentation, and unfair trade practices claims.
• Represented national health insurance company in responding to an investigation and lawsuit by a state attorney general’s office
• Successfully represented healthcare system and member physicians in over 20 filed or threatened suits in Maine state court by cities and counties seeking to recover alleged costs of prescription and illicit opioid abuse and addiction; suits removed to federal court and conditionally transferred to federal multi-district litigation
• Successfully defended State-owned entity in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia action and D.C. Circuit appeal to have an approximately $20 million foreign arbitral award recognized and enforced
• Successfully represented the Consulate of Peru and its former Consul General in a federal labor dispute, securing the early dismissal of the case under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
• Obtained total defense verdict for Venezuela and the Venezuelan Ministry of Finance after five-week federal trial concerning forged promissory notes allegedly worth $100 million

INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION

• Successfully represented Nicaragua in ICSID arbitration brought under CAFTA-DR concerning an oil exploration and exploitation concession
• Successfully represented Uruguay in an UNCITRAL arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) brought under a bilateral investment treaty involving a large-scale iron ore mining project, which the claimants allege to be worth $3.47 billion
• Represented Venezuela in an ICSID (Additional Facility) proceeding brought by a Canadian company under a bilateral investment treaty in connection with a mining operations contract
• Represented Venezuela in an ICSID arbitration regarding the alleged expropriation of Venezuelan subsidiaries in the steel industry
• Successfully represented El Salvador in an ICSID arbitration brought under a domestic investment law concerning the claimant’s alleged entitlement to a mining exploitation concession and rights to exploration licenses

PRO BONO REPRESENTATION

• Filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court, First Circuit, and District of Massachusetts on behalf of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a case challenging Harvard’s undergraduate race conscious admissions program. Foley Hoag’s briefs reviewed the impact of Harvard’s policies on Asian American students and urged the Court to uphold the admissions program. 
• Successfully argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, obtaining extraordinary relief by way of enforcement of the attorney-client privilege with regards to client records
• Second chaired six-week federal racketeering conspiracy trial
• Represent numerous unaccompanied refugee children in petitions for special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) and legal permanent resident status
• Assist survivors of domestic violence in civil restraining order and criminal proceedings against their abusive partners

• Best Lawyers: Education Law (2025-2027); Ones to Watch - Commercial Litigation (2023)
• Massachusetts Super Lawyers: "Rising Star" in Schools & Education Law (2018-2024)
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Adams Pro Bono Publico Award (2025)
• Boston Bar Association, President’s Award (2023)
• Victim Rights’ Law Center, Shining Star Award (2023)
• Harvard Business School, Young American Leaders Program (2023)
• Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Award (2022)
• Boston Magazine Top Lawyers (2022-2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
• High Honor, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2019-2021 Pro Bono Honor Roll
• “Lawyer of the Year,” Boston University Latin American Law Student Association (2017)

• Boston Bar Association, College and University Law Section, Co-Chair (2023 - 2025)
• Foley Hoag Womxn of Color Affinity Group (for Ethnically/Racially Diverse Womxn community members), Partner Advisor
• ACLU of Massachusetts, President
• Victim Rights Law Center, Board Member
• Boston Debate League, Board Member
• Old North Illuminated, Board Chair (2015-2024)
• The Partnership, Inc., 2017 Fellow
• Hispanic National Bar Association, Member
• Women's Bar Association, Member

• "Fearless Fund Legal Update + Q&A," Boston Impact Initiative (BII) Fund Manager Cohort Convening (November 2024) 
• "Civil Rights Litigation 50 Years After Morgan v. Hennigan," Foley Hoag (October 2024)
• “DEI Lawsuit – What Can We Do?” Angel Capital Association (ACA) Women’s Investor Summit (October 2023)
• "Update on Legal Issues in Private & Higher Education Admission 2024," MCLE (October 2023)
• “Implications of Supreme Court Decisions on the Talent Pipeline,” Future of Work series (October 2023)
• “Navigating Anti-DEI Legislation and What Career Leaders Need to Know,” uConnect’s Career Everywhere Roadshow (July 2023)
• “A Compelling Interest: The Future of Race Conscious Admissions,” Boston Bar Association Higher Education Legal Conference (March 2023)
• “Energy Vampires: How You and Your Clients Can Spot Them and Use Practical Tools to Banish Them,” National Association of College and University Attorneys Annual Conference (June 2022)
• "Conflicts of Interest: Influence on Research Compliance and University Integrity," Boston Bar Association Higher Education Legal Conference (April 2022)
• "The Interview Process: What I Wish I’d Known," Foley Hoag Webinar (November 2020)
• "10 on 10: Women in the Workforce,” Equal Pay Day Celebration, Old North Foundation of Boston (March 2020)
• "Slavery and Its Legacies at Old North: Confronting the Past, Envisioning the Future," Old North Foundation of Boston (October 2019)
• Keynote Speaker, Latin American Heritage Celebration Dinner, Boston University Latin American Law Students Association (October 2017)