EDUCATION

University of San Diego School of Law
San Diego, CA
Juris Doctor May 2018
ACTIVITIES: Advocates for Children and Education (ACE) Board Member
AWARDS: Outstanding Child Advocacy Award
Community Service Grant Recipient
WrightsLaw 16' Graduate: Institute for Special Education Advocacy (ISEA)

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Legal Studies, August 2012

 

EXPERIENCE

Law Office of Curtis Davis
Eureka, CA
*Serving clients across California in a remote capacity
April 2021 - Present

  • Represent clients (only employees and workers) in employment discrimination, wage & hour, and sexual harassment in the workplace matters.

  • Represent children in child sex abuse cases against a wide variety of entities - mainly public school districts.

  • Represent children and families in special education matters and legal issues related to Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

  • Represent tenants in landlord-tenant disputes - including failure to make necessary repairs, retaliation, unlawful evictions, and more.

  • Conduct all aspects of litigation up to and through trial.

Winer, Burritt & Scott, LLP
Oakland, CA
June 2024 - August 2024

  • Represented workers in employment discrimination and sexual violence in the workplace matters.

  • Represented children in child sex abuse cases against a wide variety of entities - mainly public school districts.

  • Conducted all aspects of litigation up to and through trial.

Beaman Jacinto Law PC
Palm Desert, CA
July 2021 - June 2024

  • Represented low wage workers and individuals in employment, immigration, education, and civil rights legal matters.

  • Represented children and families in a wide range of special education legal cases with a focus on filing due process complaints to obtain a meaningful education for children with unique learning needs.

  • Conducted all phases of litigation from investigation prior to initiation of a lawsuit through trial.

  • Take depositions, conduct written discovery, drafted pleadings/motions for cases in litigation for wide variety of employment related legal matters- including wage and hour, discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims.

  • Worked with a highly skilled and dedicated six-person team that fights for justice with unparalleled sensitivity, experience, vigor, and creativity rooted in the notion that all people deserve access to justice and enforcement of basic rights.


California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)
El Centro, CA
September 2018 - July 2021
Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

  • Served Imperial County students, parents, and legal guardians in school-to-prison pipeline legal issues, including suspension/expulsion, alternative school transfer, and special education matters.

  • Designated lead lawyer on litigation team for writ of mandate filed in San Francisco Superior Court against the California Department of Education for state Administrative Procedures Act violations with respect to Migrant Education Program parent rights; conducted oral argument for approximately two hours.

  • Handled felony and misdemeanor juvenile delinquency cases for charges related to school.

  • Secured release for detained client on felony PC 245(a)(1) charge based on constitutional rights violations, including failure to make probable cause determination within 48 hours of warrantless juvenile arrest.

  • Conducted investigations of cases in preparation for trial, including witness interviews, and scene visits.

  • Represented youth clients and parents in special education matters; collaborate with delinquency and dependency attorneys to assist with education advocacy for their clients.

  • Represented indigent clients in education, housing, employment, and juvenile delinquency matters.

  • Litigated unlawful detainer cases on behalf of low-income tenants; negotiated favorable settlements in ten cases during the pandemic and dozens of others prior to Landlord filing a lawsuit; engaged in motion practice including demurrers, motions to quash, motions to strike, and more.

  • Represented clients in subsidized housing matters to oppose unlawful rent increases, request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, attend mediation, and negotiate resolution.

  • Communicated with clients in Spanish and meet them in their communities throughout Imperial County.

  • Represented clients in administrative proceedings, including wage claims with the Labor Commissioner.

  • Filed DFEH complaints for employment, housing-based discrimination, and workplace civil rights violations; represent clients during DFEH investigative interviews.

Volunteer Education Advocate
San Diego, CA
Fall 2015 - August 2018

  • Represented San Diego students and families with education related issues.

  • Assisted primarily monolingual Spanish speaking clients with issues of school discipline, special education, school enrollment, voluntary & involuntary school transfers, and more.

  • Screened clients for referrals regarding issues related to immigration, housing, public benefits, youth justice, health, consumer debt, and family law.

  • All services provided on a pro-bono basis at no cost to clients.

Bay Area Legal Aid
Oakland, CA
Summer 2016
Law Clerk: Youth Justice Unit

  • Managed caseload and researched projects involving juvenile justice legal issues for Bay Area youth clients.

  • Assisted Spanish speaking migrant and youth clients with guardianship, consumer debt, and foster-care issues.

  • Prepared AB12 foster-care reentry hearings.

  • Received training in multiple legal aid practice areas for vulnerable clients.

East Bay Community Law Center
Berkeley, CA
Summer 2015
Law Student Intern: Health and Welfare Practice

  • Wrote supplemental brief, argued in front of Administrative Law Judge, and cross-examined vocational expert for a Supplemental Security Income age-18 redetermination hearing. Received favorable ruling.

  • Perform client in-take and facilitate client meetings for Spanish speakers with immigration and health issues.

  • Manage caseload with disability benefits, special education, and immigration U-Visa issues.

La Jolla Country Day School
La Jolla, CA
August 2014 – May 2018
Learning Resource Center (LRC)/ Student Support Services Academic Tutor

  • Help 7th-12th grade students strategize and organize their study strengths while supporting weak areas.

  • Review IEPs, collaborate with education specialists, teachers, medical providers, social service providers, and parents for student success.

  • Utilize legal research skills for education issues involving special needs students.

Law Offices of Douglas H. Swope, APC
San Diego, CA
October 2012 – October 2013
Legal Assistant 

  • Researched personal injury issues.

  • Managed case files, summarized medical records, drafted discovery documents, and wrote settlement demand letters under supervision of attorney Mr. Swope.

  • Assisted with client interviews, depositions, mediation, referral meetings, focus groups, scene investigation, trial preparation, and court appearances.

Curtis Davis Private Tutoring
San Diego, CA
August 2012 – Present

  • Provide tutoring services for 6th-12th grade and college students in the following subjects: Algebra I & II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, American History, World History, Economics, Government, Spanish, English Composition and Writing, and Study Skills.

  • Tutor English Language Learners (ELLs) of low-income households at no charge; prepare students and parents for school hearings and college application process.

  • Tutor law students and aspiring lawyers for the California Bar Exam.

Monroe Elementary
San Francisco, CA
Summer 2011
3rd Grade Teacher 

  • Coordinated 3rd grade class in mathematics, English, and Spanish subjects.

  • Developed English language skills for ELL students at risk of academic failure.

 

LANGUAGE AND TRAVEL

Spanish fluent. Self-funded travel to Central and South America.