I have worked in LegalTech as a software engineer, motivated to discover innovative solutions to help automate tasks and free time for focusing on specialized tasks. I enjoy working in collaborative environments and am driven to develop client-facing products that utilize the latest technology.

2021 — NowOgletree DeakinsSenior Software & Data Engineer

2021 — Now

Los Angeles, California, United States

Implement AI-driven or innovative solutions to automating extraction, processing, and interpretation of legal data.

Built a system using Azure resources to allow internal clients to chat with attorney expertise database enabling hyper-focused query responses

Developed both RAG document processing applications for extraction of data points from unstructured legal PDF documents

Created a semantic search system to identify relevant individuals, claims, and dollar amounts in settlement agreements

Designed and implemented a summarization tool leveraging OpenAI to deliver information regarding claims alleged in a complaint

Built a data-processing tool to automate the reconciliation of client employee data sets, reducing the amount of time required for analysts to review data by over 50%

Led a project to utilize APIs in order to gather store docket data in a SQL database

Refined and instituted standards for documentation and requirements gathering for software applications

2017 — 2021LegalMationAI Software Developer

2017 — 2021

Los Angeles, CA

Researched and deployed software application to automate drafting of legal documents.

Leveraged TensorFlow and various Python libraries (Scikit-image, OpenCV, SciPy, Pillow, etc.) to engineer AI solutions for identifying sections of legal documents

Developed various features in Python and Elixir for extracting unstructured data, based on text patterns, coordinates, etc. from XML encodings of legal documents

Deployed discovery request classifiers to FloydHub after thorough data analysis, labeling, and experimental training using fastText, ULMFiT, and ELMo

Coordinated with other developers in planning overall system architecture

2017 — 2017The Bridge (contractor)Web Developer

2017 — 2017

Remote

Utilized WordPress to create an elegant, consumer-facing website for The Bridge, a Kentucky-based restaurant.

Programmed and designed components with PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to enable restaurant employees to easily update the site with photos and captions

Created a responsive webpage with dynamic menus and effects for a fluid and uncluttered user experience

Oversaw deployment using AWS

2017 — 2017Coding DojoResident

2017 — 2017

Burbank, California

Intensive, 14-week programming bootcamp focused on web development utilizing various stacks.

Python: Python, Django, MySQL, Flask

MEAN: MongoDB, Mongoose, Express, Node, Angular 4

Java: Java, STS, Spring Boot, Javascript

Other: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, React

Twap It

Recreation of Twitter which allows users to: write posts with a specified location, visualize trending posts on a map, and connect with other users

Built by a team of four, using Java, JavaScript, Spring, MySQL, JSP, HTML, CSS3, jQuery, AJAX, and

Bootstrap

Implemented map functionality and interactivity with Google Maps API

Designed database models, repositories, and services to allow optimal data flow for client-side

requests and server responses

Created page UX/UI using jQuery and AJAX

Developed hashtag functionality that filtered data displayed on the map according to trending

hashtags the user was interested in

No WSTED Time

Planner with calendar and chat functionality that allows users to plan events with other users as well as create personalized, date-specific to-do lists

Built by a team of five, using Mongoose/MongoDB, Angular 4, Express.js, Node.js, Socket.IO,

JavaScript, CSS3, and Bootstrap

Added calendar functionality and capability for other view components to respond to user

interactions with the calendar in order to display events relevant to the date selected

Designed a MongoDB schema that allowed users to add and edit events, invite other users to

events, and tied events to a specific date

Implemented live chat functionality with Socket.IO

Developed client-side requests and server responses that enabled users to write date-specific

journal entries and ensured that components would also display date-specific information

2014 — 2015Crittenden Research Inc. (Insurance)Data Reporting Analyst

2014 — 2015

Novato, CA

Collected data through interviewing various sources in order to write tech and medical industry-focused articles for monthly business-to-business newsletters

Utilized Twitter to draw readership to headline stories when newsletters were not published

Contributed to layout design of newsletters using Adobe InDesign

Contacted various business managers, reviewed company earnings, and organized company data using Excel to produce articles relevant to specialty tech and medical markets

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - American Studies

2017 — 2017

Coding Dojo

Certificate of Completion

2017 — 2017

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - American Studies

Certificate of Completion