Experience

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  Middlesex district attorney’s office

  Sept 2006 - Jul 2013

  Assistant district attorney

  - Prosecuted criminal defendants charged with major felonies, including narcotics offenses, firearms offenses, and violent offenses, as primary counsel in trials before both juries and judges in the Superior and District Courts.- Presented investigations to the grand jury for indictment.- Supervised several Assistant District Attorneys in two district courts.- Wrote appellate briefs and orally argued appeals before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Show less

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  Massachusetts attorney general's office

  Aug 2013 - now

  - Supervise all investigations and litigation conducted by the Division.- Manage Assistant Attorneys General and support staff assigned to the Division.- Conduct annual performance evaluations of Division staff.- Engage in recruitment and hiring of Division staff.- Collaborate with Massachusetts Environmental Police detectives assigned to the Division.- Maintain active caseload of investigations and prosecutions, including grand jury, pre-trial, motion, and trial practice.- Ensure regular coordination and communication with stakeholders, partners, federal, state, and local law enforcement, victims, and citizens.- Responsible for the management of relevant press, policy, and community outreach matters, including responding to citizen complaints, and coordinating with Executive Bureau teams on matters pertaining to the Division’s work.- Work closely with Policy and Government team and other stakeholders in proposing, reviewing, and commenting on legislative and rulemaking activities that affect the Division’s mission.- Responsible for regular reporting to executive leadership, including the Attorney General, on the status of all Division matters.- Served as the Attorney General’s designee on the Massachusetts Legislature’s Special Commission on mandated Reporting of Known or Suspected Animal Cruelty, and Abuse of Children, the Elderly, and Disabled Persons.- Developed and taught, in conjunction with external partners, a mandatory 3-hour in-service training for all Massachusetts municipal police officers on the investigation and prosecutions of animal welfare crimes.- Received award for “Outstanding Performance 2022” at annual Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Energy and Environment Bureau awards ceremony.- Received award for “Best Team 2020” at annual Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Energy and Environment Bureau awards ceremony. Show less - Investigated and prosecuted criminal cases, including those involving financial fraud, public integrity, and human trafficking, against both individuals and corporations, as primary counsel, in the Superior and District Courts of Massachusetts.- Managed the day-to-day operations of the Attorney General’s Special Grand Jury.- Supervised two Criminal Bureau support staff.- Impaneled grand jury; acted as liaison between the grand jurors, the Superior Court, and the Attorney General’s Office; acted as legal advisor to the grand jury; instructed the grand jurors on the relevant aspects of the criminal law that they applied to their deliberations.- Assisted prosecutors with legal and procedural issues related to their grand jury presentations.Provided training to prosecutors related to grand jury law, ethics, and procedure.- Appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court as one of thirteen members of the Supreme Judicial Court’s Committee on Grand Jury Proceedings.- Led project to renovate the Attorney General’s Grand Jury space in the Suffolk County Courthouse; managed the procurement and installation of equipment and furniture, and coordinated with other state agencies that assisted in the project.- Evaluated and responded to all citizen complaints and correspondence received by the Criminal Bureau. Show less

  • Division Chief - Environmental Crimes Strike Force Division

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Grand Jury Coordinator & Assistant Attorney General

    Jul 2014 - Jan 2018

  • Assistant Attorney General - Insurance and Unemployment Fraud Division

    Aug 2013 - Jul 2014