Education

• Western New England College, Springfield, MA (Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude) 2010
• University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (Bachelors of Arts, Political Science, cum laude) 2004

Community Involvement

• National Conference of Community and Justice, Board of Directors
• Western New England School of Law Alumni, Board of Directors
• M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program, Volunteer
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts Diversity Task Force
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts Pro Bono Legal Services Committee
• Volunteer Moot Court Judge for Western New England University School of Law
• Law Firm Simulation Course at Western New England University School of Law
• Western New England Law Review Advisory Committee

Professional Organizations

• IWIRC
• Hampden County Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 2010
• Connecticut, 2010
• United States District Court of Massachusetts, 2011
• United States District Court of Connecticut, 2011
• First Circuit Court of Appeals, 2016

Professional Activities and Accomplishments

• Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, Connecticut (2019 – present)
• Western Massachusetts Bankruptcy Conference, Co-Chair (2021 –present)
• MCLE Bankruptcy Conference, Co-Chair (2022 – present)
• Elms College, Adjunct Professor (2015 – 2019)
• Law Clerk to Hon. Elizabeth D. Katz (2017 – 2018) and Western Division (2016 – 2017)
• Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2019, 2020, 2021)
• Pre-Bankruptcy Planning, MCLE (2016), co-author
• Planning For Your Financial Success: Practice Pointers, 37 W. NEW ENG. L. REV. 163 (2015), author
• Chapter 12: Impact of Bankruptcy on Landlord-Tenant Relationship in Lease Drafting in Massachusetts (MCLE 3rd ed. 2013; 4th ed. 2017; 5th ed. 2020), author.

Presentations

• MBA Western Massachusetts Bankruptcy Conference, Ethics, 2019
• MBA Practicing with Professionalism, Negotiation Skills for the Practicing Attorney, 2019
• BBA, Lien Avoidance, 2022
• BBA, Subchapter V: When Cases Go Wrong, 2022
• MCLE, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning-Best Practices and Traps, 2016
• Western New England School Law Review, Firm Foundations:  Managing the Small Firm and Individual Practitioner, 2015
• ABI Northeast Conference Consumer Forum, Ethics: What Can the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” Teach Us About Professional Responsibility?, 2015
• Hampden County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Student Loans, 2013