Portfolio
Data Science & Analytics
Developed algorithms for disambiguation and clustering of strings identifying companies, law firms, and individuals.
Developed text analyzers and search algorithms to provide for effective keyword and similarity search relevance across a database of more than 10 million patent applications
Led research and development efforts to extract insights and information from unstructured text documents obtained from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and store this information in an effective and efficient manner.
Managed data resources for resources for data-driven sales, marketing, and customer success, including:
Merging various disparate internal and external data sets and tools to create a comprehensive list of patent professionals and stakeholders enriched by patent prosecution metrics.
Implementing data privacy policies, documentation, and controls to ensure compliance with GPDR and other data privacy regulations.
Developing data workflows for data-driven event-based targetted email campaigns.
Analyzed Google Analytics data from external and internal publishing and advertisements to evaluate marketing pipeline effectiveness.
Conducted data analysis for Juristat publications, including:
Foreign Priority Applications at the USPTO (co-authored with Tristan Gray-LeCoz).
A Pre-Appeal Brief Conference is a Winning Strategy, Even if it Probably Won’t Lead to Allowance (co-authored with James Cosgrove).
Don’t Wait to File a Track One Request if You Think You Might Need It (co-authored with James Cosgrove).
Section 103 Rejections: How Common Are They and How Should You Respond? (co-authored with James Cosgove).
Are Patent Attorneys Worth Their Billables? (co-authored with Sarah Garber)
Consulted for court administrators to modernize reporting system using Tableau dashboards for evaluating trends in accounts receivable and collections data.
Consulted for a local court to determine the effectiveness of a pilot program for indigent criminal defense during arraignment proceedings. Project included mining data from the court record database, managing a data collection team of 5 interns, designing statistical models to evaluate the program goals, and data visualization.
Business Analytics Projects & Course Work
Consulted with USAA on a customer transaction and demographic segmentation project.
Legislative Impact on Tobacco Usage Rates--a project analyzing the correlation and impact of smokefree indoors and tax legislation at the state level on tobacco usage rates.
2015 SAS Analytics Shootout: Modeled solar energy production using ordinary least squares and weighted least squares linear regression modeling.
Consulted for Diageo as part of MSU's IBM Smart Project.
Predicting Crime Trends and within the City of Chicago--a project to mine and analyze historical crime data and community demographic data from the city of Chicago to analyze crime trends and predict future occurrences. The project utilized APIs to mine online data resources and various modeling tools to analyze the data.
Social media data mining using Twitter APIs and Python: Sample code
Coursework: Introduction to Predictive Analytics, Computational Techniques for Large-Scale Data Analytics, Introduction to Statistics for Analytics, Communication Strategies for Analytics, Statistical Regression Methods I, Marketing Technology & Analytics, Social Network Analtyics, Business Topics in Analytics, Data Mining, Capstone Project in Applied Analytics.
LegalRnD & ReInvent Law Course Work
21st Century Law Practice Program: London 2014
Coursework: 21st Century Law Practice, Legal Information Engineering & Technology, Legal Services Act & UK Deregulation
ReInvent Law London Presentation: Big Data Deal
Presentation notes
E-Discovery
Presentation: Predictive Analytics for Electronic Discovery
Delivering Legal Services: New Legal Landscape
Litigation: {Data, Theory, Process, Practice}
Entreprenurial Lawyering
Lean Thinking
Completed AME/SME/Shingo Lean Bronze knowledge exam requirements
"Delivering Legal Services" workshop, a hands-on, 14-hour workshop focused on the business of law, lean for legal, and project management.
Reading List: Lean Thinking, Lean Production Simplified, Learning to See, Gemba Kaizen, Lean Analytics
Design Thinking
Participated in a Design Challenge designing business solutions for an insurance defense law firm and a major regional insurance company claims department.
White Paper: Designing for Legal Services
Legal Writing & Legislative Drafting
Closed Legal Memorandum: Trademark Likelihood of Confusion
Open Legal Research Memorandum: Copyright Fair Use
Appellate Brief: Defamation, 2014 Donald Nystrom Best Brief Competition Finalist
Original Legislative Drafting Exercises: Academic Honesty & Child Care regulations
Additional work samples available upon request.