A short list of the legal writing I most want employers, professors, and colleagues to read. Each piece has the same goal: explain the law accurately, in plain language.
Writing sample
Memorandum of law opposing a motion to suppress an identification (PDF). A persuasive memorandum written for my first-year legal writing course, applying Massachusetts show-up identification doctrine (Botelho, Johnson, Austin, Meas). The parties and facts are fictional.
From the blog
Who Oversees Nonprofits? State Attorneys General, Plainly
Why the day-to-day oversight of charities belongs to state attorneys general: parens patriae, fiduciary enforcement, and the design choice that explains most of nonprofit law.
Cross-Border M&A: What Changes, Plainly
How a foreign buyer or target changes due diligence, deal approvals, CFIUS review, and closing mechanics, written from the operator’s side of the table.
How to Read a Form 990, Plainly
Where a nonprofit’s real finances live: program spending, executive pay, governance answers, and the red flags donors miss.
Unfamiliar terms in any of these pieces are defined in the plain-language legal glossary. For who I am and what I am working toward, see About and Experience.