Honors and Awards:

• AVVO Rating 10 of 10
• AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell, 2010
• Selected as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Asian Americans In Georgia for 2011 , Georgia Asian Times, 2011

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certification of Advanced Legal Drafting, Walter F. George, School of Law

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Chair, Workers' Compensation Committee, American Bar Association, 2008 - 2009
• Member, Professional Responsibility Committee, American Bar Association, 2008 - Present
• Trustee, Board of the Lawyer Referral and Information Service, Atlanta Bar Association 2008 - Present
• Member, American Bar Association, Advisory Panel, 2007 - Present
• Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta, 2007 - 2010
• International Commission on HealthCare Certification, 2006 - Present
• Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - Present
• Member, American Bar Association, 1999 - 2010
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association, 2000 - Present
• Member, State Bar of Georgia, 1999 - Present
• Georgia State Bar, 1999
• Supreme Court of Georgia, 2000
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2000
• Georgia Court of Appeals, 2000
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
• American Bar Association, Advisory Panel Member, 2010

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Special Assistant, Philippine Honorary Consul General, October 1, 2006 - Present
• Guardian Ad Litem, State of Florida, served as a court appointed Special Advocate, 1995
• Volunteer and Former Board Member, Camp Horizon, Incorporated, 2007
• Pro Bono Volunteer to the Philippine Honorary Consulate General in Atlanta, 2010
• Chair of Georgia Delegation for 6th Ambassador and Consul Generals' Tour to the Philippines, 2011
• Board Member, Asian-American Legal Advocacy Center, 2011
• Programs Chair, Philippine Chamber of Commerce of Georgia, 2011
• Vice-President, Filipino-American Association of Greater-Atlanta, 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Controlling Medical Costs and Avoiding Potential Confidentiality Issues, The Fundamentals of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta, GA, January 29, 2004
• New Trends in Workers' Compensation, Advanced Workers' Compensation in Georgia, Savannah, GA, June 25, 2004
• Foundations of a Workers' Compensation Claim, Workers' Compensation in Georgia, Atlanta, GA, December, 2004
• Essential Elements of a Workers' Compensation Claim, Basic Workers' Compensation in Georgia, Savannah, GA, April 29, 2005
• Claims Essentials, Introduction to Workers' Compensation in Georgia, Savannah, GA, January 27, 2006
• Workers' Compensation Benefits as They Apply to the Local Union, Hapeville, GA, September, 2006
• Current Trends in Georgia Workers' Compensation, Sedgwick CMS Seminars, Southfield, MI, April 6, 2006
• GP Mentor on Workers' Compensation, ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Newsletter, 2007
• Deciphering Medical Specialties, American Bar Association, 2007
• Solo v. Big Firm, American Bar Association, 2007
• The Impact of the Closure of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund and The Catastrophic Claim, Sedgwick CMS Seminars, Southfield, MI, April, 2007
• Your Rights Under the Georgia Workers' Compensation Law, The Empower Seminar, UPS Headquarters, Atlanta, GA, November 10, 2007
• Prepared article discussing the solo practice strategies against the big firm tactics, Solo v. Big Firm, 14 Solo 2, 2007
• Prepared article regarding the use of differing medical specialities, Deciphering Medical Specialities, 24 GPSolo 26, 2007
• The Impact of Medicare Set-Asides and Conditional Payments on Settling Your Workers' Compensation Claim, Sedgwick CMS Seminars, Southfield, MI, June 9, 2008
• An Introduction to the Georgia Workers' Compensation System, The Georgia New Arrivals Seminar, Jonesboro, GA, March 12, 2008
• Automative Retrieval Systems, Document Management In the Trenches, 2009
• Workers' Compensation Practice Guide, Law Trends & News (ABA), 2009
• Medicare-Set Aside Accounts - Use, Calculation, and Reduction, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, April 16, 2009
• Essential Elements of the Workers' Comp Claim, Law Day, Latin American Association of Georgia, June 27, 2009
• Manual v. Automated Retrieval Systems, Document Management In the Trenches, Institute for Paralegal Education, September 23, 2009
• Prepared litigation article for handling the workers' compensation matter, How to Handle a Workers' Compensation Case, Law Trends & News, 2009
• Delivered lecturer at Law Day event regarding workers' compensation rights and relief, Lecturer, Latin American Association of Georgia, 2009
• Delivered lecture for the Institute for Paralegal Education regarding document management systems, Faculty , Manual and Automated Retrieval Systems, Institute for Paralegal Education, 2009
• Ethical Considerations in Depositions, December, 2010
• Administrative Law, Guest Lecturer, The Workers' Compensation Claim, Clayton State University, 2010
• Participated in panel discussion at Georgia State University's College of Law., Panel Member, Minorities in the Profession, Georgia Bar Assocation: YLD, 2010
• Impact of House Bill 87 on Asian and Latino Businesses, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia, April 26, 2011
• Litigation case management:  Best Practices – Information Management In The Discovery Phase, Institute for Paralegal Education, to be presented on June 22, 2011

Educational Background:

• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, B.A. English, 1994
• Juris Doctor, Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, 1999