Work

Venture Partner, Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs @ The McCombs School of Business, August 2014-Present

The Venture Partner position is a one year, post-doc fellowship at Texas Venture Labs, a startup accelerator at UT’s business school. My role is operational. I manage student recruitment, marketing, classroom operations, and the TVL scholarship competition. I assist with company recruiting and in running the Venture Labs Investment Competitions.

Research Assistant, Prof. Charles Silver @ UT Law, July 2013-August 2013

I assist Prof. Silver in his research related to professional responsibility in the contexts of insurance defense.

Owner, CFVenture.net, January 2010-December 2013

In January of 2010 I started a solo venture doing the same sort of work I was doing at Robinson Toor. I still run this company as a part-time job. Although my company is profitable (with a consistent ROI of over 15%) it’s more of a hobby.

Summer Clerk, UT System Office of General Counsel, May 2013-June 2013

I spent the first half of my summer working in the Office of General Counsel. I drafted memos and letters regarding FERPA, TTCA, contract disputes, and other matters.

Legislative Intern, Office of Rep. Richard Peña Raymond, January 2013-May 2013

I worked in Rep. Raymond’s office in the Texas House as a legislative intern during the 83rd legislative session. I write white papers, attended committee meetings, and assisted the general counsel

Legal Intern, Equal Justice Center, June 2012 – August 2012

I spent my summer working at the Equal Justice Center, a non-profit in Austin, TX.  The EJC represents low-income clients in employment disputes, generally regarding minimum/prevailing wage and overtime violations. Because most legal aid groups are unable to help those who aren’t US citizens, the EJC performs a critical mission in upholding the law in Central Texas, ensuring people are paid what they earned. I drafted pleadings, memos and briefs related to issues like FLSA and workers’ liens. I worked with another law student on 5 cases under the supervision of attorneys.

Teacher, The Princeton Review, January 2011-July 2011

In January of 2011 I became an SAT teacher at The Princeton Review because teaching sounded more fun that tutoring, and it was. I left this job in July of 2011 to start law school.

Education

Juris Doctor, Law, The University of Texas at Austin

I am currently attend the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas. I will graduate in May of 2014. In addition to taking legal classes, I’m also involved in a program at the business school: Texas Venture Labs. Through Texas Venture Labs I spent my fall semester working on projects to help out two local start-ups. The first was Amatra, a SaaS platform for emergency mass communication. The second was DryVax which is an idea-stage company based on a patent by two pharmacy professors. DryVax is a method for thermo-stabilizing vaccines that contain aluminum adjuvants.

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, The University of Central Florida

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (with a minor in Legal Studies) from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. I graduated in May of 2011 with a 3.6 GPA.

Extra-curriculars

For the most up-to-date record of what I’m up to these days, just check the front page for links to my latest stuff.

Editor-in-Chief, The Texas Good-Newser

Shortly before my first year of law school I started a satirical news website called the Texas Good-Newser.

Radio Host, UCF Knightcast

I hosted a radio show called Law 2.0 my senior year of undergrad that focused on law and technology.

Honors and awards

Dean’s Achievement Award – Outstanding Student in Professional Responsibility for Civil Litigators (UT Law)

National Merit Commended Scholar (College Board)

Florida Academic Scholar (State of Florida)

Pegasus Gold Scholar (UCF)

Political Science Honor Society (UCF)

Interests

Olympic weightlifting, creative writing, spray-paint stencil art, losing track of time and reading Wikipedia for an hour