Howard Hills & Associates

• Legal and Policy Research/Advocacy

• Laguna Beach, California

• Tenure: 2014 – Present

• Specialized in constitutional, international, and domestic legal and government affairs.

District Representative, 48th Congressional District Office

• Huntington Beach, California

• Tenure: 2010 – 2013

• Focused on citizenship and nationality law, home mortgage crisis, and the impact of federal, state, and local government policies on private sector development.

Law Office of Howard Hills

• Washington, D.C.

• Tenure: 1995 – 2010

• Practiced civil rights, citizenship and nationality law.

• Negotiated international claims, including a $45 million nuclear testing settlement with the DOJ and Congress.

Stroock, Stroock & Lavan

• Location: Washington, D.C.

• Tenure: 1993 – 1995

• Specialized in corporate risk management, foreign government sovereign debt management, and complex nationality law cases.

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

• Vice President General Counsel

• Location: Washington, D.C.

• Tenure: 1989 – 1993

• Chief legal officer in federal agency providing finance and political risk insurance for U.S. investments in 130 countries, managing over $7 billion annually.

• Led Congressional affairs, federal agency personnel, budget execution, and financial compliance.

U.S. Department of State

• Counsel for Interagency Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

• Location: Washington, D.C.

• Tenure: 1986 – 1989

• Lead Counsel for Interagency Group with oversight of U.S. foreign policy and implementation of political status treaties and military base rights.

• Assigned to senior staff, Office of the President-Elect (Nov. 1988 – Jan. 1989).

National Security Council and Executive Office of the President

• Legal Advisor and Dept. of Defense Representative, NSC Treaty Negotiations

• Location: Washington, D.C.

• Tenure: 1982 – 1986

• Legal counsel and Department of Defense member for NSC treaty negotiating team.

• Testified in over 20 Congressional hearings and appeared in federal courts on base rights and claims settlement treaties.

• Drafted State Department and INS field instructions on complex special immigration treaties.

• Published scholarly works extensively cited in Federal Court opinions and Congressional Committee reports.

Active Duty, U.S. Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Navy Judge Advocate General Corps.

• Awards: Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal.

Additional Employment Information

Asst. Executive Director, Guam Law Revision Commission: 1980 – 1981

• Asst. Legal Counsel, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: 1980

• U.S. Peace Corps, Legislative Advisor, Congress of Micronesia: 1977 – 1978

• Civil Rights Law Intern, Legal Services Corporation, Appalachia Program: 1976

• Member in good standing, Washington D.C. and Guam bar.