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I am the honors paralegal in the office of FTC Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya. I am primarily interested in issues of excessive corporate power and economic justice—focusing on antitrust, consumer protection, financial regulation, and corruption. I have written about the effects of federalism on global kleptocracy, specifically analyzing how state legislative capture enables financial secrecy. I am also passionate about disability rights. All views expressed here or on linked websites are mine and not the views of my employer.
Writing
Writing
"A Trip to Pine Ridge: An Old Antitrust Law Forgotten Promise for Rural America," Competition Policy International (January 2023)
"A Trip to Pine Ridge: An Old Antitrust Law Forgotten Promise for Rural America," Competition Policy International (January 2023)
Co-authored with FTC Attorney Advisor Max M. Miller, this article makes the case for enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act.
Abstract: Through the lens of a recent trip to Pine Ridge, SD, we argue why enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act is a necessity for rural consumers. Across rural Ameri- ca, consumers rely on small, independent retailers for their basic needs because big box stores are often absent from their communities. If these independent retailers are forced to pay higher prices to stock their shelves as a result of illegal price discrimination, these rural consumers ultimately pay the price. Congress, in line with America’s antimonopoly tradition, passed Robinson-Patman with those consumers and their communities in mind. We contend Robinson-Patman Act enforcement is needed to ensure that rural consumers and communities receive the benefits of fair competition and fair prices.Laboratories of Secrecy: Why Some U.S. States Have Sold Their Sovereignty to Criminals and Kleptocrats, Honors Thesis (May 2020)
Laboratories of Secrecy: Why Some U.S. States Have Sold Their Sovereignty to Criminals and Kleptocrats, Honors Thesis (May 2020)
Undergraduate thesis written under the direction of Professor Larry Diamond the Stanford University Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
Abstract: Despite its reputation for the toughest anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement in the world, the United States remains the leading jurisdiction for the incorporation of anonymous shell companies used in grand corruption schemes. States like Delaware and Nevada have become notorious secrecy jurisdictions, frequently used by criminals and kleptocrats for money laundering. This thesis investigates why some U.S. states and not others have become the most secretive incorporation jurisdictions in the world. By employing the metrics from corporate secrecy scholars and NGOs and never-before-collected cross-sectional data on U.S. state incorporation fee revenue, this work reveals the correlates of U.S. state corporate secrecy. Moreover, through an interest group analysis of the corporate policymaking of two states (Delaware and Nevada) it posits a causal logic behind corporate secrecy in the most secretive U.S. states. It highlights how pro-secrecy interests in the United States have gained control over incorporation policymaking in Delaware and Nevada.Written based on my honors thesis, this article focuses on its policy implications.
About how I became interested in offshore finance, money laundering, and financial secrecy.
Co-authored with Andrew Lokay in response to an op-ed praising the CCP's response to COVID-19.
Op-ed asking fellow undergrads to respect social distancing and other early pandemic measures in response to student resistance.
Chronicling the Stanford administration's delaying tactics in response to the campus disability community center movement. Note: The community space was established in 2021 in response to continuing student pressure though it was not given "community center" status.
Authored on behalf of a coalition of signatories to call on the Stanford administration to save the university's first Introduction to Disability Studies course. The course was preserved.
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