Debra (J.d.) C.
Senior Associate Attorney
Experience
Jun 2021 - Present
4 years 6 monthsNew York, United States
Senior Associate Attorney
Hamilton & Price LLP
- Lead AI-integrated legal documentation initiatives, managing end-to-end processes for creating, labeling, and verifying regulatory and corporate datasets.
- Partner with data scientists to design and validate training datasets for LLMs focused on contract comprehension, regulatory interpretation, and compliance reasoning.
- Draft comprehensive annotation guidelines and schema taxonomies, ensuring terminological consistency across domains.
- Supervise model feedback cycles and multi-round QA checks with annotators and legal staff.
- Review AI-generated legal summaries, citations, and briefs to confirm alignment with jurisdictional standards and ethical obligations.
- Led a cross-functional project that increased classification accuracy by 38% through iterative prompt optimization and human-in-the-loop QA loops.
Jun 2019 - May 2021
2 yearsWashington, United States
Legal Data Specialist
Stratton & Keane Regulatory Consulting
- Developed structured documentation workflows for datasets on financial regulations, corporate filings, and administrative rulings.
- Collaborated with AI researchers to train NLP models for identifying and categorizing statutory provisions and contract clauses.
- Authored metadata taxonomies and annotation manuals used across multiple AI training projects.
- Conducted multi-round QA audits, reconciling machine outputs with human-verified data, achieving >95% consistency.
- Developed source verification protocols to ensure all AI training data was derived from legally verified public sources.
May 2018 - May 2019
1 year 1 monthNew York, United States
Associate Attorney
Davis & Lowell LLP
- Assisted litigation and compliance teams using AI-driven document management and e-discovery systems.
- Reviewed and categorized contracts and discovery materials using automated tagging and metadata tools.
- Authored internal guidelines on the ethical use of AI in document review and predictive coding.
Jan 2017 - Apr 2018
1 year 4 monthsNew York, United States
Law Clerk
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Conducted legal research and drafted bench memoranda for cases involving digital records and data privacy.
- Created a document taxonomy system to improve case-file accessibility for clerks and staff.
- Supported discussions on integrating digital record systems into case management.
Summary
Accomplished legal professional and AI data specialist (J.D., Columbia Law School) with over five years of experience bridging legal, regulatory, and technology disciplines. Adept at translating complex legal frameworks into structured, machine-readable data for large language models (LLMs) and AI-assisted legal systems. Skilled in developing high-quality training datasets, annotation standards, and governance structures to ensure accuracy, compliance, and transparency.
- Legal Data Structuring
- AI Annotation & Quality Control
- LLM Training & Validation
- Prompt Engineering
- Legal Compliance & Governance
- Workflow Optimization
- Regulatory Documentation
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Legal-Tech Product Integration
- Data Privacy & Ethics
Languages
English
NativeEducation
Oct 2015 - May 2018
Columbia Law School
New York, United States
Oct 2011 - May 2015
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Certifications & licenses
AI In Legal Practice Certificate
Stanford Online
Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS)
ACEDS
Legal Project Management Certification
Cornell Law Executive Program
Advanced Legal Research Certification
Westlaw
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