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Jaime brings more than two decades of experience in employment law, litigation strategy, and high impact regulatory matters. He is known for sharp legal analysis, effective risk assessment, and trusted counsel across complex federal agency environments. Whether advising senior leaders on sensitive employment issues or shaping litigation strategies to protect organizational interests, Jaime consistently delivers disciplined, results driven guidance.

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In his most recent role, Jaime served as senior counsel for the Department of Homeland Security’s TSA Office of Chief Counsel. As field and litigation counsel for the Bay Area, he regularly advised HR and management on misconduct, discipline, Title VII discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and workplace accommodation matters. He successfully represented TSA before the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), managing a substantial caseload that included conducting depositions, filing dispositive motions, and representing DHS-TSA at hearings.

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Before that, Jaime served as assistant regional counsel with the Social Security Administration’s Office of the General Counsel, where he held special assistant U.S. Attorney status and briefed and argued disability matters before federal district courts in California and the Ninth Circuit. He also represented the agency before the EEOC, MSPB, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), served as agency counsel to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Title VII trials, and provided employment law guidance to HR and Employee Relations while coordinating the agency’s sexual harassment prevention training.

Early in his career, Jaime served as an assistant Attorney General with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, representing the State of Wisconsin in civil litigation matters, successfully first chairing a property and civil rights jury trial, and advocating for the state in 15 county condemnation commission hearings.

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