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companies to be successful had to have sufficient, appropriate, efficient
funding and labor. Working within a small team, I helped devise new legal

arguments or strengthened losing legal arguments for the NLRB’s nationwide
branches. From my perspective, eliminating, reducing and mitigating the
harms of unfair labor practices not only protected employees but also the

company itself to remain a viable employer and competitive commercial
entity.

With this professional experience as a U.S. government attorney, I felt

equipped to transition my practice to the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and
Bahrain. I knew expatriate women lawyers practiced in Saudi Arabia and in
Bahrain. My way of analytical thinking based on my federal experience,

training and education was well received, valued and sought by those with
whom I dealt. Differences of opinion were easily accommodated for
knowledgeable decisions to be made. In 2004, law degree programs were
opened to women. In Saudi Arabia, I mentored female interns and young

colleagues to demonstrate briefing of cases and analysis of cases or
transactions before us to develop further critical thinking; foreseeing

consequences of different decisions on the same fact patterns; selecting the
‘better’ decision based on sound reasoning in a fact pattern; and writing skills
learned at law school for the workplace.

As a United States government attorney, I was provided professional
opportunities through which I could bring best practices to benefit thousands
of our American workers and the American public.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

I am David Todd and in 1978, my family and I were invited to move to the

USA by an officer of the USAF in order to manage a high-end antique clock
repair and sales shop in Alexandria, Virginia. The Green Card he had
promised us did not materialize and after a few months we were given notice
of deportation back to the UK. Before we left, my wife received a telephone

call from the Smithsonian Institution (SI) with an offer of a contract to work
at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). They also
successfully dealt with our immigration status with the INS, with the result

that we are now citizens of this wonderful country and will always be
eternally grateful to two curators at the SI for thinking outside of the box.

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