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BASEL J. M U S H A R B A S H 101 West Houston Street • Paris, Texas 75460 <br />Admitted in Texas & District of Columbia 903.870.8407 • bmusharbash@baselpllc.com <br />PROFESSIONAL BASEL PLLC <br />E X P E R I E N C E Managing Attorney 12022 — Present <br />• Lead mission -driven law firm dedicated to antimonopoly advocacy and community development in rural Texas <br />• Counsel small business and developers in rural communities on corporate, real estate, and related legal issues <br />• Help rural governments implement reforms promoting fiscally -productive growth and local business ecosystems <br />• Support antimonopoly organizations (e.g., Farm Action) in their administrative and legislative advocacy efforts <br />POLLARD PLLC <br />Associate I Antitrust & Competition 12020 — 2021 <br />• Litigated antitrust and related trade secret, wage theft, false advertising, defamation, and civil rights claims on behalf of <br />workers, entrepreneurs, and small companies facing anti-competitive practices and restraints of trade <br />• Drafted substantive pleadings, motions, and responses, including complaints, answers, counterclaims, motions to <br />dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and motions for preliminary injunction <br />• Supported discovery and trial preparation as needed <br />PATEL LAW GROUP PLLC <br />Associate I Corporate & Real Estate 12019 — 2020 <br />• Represented investors and developers in acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and other transactions related to real <br />estate projects and business enterprises <br />MOORE LAW FIRM LLP <br />Associate I Commercial Transactions 12018 — 2019 <br />• Represented public entities and investors in real estate, borrowing, and construction transactions <br />LAW SCHOOL THE JACOB BURNS SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CLINIC <br />E X P E R I E N C E Student Director and Certified Student Attorney I Fall 2017 — Spring 2018 <br />• Represented social enterprises and emerging ventures in corporate and transactional matters <br />THE LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW <br />Legal Intern I Voting Rights Project I Summer 2017 <br />• Produced the first -available comprehensive interpretation of Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act <br />COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA <br />Law Clerk I Office of the General Counsel I Fall 2016 <br />• Drafted bills, conforming amendments, legal sufficiency opinions <br />• Reviewed legislation for legal and policy issues, compliance with legislative drafting manual <br />D.C. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />Legal Intern I Rental Housing Commission I Summer 2016 <br />• Reviewed proposed rulemakings, identified stakeholder concerns, observed stakeholder meetings <br />• Drafted bench memoranda in administrative cases arising under state housing and administrative -procedure laws <br />V O L U N T E E R THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL (DALLAS) <br />A C T I V I T I E S Research Group Leader 12020 <br />• Lead research group in year-long project to design stakeholder analysis of Dallas urban development governance <br />PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN AT THE NEW SCHOOL <br />Research Assistant to Professor Mindy Fullilove 12018 <br />• Drafted amicus brief on health and economic effects of local land -use policies at issue in federal civil rights case <br />E D U C A T 10 N THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL <br />J.D. I May 2018 <br />• Public Contract Law Journal, Member <br />THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS <br />B.A., cum laude, in Political Science I May 2014 <br />• Academic Distinction Scholarship (full tuition) <br />• University of Texas System Archer Fellow <br />