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An associate at the Conrad & Scherer law firm in Washington. She is helping to prepare a class action lawsuit against the U.S. government on behalf of the 700 Guatemalans who were unknowingly infected with syphilis from 1946 to 1948 as part of a secret U.S.-led medical experiment. She is collaborating with lawyers in Guatemala on the case.