Anna Luft Email & Phone Number

United States

As the supervising attorney of NDT, I have built our city’s first team of legal advocates dedicated to serving NYCHA tenants and holding the Housing Authority accountable. While our central mandate is representing NYCHA tenants through Right to Counsel at the Office of Impartial Hearings and related housing court holdovers and Article 78s, my view of the.

Greater New York City Area

As a staff attorney in the Collateral Consequences Team, I collaborated with colleagues across the criminal defense and family defense practices to represent clients whose housing or employment were impacted by their involvement in the criminal and family justice systems. My practice involved a robust caseload and extensive motion practice defending.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a student attorney, I directly represented an individual in an unemployment insurance appeal before the Office of Administrative Hearings. We received a written response in our favor, which was an incredible feeling because we had to argue that our client fell into a voluntary quit exception. I also drafted and filed a complaint in federal court on.

Greater New York City Area

As a legal intern at NCLEJ, I researched and wrote about a variety of legal matters concerning class action litigation and poverty law. For most of the summer, I focused primarily on a case regarding access to benefits and due process rights of applicants to the state Office of Victim Services. I used a combination of legislative history, administrative.

George Washington University Law School

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a law clerk, I worked closely with the legal director on a fourth amendment issue arising in the District, and screened potential cases for constitutional issues. I also had the opportunity to attend oral arguments in the Federal Circuit.

Queens, New York

Sydney, Australia

Outward facing role managing partnerships and inbound sales for bookkeeping technology start-up. Cultivate relationships with small business owners, as well as bookkeepers and accountants participating in Pro Partner plan.Field accounts and technical support calls; monitor company correspondence and social media presence. Develop customer service.

Greater New York City Area

Facilitate intensive and competitive job training and internship program as part of an alternative to incarceration for people between the ages of 16 and 20 convicted of felonies.Cultivate and maintain relationships with local businesses and organizations that serve as internship sites and potential employers for participants.Provide support to a diverse.

New York, NY

Wrote acknowledgment letters for donations of $10K or more and members of the Board of Trustees.Oversaw various mailingsBasic editorial and administrative duties

7th Grade weekly Creative Writing class

Islandia, NY

Edited transcripts of oral history interviews of first-responders to the World Trade Center disaster.Assisted in research of ongoing co-morbidity ailments that first-responders to the World Trade Center Disaster are still experiencing.Worked with a diverse team of doctors, social workers, union leaders and politicians to help develop a system of outreach.

After-school creative writing class for high school Juniors and Seniors.

Intensive 4-month full-time internship at independent book publisher specializing in non-fiction and translated fiction and poetry.Monthly rotation focused on four main parts of publishing: editorial and marketing, publicity, administration and finance, and rights and development. Wrote grants, book proposals, read manuscripts, kept inventory, monitored.

Full-time summer internship at specialized court on Long Island that dealt with adults brought in on child neglect charges due to drug abuse.Shadowed Clinical Director and Case Managers, attended case reviews with CPS; observed court.

Full-time wintersession internship at think-tank that spearheads problem-solving courts all over the country. Specialized in Mental Health Courts and Treatment Courts.Compiled research on advice current Mental Health Court judges may have for the organization and implementation of future Mental Health Courts

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Alternative Dispute Resolution Board (Negotiations Competition finalist), Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project.

Mfa, Creative Writing- Fiction

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Senate Officer- Events Coordinator (2010-11), Community of Writers- Teacher.

Bachelors, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Help To Heal, V-DayTransferred in during my Junior year of college. Led fundraising efforts for Lydia's House, a.

Philosophy

Activities and Societies: STAND (co-founder, Divestment Task Force Officer), Wellesley Friends of Israel (Treasurer)Awarded First-Year.