Manage and mentor group of SEO diversity students selected for corporate law internship program with participating NYC law firms. Oversee students’ participation in SEO orientation program, Corporate Law Institute training program, and summer internship program.

Professional Development/Recruiting Experience:Prepared CLE presentations and training materials regarding employment laws and regulations. Recruited summer associates, including initial resume selection, on-campus interviews, callbacks, and the final deliberation process.Participated in Summer Associate Program; Diversity Committee.Served as a formal and informal mentor to multiple junior associates.Organized social events for summer associates. Contributing author for the 2011 cumulative supplement to the FLSA treatise published by BNA.Legal Experience:Regularly advise and counsel clients on employment-related issues arising under the FLSA and state wage-hour laws, including exemption status, recordkeeping obligations, the proper calculation of overtime compensation, joint employment; and misclassification of employees as independent contractors.Assist employers with nationwide compliance and classification audits under federal and state wage-hour laws.Represent management in a wide variety of employment-related litigation, including matters involving employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful discharge, brought in state and federal courts and before analogous administrative agencies.

Researched legal questions, drafted bench memoranda, and assisted the judge in drafting and editing opinions.