Brenda Bishop Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny

As attorney for a unique medical-legal partnership, provide advice and representation to patients through twice-weekly immigration clinics onsite at Bellevue Hospital and Morrisania Health Center. Special focus on addressing unique needs of patients, eg, humanitarian deferred action for patients with life-threatening illnesses, petitions for domestic violence survivors and crime victims, disability waivers for naturalization applications, as well as family-based petitions. Work closely with physicians and social workers to advance the needs of their patients and provide relevant training.

Focus on I-601/601A waivers, VAWA self-petitions, and U visa petitions. Consultations on a wide variety of family-based immigration issues, asylum, citizenship, deferred action and other relief.

Assist low-income clients with applications for naturalization, petitions for legal permanent residence, VAWA self-petitions, U visa applications, and preparation of asylum claims. Perform relevant legal research and analysis. Attend community outreach events with staff attorneys.

New York, Ny

Specialist in clinical and technical writing. Extensive experience writing educational brochures, developing website content and copy, and preparing PowerPoint presentations for physicians and patients.

New York, Ny

Editorial Director at Current Medical Directions. Editor at Cline, Davis & Mann and Intrament. Revised and edited articles, monographs, PowerPoint presentations and visual aids.

Brooklyn, Ny

Provided legal advice, advocacy, and assistance to women facing discrimination and harassment in their workplace and their unions. Worked with immigrant organizations and minority trade union caucuses seeking fairness in the construction trades. Wrote on legal rights of working women.

Emergency Housing Specialist at Brooklyn Office for the Aging. Assisted low-income tenants through case representation in nonpayment and holdover proceedings in Housing Court. Secured post-eviction relief. Provided legal advice, advocacy, and support services to vulnerable clients and their families.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Law & Policy in International Business (law journal); student article published

Ba, Sociology