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Residential and Commercial Real Estate/Commercial Transactions:• Represent buyers, sellers, and lenders in residential and commercial purchases and sales. Prepare numerous residential and commercial real estate contracts, lease agreements, deeds, tax/transfer documents and closing statements.• Review property titles, resolved property liens and lis pendis, and perform property closings.• Assist clients with corporate formations, including filing incorporation documents and foreign corporation registrations, drafting operating, shareholder and partnership agreements, bylaws, and obtaining professional licenses.• Draft and negotiate client, vendor, and subcontractor agreements, covering professional services, the purchase of goods and materials, joint ventures, licensing, publishing and employment.Civil/Commercial Litigation: • Attend all EBTs, conferences, hearings, and trials in NY and NJ State Courts• Draft all litigation pleadings, dispositive motions and opposition papers.Personal Injury/Tort:• Defend municipalities against personal injury actions.• Well versed in municipal liability exemptions.• Perform injury analysis on all claims.• Conduct 50-h examinations and EBTS.Municipal Law/Land Use and Planning: • Draft zoning code revisions, ordinances, resolutions, and proposed town codes.• Seek board approval for land use proposals, appeal same.• Draft construction and land use contracts.Family/Matrimonial Law:• Draft child custody petitions and child support petitions, including amendments to each.• Draft Emergency Orders to Show Cause to enforce Judgments of Divorce, Pendente Lite Orders and other related stipulations.• Draft all required documents for contested/uncontested divorces, including findings of law, client affidavits, proposed judgments of divorce, and separation and settlement agreements.Estate Planning: • Draft various estate planning documents including wills, trusts, power of attorneys, health care proxies, and deeds.

Law Clerk February 2013-December 2016Associate Attorney December 2016-February 2017Residential and Commercial Real Estate/Commercial Transactions:• Represent buyers, sellers, and lenders in residential and commercial purchases and sales. Prepare numerous residential and commercial real estate contracts, lease agreements, deeds, tax/transfer documents and closing statements.• Review property titles, resolved property liens and lis pendis, and perform property closings.• Assist clients with corporate formations, including filing incorporation documents and foreign corporation registrations, drafting operating, shareholder and partnership agreements, creating articles of incorporation and bylaws, and obtaining professional licenses.• Draft and negotiate client, vendor, and subcontractor agreements, covering professional services, the purchase of goods and materials, joint ventures, licensing, publishing and employment.Civil/Commercial Litigation: • Attend preliminary conferences, compliance conferences, pre-trial hearings, settlement conferences and trials in NY and NJ State Courts. • Trial prep and second chair at all civil trials.• Draft all litigation pleadings, dispositive motions and opposition papers.• Conduct 50-h examinations and examinations before trial. Family/Matrimonial Law:• Draft child custody petitions and child support petitions.• Draft Emergency Orders to Show Cause to enforce Judgments of Divorce, Pendente Lite Orders and other related stipulations.• Draft all required documents for contested/uncontested divorces, including findings of law, client affidavits, proposed judgments of divorce, and separation and settlement agreements.Estate Planning: • Draft various estate planning documents including wills, trusts, power of attorneys, health care proxies, and deeds.

Conducted research pertaining to local zoning laws, ethics codes, eminent domain, ward systems and civil compliance issues. Assist in creating a Civil Compliance Department by creating new codes pertaining to enforcement procedures. Created and combined codes pertaining to town boards. Prepared memoranda on general municipal law, town law, and home law as it pertains to Clarkstown town codes.

Yonkers, New York

Drafted preliminary client petitions concerning emergency orders of protection, child custody and visitation, and child support matters. Argued said petitions before Family Court judges in both Yonkers and White Plains Family Courts. Conducted detailed client interviews and follow-up check ins. Provided clients with instruction on future court procedures and community resource availability. Referred clients to various legal service organizations.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted attorneys with cases involving Bankruptcy, Corporate Litigation and International Transactions. Scheduled depositions, hearings, meetings, etc. Prepared and reviewed all billing statements for bankruptcy clients. Conducted analysis of clients' financial assets and transactional history. Drafted and prepared various legal documents. Distributed compliance regulations and deadlines for court filings. Performed and compiled case research. Monitored client case dockets.

Reported to attorneys within Creditor's Rights and Commercial Litigation, specializing in litigation for large institutional banking clients in New York and New Jersey. Managed client communication between attorneys, opposing counsel and clients. Team lead on drafting and executing settlement agreements, summons and complaints and judgment enforcement proceedings. Created and implemented a litigation paralegal training manual. Prepared various legal documents. Provided support to collection and financial departments on 500+ cases. Fully versed in skip tracing, asset searching and case analysis. Managed technology programs for paralegal team.

Participated as as Student Practicum Assistant for the Legal Affairs office, under the Applied Corporate Event Management course at Ithaca College. Shadowed the legal affairs’ board secretaries. Communicated with the Board of Trustees members and campus service providers to plan yearly campus assessments. Participated in weekly meetings to discuss Trustee policies and contracts. Assist legal department with scheduling events during the academic year.

Participated as a Human Resources Coordinator for Renewergy Energy Sources under the Management of Strategic Communication course at Ithaca College. Created and implemented a Performance Management System. Administered employee performance assessments. Monitored department budgets. Created job specification checklists. Organized department and company communication (telephone, email, memos, blog/website, status reports). Planned company events and programs (Wellness Program, Stress Management Workshops).

Assisted lawyers and legal counselors with cases involving personal injury, bankruptcy, trusts and estates, employment and divorce. Participated in client meetings. Maintained daily court schedule. Performed case research and analysis. Drafted various legal documents (briefs, memos, reports, contracts, letters). Filed court documents.

Led employee training sessions. Hosted team building/leadership seminars. Supervised equipment maintenance and daily operations. Implemented new Fitness Center Bi-Laws. Calculated student/faculty exercise statistics. Updated Fitness Center policies/employee manuals.

Doctor Of Law (Jd)

Activities and Societies: International Criminal Court Moot Court (Oralist) Italian American Law Student Organization (President) Themis.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Communication Management And Design, Concentration In Corporate Communication

Activities and Societies: Communication Management & Design Student Association: Fall 2007-2011 (President) Strategic Communication.

Education record