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Huntington, Ny, Us

Port Washington, New York, United States

Specializing in representing victims of nursing home neglect, premise liability, and vehicular accidents.

Mineola, New York, United States

Independently handle hundreds of felony cases–pattern robberies, elder scams, domestic violence, gun possession, drug possession, larcenies, and drunk driving–from investigations, and grand jury presentment to hearings, and dispositions. Communicated closely with victims, witnesses, experts, and law enforcement in preparation for litigation and grand jury presentments.

Mineola, New York, United States

Combined a sharp understanding of Criminal Procedure and Forth Amendment protections and evaluated and assisted members of law enforcement and the District Attorney's Office in investigating and determining if the requisite probable cause existed to request a search warrant from the court. Drafted search warrant applications to submit to the court to obtain various pre- and post-arrest search warrants in furtherance of the investigation on Homicide, Kidnapping, Sexual Assault and DWI cases.

Hempstead, New York, United States

Demonstrated the ability to try jury and bench trials to verdict, litigated over 15 pre-trial evidentiary hearings, and supervised several more hearings with Junior Assistant District Attorneys while managing a caseload averaging 300 misdemeanor cases while working under extreme pressure in a fast-paced environment in a leadership role.

Garden City, New York, United States

Effectively evaluated in real-time all arrests that occur in Nassau County, New York, and determined if criminal charges were legally insufficient to sustain the proposed charges by law enforcement. Interviewed law enforcement and, in some instances, victims and witnesses to assess legal sufficiency to accurately draft the complaint upon which the defendant will initially be arraigned and prepared supporting documents and notices to be submitted in District Court.

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Combined mass tort, toxic tort, and products liability expertise with strong business acumen, project management skills, operations, and technical knowledge to build a complex turnkey mass tort settlement administration program for a federally supervised asbestos trust to handle all aspects of the program from notice and claimants’ communications to claim processing and distribution.

New York, New York, United States

Exhibited exceptional command of toxic tort and product liability defense and outstanding leadership as the local counsel and second chair for several fortune 500 companies and small businesses involved in asbestos litigation. Represented and led a team representing manufacturers and distributors throughout New York City and Long Island. Coordinated local defense, from the design to the implementation of various litigation strategies. Managed cases through initial pleadings, depositions, and discovery responses, to motion practice, settlement, negotiations, and trial

Greater Philadelphia Area

Demonstrated exceptional strategic planning and organizational skills in steering cases from initiation and discovery through dispositive motion practice, settlement or trial, with emphasis on asbestos litigation, toxic tort, and products liability defense. Conducted and defended contentious depositions nationally. Applied strong analytical, research and writing skills to develop strategy, legal arguments, manage and evaluate cases. Designed litigation strategies and managed cases through initial pleadings and responding to discovery, motion practice, settlement, mediation, and trials.

Monmouth And Mercer County

Independently represented a broad range of indigent defendants in the Superior Court of New Jersey charged with felonies, such as insurance fraud, arson, and attempted murder. Designed, developed, and implemented litigation strategies in all phases of pre-trial practice, including discovery, investigations, oral arguments, plea bargains, dispositive motions and hearings for both jury and bench trials.

Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Taught English Lititature and Composition course to undergraduate students. Created lesson plans for a semester of courses, delivered two hours of lecture each week, and provide feedback for each assignment to each student.

Essex County, New Jersey

Supported The Honorable Terence P. Flynn in all aspects of legal research and analysis, with responsibility for researching sophisticated criminal and civil legal matters and drafting legal opinions and bench memoranda in preparation for hearings and oral arguments to resolve delinquency, child custody and support issues. Drafted sentencing colloquies and tentative findings in delinquency matters.

New York, New York, United States

Supported attorneys representing corporations in employing foreign nationals. Conducted extensive legal research on immigration issues and participated in developing case strategies, conference calls, and various immigration law trainings.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Fasken Martineau International Moot Court Team; Regional and National Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology And Communications

Activities and Societies: Academic Mentor, Health Canada Investigator and Breast Cancer Charity Chair.Honors: Black Women’s Pioneer.

Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

High School Diploma

High School Diploma

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