• Manage a caseload of over 50 civil cases from intake through settlement negotiations or litigation• Advocate on behalf of clients in motion practice, litigation, depositions, alternative dispute resolution, and private negotiation• Conduct and respond to discovery including interrogatories and requests for production of documents• Draft and file pleadings and documents including Petitions for Divorce, Separation Agreements, Motions, Complaints, Answers, Orders, Summary Judgment Motions, Subpoenas, and various affidavits• Analyze and research relevant case law in connection with pleadings and motion drafting• Review and assess assets and liabilities of clients to create financial statements for use in settlement and/or trial• Collect, review, and organize complex medical records for personal injury and medical malpractice cases• Attend status conferences, pre-trial conferences, and hearings and argue motions before Massachusetts Probate, District, and Superior courts• Train summer interns and administrative assistants in all aspects of office tasks and create office protocol to increase their effectiveness • Manage client and office correspondence, client intake, and case management

Drafted discovery requests, interrogatories, complaints, and motions for civil cases; assisted in trial preparation; maintained court files and documents; managed client correspondence.

Worked on various stages of litigation on divorce, domestic violence and custody cases;interviewed clients and drafted motions, discovery requests, and other legal documents;assisted with intake of new clients.

Compiled and outlined sources for judge’s law review article on the school to prison pipeline; prepared memorandum and documents as directed by the judge; conducted legal research for motions, memorandum, and current cases.

Prepared jury instructions, settlement packages, and documents for trials and arbitration; assisted with client correspondence; published articles for website’s blog on current medical and legal malpractice issues.

Published articles for CAPLAW’s fall legal update; conducted legal research relating to employment law for general legal counsel of CAPLAW; updated the CAPLAW database of state legal liability supplements relating to nonprofit governance.

Created a tutoring and mentoring program for Lincoln Academy, an alternative school for high risk students; organized volunteers to tutor on site in English, math, and science; created a weekly program to bring students to Hamilton College for mentoring.