Dennis B. Email & Phone Number

North Carolina, United States

Liaise with clients to create and execute review strategies, create status reports, produce documents, conduct performance reviews, and hire and dismiss underperforming team members. Collaborate with team regarding methods for acquiring information from databases. Draft memoranda explaining the parameters of searches and analyzing whether documents yield.

Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States

Speak to texters in crisis across the US regarding a variety of intense topics including self-harm, suicide, depression, bullying, and LGBTQ issues. Communicate with texters to move them towards a cool calm using techniques in empathetic listening. Build rapport and trust, explore texter’s issues, establish goals, and collaboratively problem-solve to help.

Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States

(Remotely) Help patients understand, using plain language, the consequences of advance directives such as living wills, health care proxies, or Do Not Resuscitate Orders. Persuade patients to discuss advance directives with family members. Maintain patient information data log and weekly written report of activities. Document and answer patient inquiries.

New York, New York

Managed caseload of HIV+ project members to ensure they received safe, effective, and client-centered services. Conducted monthly home visits with each project member to review events and activities of prior month. Generated, reviewed, and implemented treatment plans based on home visits in conjunction with project members. Interacted with collateral.

Brooklyn & Queens, NY

• Defend Alleged Incapacitated Persons (AIPs) in MHL Article 81 guardianship proceedings. Certified as Article 81 Court Evaluator. Interview AIPs and other interested parties, conduct research into AIP’s background to.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients to more effectively represent their interests. Liaise with mental health/medical professionals and clients regarding medication regimen, progress towards discharge.

Brooklyn, New York

Interact directly with clients, witnesses, medical professionals, and other parties in state-licensed hospitals, administrative proceedings, and in court. Argue against MHL §9.60 assisted outpatient treatment and §9.31 retention in court proceedings. Prepare clients for and conduct AOT exams and medication over objection hearings. Observe mental hygiene.

New York, NY

Competitively selected as an ongoing speaker for the In Our Own Voice program, NAMI’s public education program on mental health. Interact with mental health consumers to aide them in finding programs appropriate for their needs.

New York, New York

Supervising Attorney, 6 years (Various Appointments)Liaised with associate attorneys from AM Law 200 firms to discuss project statuses and their requests for additional information from databases. Strategized methods for acquiring information from databases, drafted memoranda explaining the parameters of the searches and analyzing whether documents yielded.

New York, New York

Conducted electronic discovery for a variety of firms from issues ranging from RMBS litigation and financial services fraud to IPOs, breach of contract, and pharmaceutical patent suits.

Brooklyn, NY

Managed a large volume of cases by: conducting depositions; drafting and arguing motions such as motions for summary judgment, summons and complaints, motions for default judgments, orders to show cause, and oppositions to these motions; attending court proceedings such as oral arguments, preliminary conferences and arbitrations; negotiating settlement.

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry