Attorney concentrating in residential real estate transactions.

Attorney concentrating in real estate transactions.

In-house counsel concentrating in civil defense. Defending commercial insureds in premises liability, labor law, and commercial motor vehicle lawsuits.

Associate attorney engaged in both transactions and litigation working under partners with diverse practice areas, including commercial litigation and arbitration, securities law compliance and arbitration, residential and commercial real estate, corporate entity formation, retailer legal compliance, trademark prosecution, and contracts of various types, including employment agreements and intellectual property assignment.

Provided phone and web-based technical support for digital Fujifilm photo labs located in retail stores across the nation, including proprietary software support, computer and device networking, and hardware issue diagnostics. Monitored and proactively troubleshot network connectivity for photo lab servers and end user kiosks in a network of ten thousand machines.

Received the 2011 Miram Maccoby Netter Intellectual Property Fellowship through the New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section to assess cloud computing for Legal Assistance of Western New York. Legal research included memos on the ramifications of cloud computing (specifically, Google’s cloud) for client confidentiality, and on the admissibility of digital communications, such as e-mail and IMs, into New York courts. Further technological duties included diagnosing PC hardware issues for a nonprofit law firm and replacing necessary components. Clone-imaged donated laptops, and installed open-source router software (PFSense). Researched various social media and collaborative tools including GoToMeeting, Vyew, YouTube-for-Nonprofits, Google Maps and Earth, Google Docs, and Twitter.

Teaching English as a Foreign Language ("TEFL") to youth in a residential rehabilitation center for at-risk youth, among social service activities (organizing recreation, groups, social and athletic activities, etc.).

Technical troubleshooting of end user issues with proprietary software and its compatibility with their local devices.