Advising employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. - Advise and answer client questions on a wide variety of employment law compliance matters on a daily basis. - Liaise with clients’ human resources departments to find innovative solutions to human resources and employee management issues. - Assist clients in navigating their responsibilities to employees under leave and reasonable accommodation laws such as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), workers’ compensation, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and state family leave and short-term disability laws. - Create comprehensive employee handbooks and state-specific handbook addenda. - Partner with clients to ascertain their company values, and utilize those values to guide and improve employee hiring and performance management. - Strategize with clients to performance manage employees, and if necessary, advise on the best steps to mitigate risk to the company when employment is terminated.- Prepare and analyze employee-related legal documents, such as severance, settlement, confidentiality/nondisclosure, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements.- Counsel employers on local ordinances, such as paid sick leave, paid family leave, and ban-the-box laws. - Ensure firm partners and senior counsel are up-to-date on employment law developments in multiple jurisdictions through research and memoranda drafting. - Draft position statements submitted to the EEOC and state human rights commissions in response to allegations of discrimination, and work with investigators to conciliate matters. - Spearhead the drafting of motions to dismiss and for summary judgment with partners and other attorneys. - Litigate and negotiate settlements for federal and state discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour claims.

Associate, September 2012 – October 2015Law Clerk, June 2011 – April 2012- Litigated on behalf of multiple clients in Court, including appearing for trials, hearings, orders to show cause, conferencing cases with judges, and negotiating stipulations of settlement with tenants- Regularly prepared verified bills of particulars, motions for summary judgment, opposition papers, and a variety of other legal papers submitted to both courts and New York City administrative agencies- Routinely drafted in-house stipulations of settlement and surrender and release agreements- Daily contact with clients to advise them on legal issues and keep them apprised of case statuses- Organized, catalogued, and analyzed documents produced in discovery to aid partners in preparation for trial and EBTs- Thoroughly researched various issues such as ADA and FHA reasonable accommodations for pets in buildings, daycares operated out of apartments, and successor tenant responsibilities

Legal intern in arraignments and the domestic violence misdemeanors courtroom in Nassau County.- Interviewed, took fact statements, and prepared clients for arraignments - Participated in conferences with attorneys and District Court judges- Prepared a variety of motions, including motions to dismiss and notices of alibi

Worked in Kings County family court with two separate attorneys representing children in custody, paternity, guardianship and a number of other types of cases.- Conducted settlement conferences between parents for custody and visitation - Interviewed children, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and other collaterals- Researched case law for orders to show cause and court motions, prepared for multiple trials

Head of Foreclosure Sales Dept., June – July 2009Legal Assistant, Foreclosure Sales, May 2008 – July 2009- Managed all aspects of foreclosures from summary judgment to sale in all 67 Florida counties - Prepared a variety of motions to cancel, reschedule and vacate sales, and to amend and vacate titles