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Chief Legal Officer of a leading education technology company. Responsible for legal affairs, including compliance, transactional, corporate, intellectual property, and regulatory matters.

Drafted and published articles concerning product liability and corporate fraud litigation for website read by millions of consumers. Select published works were cited in various national periodicals such as The Wall Street Journal Bankruptcy Blog and MSN Money Smart Spending Blog.

Collaborated with attorneys at the Clinic and the Community Service Society of New York to devise potential legislative strategies to combat abuses stemming from New York City’s “Operation Clean Halls,” an NYPD program that permits arrests of visitors to buildings owned by the New York City Housing Authority. Drafted memorandum proposing reforms to New York’s “speedy trial” statute, which in its current form allows many lower-level cases to drag on for years, clogging court dockets and wasting judicial resources.

In Clinic associated with the Bronx Defenders, represented indigent clients charged with misdemeanor crimes in the South Bronx. Obtained outright dismissals of two trespassing cases, one at arraignment and another on a written motion to dismiss. Obtained favorable plea agreements for clients charged with other misdemeanor offenses.