Lynette Morrow Email & Phone Number

Bronx, New York

New York, Ny

• Provide legal advice and counseling to mental health patients. • Represent clients in Housing Court and at administrative agencies. • Represent claimants at their Social Security disability appeal hearings.• Advocate issues of importance to the mentally ill. • Update and record maintenance in case management system.

New York, Ny

Assisted terminally ill and elderly New Yorkers with preparing wills, living wills, heathcare proxies, powers of attorney and disposition of remains.

New York, Ny

Provide legal advice and counseling to New York City residents impacted by Superstorm Sandy in navigating the City’s disaster recovery program.

New York, Ny

• Conduct intake, provide client counseling, representation and advocacy with local, State and federal Agencies and managed care insurance plans• Provide technical assistance to legal, health and social services professionals in local community-based organizations and health care providers• Develop community and professional education materials and materials for the website at http://nyhealthaccess.org

Brooklyn, Ny

• Prepared Medicaid applications.• Researched and wrote legal memoranda on issues relating to Medicaid, wills and probate proceedings.

Newark, Nj

• Supervised inspection team on the completion of testing, including the review of documentation. • Provided testing consultation and guidance on applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Identified major risk factors, and advised business management on effectively monitoring, detecting and reporting potential regulatory violations. • Supervised compliance professionals responsible for regulatory testing activities. Included inspections of registered broker-dealers and compliance testing and reporting pursuant to Rule 38a-1 and Rule 206(4)-7.• Developed, implemented, evaluated and enhanced compliance testing policies, procedures and protocols for testing practices including risk assessment and identification of key controls as well as workpaper standards and reporting. • Coordinated with the internal/external audit teams to leverage and review test findings.• Escalated issues, as appropriate, in order to provide recommendations to senior management and boards for improvements in the control structure.• Provided additional support to the compliance organization, including the design and execution of testing protocols targeted to address specific regulatory concerns or areas of focus, generally across multiple business units.

Palm Beach, Fl

• Prepared and summarized case files in advance of hearings.• Prepared briefs and legal memoranda. Included appropriate suggestions or recommendations to the judge. • Compiled references on laws and decisions necessary for legal determinations. • Drafted proposed findings of facts and conclusions of law.

Miami Gardens, Fl

• Drafted, edited and researched article on national debt in developing countries. Composed section relating to regional financial institutions and microlending (3 GLOBAL BUS. L. REV. (forthcoming 2015)). • Wrote legal memoranda analyzing consumer credit fraud and federal income, gift and estate tax issues. • Site Coordinator, IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (2010 and 2011)

Miami, Fl

• Researched and wrote legal memoranda on issues relating to the prosecution of a mortgage fraud investment scheme. • Presented and explained administrative, property and securities laws, as well as procedural rules to state attorneys.

Miami, Fl

• Reviewed motions for summary judgment and motions for writs of possession to ensure compliance with legal standards for judicial decisions of final judgments of foreclosures. • Managed registry for daily hearings. • Assisted homeowners with questions regarding court foreclosure procedures.

New York, Ny

• Examined, analyzed and monitored sales practices of member organizations compliance programs and systems to ensure compliance with FINRA and SEC rules and regulations. • Assessed adequacy of member organizations compliance with FINRA and SEC rules including ’33 Act, ’34 Act and Investment Company Act of 1940 for all securities products including equities, options, mutual funds, annuities, fixed income, municipal securities and derivative products.• Led examination exit reviews and discussed findings requiring corrective action with member organization management.• Analyzed internal and supervisory controls in key areas of disk and evaluated member organization systems to determine quality, reliability and compliance with requirements. • Managed branch office visits of member organizations to review their records, interviewed management and registered representatives, and evaluated their sales practice procedures for compliance with FINRA and SEC rules and regulations.• Performed calculations and reviews of customer account activity to analyze risk and determine possible regulatory violations.• Reviewed and analyzed customer’s sales practice complaints, terminations for regulatory cause and activities of member organization personnel to assess validity, legitimacy and fair treatment of customers. • Supervised examiners; managed staff and acted as liaison with Examination Directors and office staff.Prepared final examination reports and conducted exit interviews to provide member organizations with information to take corrective action.• Reviewed and evaluated member organization responses to examination reports and made recommendations to Exam Directors based on my analysis. Confirmed that the member organization follow-up was adequate to ensure future compliance and carried out as specified. • Approved Branch Office Applications for member organizations • Created Sales Practice Compliance Coordinator training manual and Annuities Scope Chapter.

Greater New York City Area

New Directions For Attorneys

Five-month career re-entry program that includes retraining in legal research and writing, classes in substantive legal areas (24 NY CLE.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Articles Editor, St. Thomas Law Review Dean’s List – Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 Best Student Award, Advanced.

Bachelor Of Science, Economics