Focus on commercial litigation, real estate, banking, insurance, foreclosures, and land use disputes. Advises condominium and homeowners associations.

Performed legal research and analyzed issues of first impression in the Virgin Islands judiciary. Wrote bench memos and drafted opinions in civil and criminal cases. Edited appellate opinions, grants or denials of extraordinary writs, and judgments regarding attorney disciplinary matters.

Worked on all aspects of cases regarding clients’ immigration applications. Prepared motions, drafted affidavits, researched international human rights issues, interviewed clients, and gathered supporting documents. Translated and interpreted between English and Spanish. Gave Know Your Rights presentations to the community.

Green & Greenberg is a Social Security Disability firm located in Providence, Rhode Island. Job duties included: interviewing clients in both English and Spanish and writing memos highlighting new cases’ status, facts, legal theory, and plan of action, researching Social Security Disability listing requirements, and evaluating cases for appeal.

Researched and wrote bench memos on legal issues for Chief Judge Lisi. Attended in-chambers meetings and conferences and observed court proceedings.

Assisted and encouraged students to effectively and efficiently perform legal research using LexisNexis.

Interviewed potential clients and assisted them with their immigration applications. Performed legal research on immigration issues. Majority of work focused on asylum, adjustment of status, petition for family members, and temporary protected status applications. Interpreted between Spanish and English during meetings and interviews, including at USCIS interviews, and translated documents from Spanish to English.

Wrote memos advising whether the facts of a case amounted to a finding of probable cause of discrimination based on one or more protected categories such as race, color, sex, disability, ancestral origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and age. Drafted letters to participants requesting more information and attended administrative hearings.