Drafts wills and inter vivos trusts for estates valued from $0-$10MM+. Reviews clients’ estate planning instruments and drafts documents to implement requested changes to estate plan including Trust Amendments, Trust Modifications and Trust Revocations. Handles all aspects of estate administration, including probate and administration proceedings, asset marshaling, debt negotiation, and formal judicial and informal non-judicial settlement of estates. Assists partner in litigation matters including contested probate proceedings, contested accounting proceedings, turnover proceedings, and 1404 examinations. Researches applicable law and drafts memoranda to partner regarding observations and proposed plan analyzing facts in litigation. Oversees discovery requests in litigation matters. Drafts litigation pleadings including Summons and Complaints, Orders to Show Cause, Petitions, Memoranda of Law, Interrogatories, Discovery requests, Affidavits, and Answers. Appears in Court in probate and administration proceedings, including contested proceedings. Drafts pleadings in Guardianship proceedings, including drafting witness outlines for hearings. Assists partner in appointments as Court Examiner and Referee by reviewing annual accounts of Guardians and Trustees and preparing reports.

Handled all aspects of estate administration for firm clients including but not limited to probate and administration practice, heirship proceedings, asset marshaling, debt negotiation, asset valuation, preparation of Federal and State estate tax returns, and formal judicial and non-judicial informal settlement of estates. Assisted partners in Surrogate’s Court litigation in the representation of executors in contested probate proceedings and beneficiaries in contested accounting proceedings. Drafted and supervised the execution of wills and trusts for firm clients. Represented firm clients in the purchase and sale of residential real property.

Assisted staff attorney in child neglect and PINS cases, with a domestic violence focus. Appeared in court under a student practice order for arraignments and permanency hearings. Interviewed clients to prepare for permanency hearings and other proceedings. Researched applicable law to draft Orders to Show Cause and other motions. Digested records for Termination and Neglect fact-findings. Communicated with clients to get updates and information for preparation of court date.

Represented domestic violence victims seeking Temporary Orders of Protection in Family Court under a student practice order. Interviewed clients, drafted petitions for Temporary Orders of Protection, and advocated on behalf of clients at ex parte hearings in Family Court. Interviewed Spanish-speaking clients and relayed information to attorneys. Researched and drafted memoranda on changes in family law.

Interviewed clients to determine their legal needs. Drafted Court Applications and Particulars of Claims for eviction, divorce decree, liquidation and money claim issues. Assisted attorneys in court proceedings. Corresponded with clients and other parties.

Assisted on projects including referral of Burma to the International Criminal Court and recognizing reproductive crimes in the aftermath of the Halabja bombings in Iraq at the High Tribunal for Iraq. Conducted legal research for an amicus brief. Drafted memorandum analyzing the law under the Iraqi High Tribunal’s statute and Iraq’s international obligations. Conducted fact checking.

Conducted legal research and provided assistance to an appeals team. Created chart to document how the original indictment of a defendant was subsequently cured through pretrial evidence disclosure. Drafted memorandum distinguishing facts of case from a case cited by the defense. Edited and reorganized memoranda drafted by attorneys. Compiled and organized court documents. Cite checked motions and responses.