Specialized in deportation defense, including Asylum and Cancellation of Removal. Handled family petitions, U -Visa and VAWA applications, with a special focus on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status cases.

Supported Executive Director, crisis advocates and Board of Directors in all administrative tasks.

Drafted motions for custody, child support pendente lite support and parenting time modifications. Drafted memos and conducted legal research on various family law issues.

Assisted on trials to terminate parental rights, including drafting opinions.

Legal research and handling of civil motions.

Assisted in all aspects on criminal, divorce and immigration matters.

Assisted on guardianship proceedings, incorporation of new companies, and obtaining tax-exempt status for non-profit organizations.

Assisted in processing expungement of criminal records.

Initiated and completed investigations of child abuse/neglect allegations by conducting visits to homes, hospitals and schools; interviewing children, their families, doctors, teachers and service providersWrote reports about safety and risk assessments, court ordered investigations and service plansRemoved unsafe children and completed reports on safety of kinship placementsFiled Art. 10 petitions and testified in fact finding hearings at NYC Family Courts on confirmed abuse/neglect Facilitated Family Team Meetings and Child Safety Conferences to address concerns and create safety plansReferred families to community-based services to prevent removals and reduce risk of future abuse/neglect Facilitated Family Team Meetings/Child Safety Conferences to address concerns and create safety plansReferred families to community-based services to prevent removals and reduce risk of future abuse/neglect

Handled calendar and coordination of Examinations Under Oath, including document management for arbitrations.

Conducted bilingual pre-arraignment interviews and assisted with investigations of open cases Spoke with clients/witnesses via phone, mail or video conferencing to jails concerning cases Wrote reports on evidence and assisted in organization and cataloging of evidence received

Wrote a memo on legislative research of Congressional Records on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the passing and renewal of the Bilingual Language Assistance provisionsResearched the collection of Congressman Herman Badillo Papers housed at Boricua College and Puerto Rican political activism in the1960’s at Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College