• Represented over 50 debtors in Chapter 7, Section 341(a) meetings before a United States Trustee in Bankruptcy Court in New York, Kings, Westchester and Suffolk Counties• First-chaired a civil real estate trial in Kings County Supreme Court.• Appeared in criminal and civil courts in New York City, representing clients in pre-trial conferences and arraignment hearings.• Extensive experience in communicating with attorneys for settlement negotiations and discussions to dispose of matters in an efficient and timely manner.• Appeared in Master Calendar Hearings in Removal Proceedings in United States Immigration Court in Pennsylvania and New York. • Drafted pre-trial motions in Immigration Court, New York Supreme Court, Civil and Criminal, United States Bankruptcy Court, New York Family Court.• Specific motions include: Cross-Motions, Order to Show Cause, Pendente Lite Relief, Downward Modification of Maintenance.• Maintain effective oral and written communication with clients in discussing their individual cases.• Perform initial intake interviews with clients in Social Security and Matrimonial Law related matters.• Prepared a Family Court fact finding hearing, prepared exhibits, interviewed witnesses, conducted a direct and cross examination at the hearing.

• Drafted appeal to New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department under supervision from practicing attorney regarding burglary statute under Section 140 of the New York Penal Law.• Extensive research focusing primarily on burglary and its impact on predicate felons in New York.• Prepared an oral draft for supervising attorney in preparation for oral argument for above referenced appeal before the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.

• Drafted Spanish translation of Firm’s Arbitration Rules for International Disputes.• Reviewed and revised Firm’s Global Rules for Accelerated Commercial Arbitration.• Legal research and writing about fundamental components of Alternative Dispute Resolution up to and including: Mediation, Arbitration and manifest disregard rule in arbitration appeals.

Adjudicated alleged violations made by students of the university, researched legal issues and drafted charges againststudents, reviewed police reports to determine sanctions that should be warranted, conducted hearings, discussed andconstructed plea arrangements with students.

• Assisted under the tutelage of HONORABLES E. Jeanette Ogden and HONORABLE Robert T. Russell, Jr. in Buffalo City Court.• Drafted documents in criminal pre-trial hearings such as suppression of evidence hearings.• Drafted memoranda discussing legal ramifications of felony convictions.• Researched issues relating to voting laws in New York and its impact of persons convicted of felonies.• Observed alternative justice related to drug offenses in Erie County.• Researched return of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, their dependence on medications from Traumatic Brain Injury and impact on criminal justice system.