Sara Benjamin (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Provide legal advice, consultation and representation to people living with HIV/AIDS. Legal issues may include housing eviction or unfair treatment, appealing denial of financial benefits such as Social Security Disability Income, and consumer issues such as debt consolidation, CORI resolution or resolving credit problems.

Greater Boston Area

Associate in Pierce Atwood's Intellectual Property & Technology and Privacy & Data Security groups, with a focus on trademark, copyright, software licensing, and privacy and data security. Works closely with clients in a range of industries, including the health care and financial sectors.

Boston, Ma

Intern for the Honorable Stephen Limon of the Suffolk County Juvenile Court. Prepared memorandum for civil and criminal juvenile cases, including Care and Protection and school search and seizure cases.

Boston, Ma

Boston, Ma

Compiled a legislative history of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Researched and wrote issue briefs, summaries and other advocacy materials for consumers, attorneys, politicians, judges, and mediators. Topics included mortgage foreclosures, manufactured housing, repossessions, and consumer protection regulation and preemption.

Antitrust Division, Telecommunications and Media Enforcement Section.Researched and wrote memoranda regarding high-profile telecommunications and media issues. Evaluated documents for antitrust violations. Presented developing legal theories to attorney supervisors. Communicated with General Counsel of major companies. Compiled citations for reports on telecommunications issues. Supervised and instructed other paralegals as lead paralegal.

Counseled low-income clients on employment related legal issues under attorney supervision. Wrote letters on behalf of clients to current and former employers.

Tutored and mentored high school students.

Interviewed afterschool providers nationwide and compiled statistics on the types of afterschool programs. Drafted chapters for the nationally used report America After 3pm. Reorganized and updated website links to facilitate information flow. Attended policy briefings by members of Congress.

Researched Hungarian legislation pertaining to Holocaust reparations. Organized and led clinics to assist survivors completing forms and affidavits to receive reparations. Educated legal aid organizations nationwide about the reparations process. Screened potential clients

Tutored and mentored one teenage boy at Messalonskee Middle School. Helped him significantly improve his grades and self confidence.

Juris Doctor

Activities and Societies: Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation CALI Award for highest grade in legal writing and research Best Moot.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology, Human Development

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Dean's List, Charles A. Dana Scholarship, for academic performance and leadership, 2005-2007.