Responsible for preparing Board and Loan Committee Material for loan requests including financial analysis, collateral analysis and other credit analysis in determining the strength of the potential borrower. Work directly with Chief Lending Office and loan officers to prepare for presentations to the Loan Committee. Created credit department and established procedures for credit review process of both loan requests and annual review of current credit relationships. Also, provided legal guidance for troubled accounts, specifically marketing and selling foreclosed properties, sending out notices and demands, monitoring bankruptcy cases and payments and researching issues surrounding the collection of debt.Attended and Completed Commercial Lending School in 2013.

Responsible for assisting clients in busy litigation firm, specifically in areas of bankruptcy, domestic and personal injury law. Prepared legal memoranda, demand letters, and negotiated with opposing counsel as well as participation in Motion practice in Federal Court.

Responsible for aiding and assisting clients in all legal matters in connection domestic violence. Key responsibilities included drafting Petitions for Dissolution, Declarations of Paternity as well as memoranda surrounding issues of family law as they directly relate to domestic violence. Made court appearances with clients including Orders of Protection, Temporary Restraining Orders and other family law actions. Also, presented evidence to local judges and negotiated with opposing counsel in emergency situations including Temporary Restraining Orders and custody of children.

Responsible for researching and preparing appellate briefs, post-conviction motions and legal memoranda as a law clerk in the Law & Appeals Bureau. Assisted the First Chief Assistant in several homicide cases by organizing case files, preparing witness summaries and drafting orders of proof to prepare for Grand Jury presentation. Also, selected to be the sole law clerk to the "Onondaga County Cold Case Task Force" and assisted in re-opening an 18-year old murder case that was later prosecuted, where key responsibilities were reviewing all evidence in old cases, researching and preparing legal memoranda relating to procedural, evidentiary and legal issues that arise in prosecuting "cold" cases.