Represent landlords and property management companies in Housing Court and Small Claims cases, including eviction proceedings. Defend clients in cases commenced by tenants or the Department of Housing regarding repairs and harassment. Draft motions, pleadings, discovery demands, and responses to discovery requests. Negotiate settlement agreements with opposing counsel.

Represent clients in landlord-tenant and dispossession proceedings. Draft responsive pleadings, motions, briefs, and settlement agreements. Argue motions in court and negotiate settlements with opposing counsel.

Drafted memoranda, briefs, and motions for administrative and legal proceedings & appeals. Drafted wills, powers of attorney, and advanced directives. Advised and represented clients on various matters such as housing, public benefits,child support, & consumer debt.

Provide legal support to the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. Perform legal research. Examine and evaluate new cases to determine the existence of probable cause needed to initiate judicial forfeiture proceedings. Obtain information and evidence from various law enforcement agencies. Draft legal pleadings, motions, interrogatories, settlement agreements, and proposed orders. Use CATS database to input data, track assets, and produce trial exhibits.

Researched jury instructions for a personal injury case. Reviewed an infant compensation settlement.

Assisted and advised indigent clients on a variety of legal matters. Conducted legal research for the office’s staff attorneys. Drafted a petition and trial brief regarding an unemployment benefits claim. Drafted a memorandum on the rights of low-income tenants when a housing project is sold at foreclosure.

Conducted research on the reasonable person standard in tort law and on the collateral consequence of parole violations. Gathered and summarized Iowa cases on investigatory police stops.

Researched and drafted papers regarding Iowa’s laws on evidence preservation, exoneree compensation, and admitting showup identifications in criminal trials.

Wrote bench memoranda regarding a religious liberties case, an insurance subrogation case, and court approval of a settlement agreement. Assisted the judge in drafting an opinion regarding an ERISA case.

Wrote a response and a trial brief to a plaintiff’s lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Drafted a response and trial brief to an inmate’s motion to vacate his sentence. Performed legal research in the areas of civil and criminal procedure.

Monitored judiciary committee hearings and wrote policy memoranda for the Senator’s staffers.

Helped organize the Senator's first conference with African American church leaders. Prepared meeting briefs for the Senator's meeting with local labor leaders.

Conducted preliminary investigations in child abuse cases.