Stuart Ellison Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Prepare estate tax returns for estates of up to $80 million.
• Saved client over $200,000 in estate taxes by identifying trust not includable in estate.
• Instruct less experienced colleagues on operation of estate tax software.
• Provide expertise in probate paperwork, and receipt and release agreements.
• Deliver estate administration, marshal assets and regulate estate checking and brokerage accounts.
• Orchestrate all legal research on estate and probate matters.

Brooklyn, New York

• Teach English learners of diverse language backgrounds using a variety of media, including traditional print textbooks, authentic texts, audio, and video.
• Design, administer, and grade quizzes, writing assignments, and oral presentations.
• Arrange and supervise field trips.
• Confer with students and program administrators.
• Prepare student reports for program administrators.
• Participate in professional development seminars.

New York, New York

• Taught English as a Second Language to high school students individually and in small groups.
• Helped failing student with learning disability pass most of his classes.
• Supported English learning of advanced and former English learners in English Language Arts, Living Environment, and Global Studies classes.
• Planned lessons.
• Designed, administered, and graded quizzes.
• Assessed student writing journals.

Brooklyn, New York

• Taught beginner and intermediate international high school English learners in English conversation classes of 7-12 students in summer programs at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, New York.
• Utilized authentic texts, traditional texts, and internet video.
• Counseled and evaluated students on New York City landmarks research project for five-minute, in-class oral presentations.
• Privately taught adult upper-intermediate English learners in Brooklyn, New York in fall and spring programs. Utilized authentic texts, traditional texts, and role play exercises.
• Prepared lesson plans and attendance records.

• Taught upper intermediate high school English learners in several English conversation classes of 15 students each in summer program at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.
• Utilized audio CD, internet video, and textbooks.
• Prepared lesson plans, administered and graded weekly exams, and prepared student evaluations.
• Assessed proficiency of incoming students.

• Published legal-medical articles in Physicians Financial News; regional history articles in Dutchess Magazine; and personal essay in The Poughkeepsie Journal.
• Co-authored award-winning novel, Dear Mom, Dad & Ethel: World War II through the Eyes of a Radio Man, endorsed by German-American historian Hans L. Trefousse; senior Israeli diplomat Rabbi Dr. Gerald M. Meister; and.

Wrote over 100 articles for local newspaper on city council races, environmental issues, local politics, and civic events.

Yonkers Family Court, Yonkers, New York

• Developed draft of landmark judicial opinion that appeared in the New York Law Journal and other publications, on standing of non-parent to sue for child custody, and performed all of the necessary legal research.
• Prepared memoranda of law regarding child custody issues.
• Noted expert testimony during fact-finding hearings, analyzed case files, and attended conferences.

• Prepared estate tax returns and administered estates with assets between $1 million and $3 million.
• Prepared probate papers and accountings.
• Performed estate administration.
• Corresponded with government agencies.
• Contacted clients.

• Prepared estate tax returns with assets between $500,000 and $3 million.
• Prepared probate papers, cash flow analyses and accountings.
• Marshaled assets and maintained financial records.
• Corresponded with government agencies.
• Contacted clients.
• Arranged for payment of bills and cash distributions.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Tesol, K-12

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Hearsay (Law School Newspaper), Family Law Society, Legal Aid Show

Ma, Experimental Psychology

Ba, Government, English

Activities and Societies: Varsity Swimming, College Reporter, WFNM Radio, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu

Celta, English Language Teaching To Adults

▪ Taught upper intermediate, intermediate, and pre-intermediate English learners from various countries during six hours of observed and.