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New York, NY, US

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Manage litigated claim files reviewing legal counsel reports and recommendations to develop the litigation strategy and guide each claim file to an appropriate case resolution.Develop and maintain professional relationships with insureds, brokers and counsel.Lead mediations and settlement negotiations. Independently assess coverage and draft coverage.

Claims handler for professional programs that includes the handling of multiple claim lines including professional liability, employment practices and general liability claims. Handling of policies on both a claims-made and occurrence basis.

Boonton, New Jersey

• Attend public municipal meetings as municipal attorney for various clients. Develop and maintain professional relationships with clients, and utilize sound judgment to deal effectively with the public.
• Lead negotiations committees to represent clients’ interests in the collective bargaining process and negotiate terms in accordance with relevant law favorable to my clients.
• Negotiate and draft employee agreements, separation agreements and last chance agreements.
• Successfully represented clients at trial regarding a challenge to my client’s promotional process.
• Effectively negotiate contracts and settlements for clients, having brought in revenue of over $100,000 thus far for clients.
• Review and draft key provisions for employee handbook for clients in accordance with relevant legal updates.

Morristown, NJ

• Managed multiple litigation files, corresponding with the court and adversaries to ensure compliance with deadlines.
• Drafted and reviewed various legal documents including complaints, subpoenas, responses to interrogatories and requests for document production.
• Reviewed client financial documentation and drafted summaries to represent clients in divorce proceedings.

Fair Lawn, NJ

• Associate at law firm representing school districts.
• Represented clients in the grievance process, drafting responses on behalf of the client at various levels of the process.
• Researched discipline and termination of employees and drafted disciplinary charges in accordance with the relevant law for each matter.

New Brunswick, NJ

• Reviewed motions, and prepared written orders for motion hearings by conducting research and communicating with attorneys and pro-se litigants.

Washington, D.C.

• Significantly contributed to an agency-wide project to rewrite and simplify compensation regulations for veterans, compiling and analyzing legislative histories to aid in the drafting of regulations.
• Interpreted new laws to ensure that agency regulations complied with any new mandates or standards.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Street Law Clinic, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

B.A., History, Cinema-Television

Activities and Societies: Student-Athlete Academic Services (tutoring) Joint Education Project (inner-city tutoring) Alpha Delta Pi.