Valerie Hughes Email & Phone Number

• Analyze, research and develop cases to formulate comprehensive decisions and act on requests for hearings held under Titles II, XI, XVI and XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended.
• Serves as an Attorney Adviser to one or more Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) rendering advice and assistance in pre-hearing development and preparation of cases for hearing, post-hearing development and other.
• Drafts decisions for Administrative Law Judges in some of the more… Show more
• Drafts decisions for Administrative Law Judges in some of the more sensitive and/or legally complex cases involving significant policy issues and questions regarding the application of Federal Circuit Court opinions or.
• Performs research and identifies unusual issues typically related to matters of State law.
• Review cases and draft decisions remanded by the Courts and the Appeals Council.

• Part time position consisting of 10 to 20 hours per week.
• Assisting students with subjects in English, Business Law, and writing skills.
• Overseeing a team of tutors.
• Promoting and encouraging tutors to provide quality tutoring through providing feedback on recurring issues that appears in sessions, identifying tutors strengths as well as weaknesses
• Monitoring and reviewing each tutors session transcripts, tutor comments, average tutor ratings, acceptance/declining rates… Show more
• Monitoring and reviewing each tutors session transcripts, tutor comments, average tutor ratings, acceptance/declining rates of sessions, online percentage, and connection rates.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Interviewing members of the public who contact EEOC because they believe they have been discriminated against in the workplace. Providing assistance to potential charging parties in understanding the laws enforced by.
• Enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title I of the Americans Disability Act of 1990, Equal Pay Act, and Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.
• Troubleshot, evaluated, and… Show more
• Troubleshot, evaluated, and resolve a diverse range of different complaints by charging parting, attorneys, and employers illustrating critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Assisting charging parties file a charge of employment discrimination under federal statutes enforced by the Commission and maintaining contact with them during the course of processing their charge.
• Drafting written investigative plans, identifying bases and issues involved in the charge, the applicable theories of law, and the scope of the investigation.

Mobile, Alabama Area

• Responsible for the administration and management of assigned caseload of over eight hundred active cases by identifying methods to obtain or enforce existing child support orders.
• Troubleshot, evaluated, and resolved numerous complaints from custodial and non-custodial parent regarding child support orders and enforcement remedies.
• Conducted administrative reviews on assigned cases and participated in administrative hearings based on various request submitted by clients regarding… Show more
• Conducted administrative reviews on assigned cases and participated in administrative hearings based on various request submitted by clients regarding child support.
• Conducted administrative reviews and participated in administrative hearings for driver’s license suspension due to non-payment or delinquency on child support payments.
• Gathered financial information and expenses of the custodial and non-custodial parent to determine if the case was eligible to be referred to the court for modification.

919th SOW/Duke Field AFB, Eglin AFB Field #3, FL

• Monitor compliance statistics in public health programs and conduct audiograms for troops enrolled in the Occupational Health programs.
• Perform inspections of food facilities, barber shops, campgrounds, gyms, pools, and child care facilities on the base.
• Generated reports following inspection of the facilities documenting discrepancies and provided overall facility ratings.
• Created trend analysis and food vulnerability assessment reports.
• Set traps in various areas on the… Show more
• Set traps in various areas on the base for vector surveillance and plated insects found in traps to be examined in the lab.

Mobile, Alabama Area

• Shadowed attorney during the intake process of clients and attended court appearances.
• Created wills and power of attorneys under the guidance of the attorney.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

• Assisted with mediations and contacted consumers regarding complaints filed.
• Scheduled mediations and conducted mediations.
• Drafted letters to respond to consumers’ submitted complaints.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Performed administrative tasks and assisted veterans in the office.

Brooklyn, NY

• Researched and wrote memoranda for criminal cases.
• Assisted with discovery preparation and witness preparation.
• Reviewed pending cases and gathered essential information for trial preparation.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Public Health Technology

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology