Experience

Access Justice Brooklyn

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pro Bono Director

  • Dec 2018 - Present



LawHelpNY

• United States
• Legal Services

• LawHelp.org/NY Content Manager/Consultant

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2019

  Gather, evaluate and post client legal education materials. Develop new topic areas in cooperation with Editorial Board members. Serve as an Editorial Board member for Family/Matrimonial and Consumer topic areas. Supervise Organizational Listing Coordinator. Provide feedback to improve web site functionality. Gather, evaluate and post client legal education materials. Develop new topic areas in cooperation with Editorial Board members. Serve as an Editorial Board member for Family/Matrimonial and Consumer topic areas. Supervise Organizational Listing Coordinator. Provide feedback to improve web site functionality.



My Sisters' Place, Inc.

• Managing Attorney, Pro Bono Project / Clifford Chance Fellow

  • Sep 2014 - Nov 2018

  Recruit, train, mentor and supervise pro bono attorneys from Clifford Chance US LLP and other law firms on pro bono matters, including the preparation of VAWA Self-petitions, Battered Spouse Waivers, U Visa applications, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status applications, and divorce papers for pro se litigants in uncontested divorces.

• Associate Counsel / Clifford Chance Fellow

  • Oct 2005 - Aug 2014

  Provide legal advice, brief services and direct representation to domestic violence victims in family law and immigration matters, including orders of protection, child custody and visitation, child support, spousal support, VAWA Self-petitions, Battered Spouse Waivers, U Visas and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. Train, mentor and supervise volunteer attorneys from Clifford Chance US LLP and other corporate law firms on pro bono matters, including the preparation of VAWA Self-petitions, Battered Spouse Waivers, U Visa applications for immigrant victims of crime, and divorce papers for pro se litigants in uncontested divorces.



New York City Bar Association

• United States
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Attorney

  • Aug 2004 - Oct 2005

  Staff Attorney: Provided legal advice and brief services via telephone hotline primarily in the areas of matrimonial, family, consumer, immigration and housing law. Provided step-by-step legal assistance to pro se litigants in divorce and bankruptcy matters, including conducting client interviews and preparing divorce papers and bankruptcy petitions. Staff Attorney: Provided legal advice and brief services via telephone hotline primarily in the areas of matrimonial, family, consumer, immigration and housing law. Provided step-by-step legal assistance to pro se litigants in divorce and bankruptcy matters, including conducting client interviews and preparing divorce papers and bankruptcy petitions.