Barbara O'Brien

Attorney at Pro Bono Network
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Chicago Area

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Credentials

  • Republic of Ghana Bar
    The General Legal Counsel of Ghana
  • State of Connecticut Bar
    CBEC
  • State of Illinois Bar
    ARDC: Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Experience

  • Pro Bono Network
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Attorney
      • 2021 - Present

      >As a PBN volunteer attorney, respond to specific legal questions on the ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org virtual clinic website; prepare applications and supporting documents for Humanitarian Parole and U Visa clients. >As a PBN volunteer attorney, respond to specific legal questions on the ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org virtual clinic website; prepare applications and supporting documents for Humanitarian Parole and U Visa clients.

  • CARPLS - Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services
    • Chicago IL
    • Legal Services Hotline Attorney
      • 2017 - 2020

      >Advised, by telephone, low and moderate income Cook County residents on everyday legal matters using Salesforce. >Screened and counseled clients on landlord-tenant, employment, family, consumer, probate estates, personal injury, public benefits, education, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and health care issues. >Offered referrals to other legal service providers, private bar associations, and social service agencies. >Researched, analyzed, and wrote internal content summaries for knowledge management library of over 1,900 legal issues. Show less

  • IRIS: Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
    • United States
    • Individual and Family Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Immigration Legal Services Director
      • 2011 - 2017

      >Sole attorney within the refugee resettlement agency, represented refugees in Lawful Permanent Residence Applications, Family Reunification Petitions, and Naturalization Applications before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Consulates, and Board of Immigration Appeals. >Served more than 300 refugee clients annually from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Eritrea, and Cuba. >Developed and implemented immigration legal services program policies and procedures, case management system, referral lists, explanatory flow charts and checklists for clients. >Presented outreach trainings to new refugee arrivals, community partner agencies, and law schools. >Supervised legal assistants, law students, college interns, and volunteer attorneys. Show less

  • Law Offices of Donna R. Levine
    • North Haven CT
    • Associate Attorney
      • 2007 - 2010

      >Represented elders in Medicaid/Title XIX applications and administrative hearings. >Represented elders in Medicaid/Title XIX applications and administrative hearings.

  • Self-Employed
    • New Haven CT
    • Grant Writer/Case Digest Writer
      • 2005 - 2007

      >Wrote proposals for legal service entities, public schools, and youth sport programs. >Summarized cases for The Connecticut Law Tribune, Inc. >Wrote proposals for legal service entities, public schools, and youth sport programs. >Summarized cases for The Connecticut Law Tribune, Inc.

  • New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.
    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Staff Attorney
      • 1998 - 2004

      >Represented low-income clients before administrative agencies and state court. >Advocated on behalf of and collaborated with public housing and subsidized housing tenant associations. >Presented community outreach on housing issues. >Supervised and trained law students and college interns. >Represented low-income clients before administrative agencies and state court. >Advocated on behalf of and collaborated with public housing and subsidized housing tenant associations. >Presented community outreach on housing issues. >Supervised and trained law students and college interns.

  • Cabrini Green Legal Aid
    • Chicago IL
    • Housing Resource Center Project Director/Attorney
      • 1990 - 1996

      >Represented low-income clients in the Cabrini Green neighborhood before administrative agencies and state court. >Piloted and coordinated CGLA's separately funded housing initiative. >Advocated on behalf of and collaborated with public housing and subsidized housing tenant associations. >Presented community outreach on housing issues. >Supervised and trained attorneys and law students. >Represented low-income clients in the Cabrini Green neighborhood before administrative agencies and state court. >Piloted and coordinated CGLA's separately funded housing initiative. >Advocated on behalf of and collaborated with public housing and subsidized housing tenant associations. >Presented community outreach on housing issues. >Supervised and trained attorneys and law students.

  • Trager and Trager, P.C.
    • Fairfield CT
    • Associate Attorney
      • 1989 - 1990

      >Represented individual and corporate clients in commercial, tort, and criminal litigation before local zoning boards, state and federal courts. >Represented individual and corporate clients in commercial, tort, and criminal litigation before local zoning boards, state and federal courts.

Education

  • Ghana School of Law
    Qualifying Certificate for Bar
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law
    Juris Doctorate
  • University of Cincinnati
    Bachelor of Arts with Honors in English Literature

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