Experience

MFY Legal Services

• New York, NY

• Staff Attorney, Disability & Aging Rights Project

  • Dec 2014 - Present



Vera Institute of Justice

• Brooklyn, NY

• Staff Attorney, Guardianship Project

  • Jan 2013 - Nov 2014

  • Drafted motions and court-mandated reports advocating for needs of incapacitated adults in Supreme Court’s Guardianship Parts; • Shepherded public benefits applications through informal advocacy and administrative hearings; • Represented clients in holdover and non-payment eviction proceedings in housing court. • Drafted motions and court-mandated reports advocating for needs of incapacitated adults in Supreme Court’s Guardianship Parts; • Shepherded public benefits applications through informal advocacy and administrative hearings; • Represented clients in holdover and non-payment eviction proceedings in housing court.



Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

• Boston, MA

• Legal Intern

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Drafted Commission-initiated complaints against landlords and employers; • Reviewed and drafted reports describing results of age and disability discrimination testing. • Drafted Commission-initiated complaints against landlords and employers; • Reviewed and drafted reports describing results of age and disability discrimination testing.



Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP

• Baltimore, MD

• Disability Rights Fellow

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Represented individuals, national advocacy organizations, and health care providers in administrative proceedings and federal court; • Planned litigation strategies for cases involving the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and Fair Housing Act; • Drafted complaints, discovery documents, motions, and appellate briefs in federal litigation; • Researched issues of substantive and procedural law. • Represented individuals, national advocacy organizations, and health care providers in administrative proceedings and federal court; • Planned litigation strategies for cases involving the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and Fair Housing Act; • Drafted complaints, discovery documents, motions, and appellate briefs in federal litigation; • Researched issues of substantive and procedural law.



American Civil Liberties Union

• New York, NY

• Law Clerk, LGBT/AIDS Project

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  • Researched and wrote memos on questions of substantive and procedural law for current cases; • Assisted attorneys with planning litigation strategies and assessing merits of potential cases. • Researched and wrote memos on questions of substantive and procedural law for current cases; • Assisted attorneys with planning litigation strategies and assessing merits of potential cases.



San Francisco District Attorney's Office

• San Francisco, CA

• Certified Legal Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  • Successfully argued felony motions in San Francisco Superior Court; • Wrote and filed motions on matters of procedure, evidence, and substantive law; • Assisted attorneys with preparations for grand jury, pre-trial proceedings, and trials; • Advised attorneys on charging decisions after reviewing available evidence. • Successfully argued felony motions in San Francisco Superior Court; • Wrote and filed motions on matters of procedure, evidence, and substantive law; • Assisted attorneys with preparations for grand jury, pre-trial proceedings, and trials; • Advised attorneys on charging decisions after reviewing available evidence.



Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates

• Research Analyst

  • Jun 2006 - Jul 2008

  • Provided extensive research support for dozens of executive searches at colleges and universities; • Drafted position descriptions, advertisements, and other documents for search committees. • Provided extensive research support for dozens of executive searches at colleges and universities; • Drafted position descriptions, advertisements, and other documents for search committees.