Staff Attorney

• Jun 2020 - Present

Consult with clients on legal issues including consumer credit, car repossessions, foreclosures, unemployment insurance, and landlord-tenant matters. Draft pleadings, discovery requests, and motions; appear in New Jersey Superior Court for conferences, motion hearings, and trials; accompany clients on unemployment insurance appeals; and negotiate settlements. Consult with clients on legal issues including consumer credit, car repossessions, foreclosures, unemployment insurance, and landlord-tenant matters. Draft pleadings, discovery requests, and motions; appear in New Jersey Superior Court for conferences, motion hearings, and trials; accompany clients on unemployment insurance appeals; and negotiate settlements.

Associate Attorney

• Jul 2019 - May 2020

Appeared in Immigration Court for individual hearings, master calendar hearings, bond hearings, competency hearings, and conferences. Accompanied clients who appeared before USCIS for asylum interviews, naturalization interviews, and adjustment of status interviews. Drafted legal memoranda, motions to reopen, joint motions to reopen, motions for post-conviction relief, appellate briefs, writs of mandamus, and petitions for habeas corpus. Visited clients in detention facilities. Attended ICE check-ins with deportation officers. Performed intake. Show less

Supervising Attorney

• Aug 2015 - Jun 2019

Defended company through litigation in order to reduce overall no-fault insurance exposure. Developed legal division that utilizes proactive litigation against policyholders, who violate conditions of the no-fault contract, in order to reduce exposure. Managed and trained a legal team that handles a caseload of approximately seven hundred matters. Drafted pleadings, motions, reply papers, and proposed orders. Appeared in both New York Civil and Supreme Court for conferences and motion hearings. Argued appeals, arbitrated no-fault insurance claims, and conducted examinations under oath. Secured judgments that have saved ATIC in excess of five million dollars in liability. Negotiated settlement agreements that have reduced ATIC’s liability by over two million dollars. Show less

Staff Attorney

• Oct 2013 - Aug 2015

Legal Fellow

• Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

Reviewed tort case files and synthesized factual and legal information in order to decide if the respective files were eligible for tender to the New York City government for indemnification. Prepared tenders requesting indemnification. Reviewed tort case files and synthesized factual and legal information in order to decide if the respective files were eligible for tender to the New York City government for indemnification. Prepared tenders requesting indemnification.

Research Assistant to Professor David Reiss

• Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

Summarized litigation between the members of the banking industry and residential borrowers for a real estate blog, which tracks developments in the law and practices of the real estate finance industry. Summarized litigation between the members of the banking industry and residential borrowers for a real estate blog, which tracks developments in the law and practices of the real estate finance industry.

Clinic Intern

• Jan 2012 - May 2013

Represented individual seeking asylum in the United States. Prepared application for asylum and accompanying legal memorandum and affidavit. Conducted direct examination of client at asylum hearing in immigration court. Gathered evidence for client’s asylum hearing. Contacted and interviewed experts. Interviewed client on numerous occasions. Prepared application for client to obtain work authorization. Represented individual seeking asylum in the United States. Prepared application for asylum and accompanying legal memorandum and affidavit. Conducted direct examination of client at asylum hearing in immigration court. Gathered evidence for client’s asylum hearing. Contacted and interviewed experts. Interviewed client on numerous occasions. Prepared application for client to obtain work authorization.

Legal Intern

• Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

Worked in the Investor Protection Bureau. Conducted legal research and wrote legal memoranda pertaining to issues of discovery and settlement in the context of securities fraud litigation. Gathered and reviewed discovery documents. Digested depositions. Worked in the Investor Protection Bureau. Conducted legal research and wrote legal memoranda pertaining to issues of discovery and settlement in the context of securities fraud litigation. Gathered and reviewed discovery documents. Digested depositions.

Leagl Intern

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Conducted legal research and wrote legal memoranda pertaining to the admissibility of statements and identification evidence. Assisted with arraignments and discovery. Observed various criminal hearings and trials. Served and filed documents with defense counsel and courts. Conducted legal research and wrote legal memoranda pertaining to the admissibility of statements and identification evidence. Assisted with arraignments and discovery. Observed various criminal hearings and trials. Served and filed documents with defense counsel and courts.

Legal Intern

• Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

Drafted and revised various types of music publishing contract proposals. Reviewed e-mail correspondences in order to insert unique terms into each individual contract. Researched ideas for joint venture opportunities between the publishing company and other corporations. Drafted and revised various types of music publishing contract proposals. Reviewed e-mail correspondences in order to insert unique terms into each individual contract. Researched ideas for joint venture opportunities between the publishing company and other corporations.