Nicole Feit

Supervising Attorney at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
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(386) 825-5501
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Professional working proficiency
  • French Professional working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Connecticut State Bar
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  • New York State Bar
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Experience

    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Supervising Attorney
      • May 2021 - Present

    • Staff Attorney
      • Feb 2014 - Present

      Represent victims of domestic violence in immigration and family law matters. Develop immigration practice focusing on remedies for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Prepare VAWA self-petitions, battered spouse waivers, u visa petitions, asylum and naturalization applications. Litigate Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) in family and immigration court, defend clients in removal proceedings. Litigate family court matters, including obtaining orders of protection, custody and child support orders, as well as seeking remedies under the Hague Convention and UCCJEA. Develop and execute training materials and supervise attorneys in immigration matters. Show less

    • Senior Staff Attorney of Immigration
      • Dec 2018 - May 2021

    • Senior Associate
      • Oct 2006 - Feb 2014

      Senior associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department and a member of the Business Trial Group and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Feit has a general litigation practice with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, including patent infringement and FCPA matters. Senior associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department and a member of the Business Trial Group and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Feit has a general litigation practice with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, including patent infringement and FCPA matters.

    • Judicial Extern
      • Jan 2005 - May 2005

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Legal Intern
      • Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

      Under supervision of staff attorney, obtained asylum grants for an Albanian woman in a gender-persecution claim, a Cameroonian seeking political asylum detained in the Queens Detention Facility, and a Kurdish Syrian seeking political asylum. Prepared and presented case-in-chief before an immigration judge, drafted memoranda and supporting affidavits, gathered and authenticated evidence, interviewed clients, researched country conditions, and translated client’s submissions from French to English. Show less

    • Paralegal
      • Sep 1998 - Aug 2002

      Drafted arbitration decisions in German, French and English for claims submitted by Holocaust survivors and their relatives to assets in Swiss bank accounts that were dormant since 1945. Researched issues relating to the history of the Holocaust, inheritance laws of various countries, drafted correspondence and supervised Claims Panel arbitration sessions. Drafted arbitration decisions in German, French and English for claims submitted by Holocaust survivors and their relatives to assets in Swiss bank accounts that were dormant since 1945. Researched issues relating to the history of the Holocaust, inheritance laws of various countries, drafted correspondence and supervised Claims Panel arbitration sessions.

Education

  • Pace University School of Law
    Juris Doctor, summa cum laude
    2003 - 2006
  • The George Washington University
    B.A., cum laude, Political Communications, French Language and Literature
    1994 - 1998
  • University of Zurich, School of Law
    N/A, Law
    2002 - 2003

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