Experience

National Center for Law and Economic Justice
• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Staff Attorney

  • Sep 2021 - Present


The Bronx Defenders

• United States
• Legal Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Equal Justice Works Fellow

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2021

  Working to end the use of driver's license suspensions as punishment for non-payment of traffic fines and developing a DMV practice to represent individuals who cannot afford their traffic fines. Working to end the use of driver's license suspensions as punishment for non-payment of traffic fines and developing a DMV practice to represent individuals who cannot afford their traffic fines.


United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
• Legal Clerk

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019


Criminal Justice Policy Program, Harvard Law School

• Public Policy

• Legal Fellow

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  Assigned and reviewed student work on criminal justice debt and prosecutorial reform for the Program’s seminar; planned and assisted in leading a judicial retreat for Arkansas judges interested in criminal justice debt reform, which included developing relationships with community groups in Arkansas, conducting legal research, and drafting policy recommendations; wrote bench cards and trained judges in North Carolina in practices related to imposing and enforcing fines and fees; wrote policy letters, memoranda, press releases, and articles on criminal justice debt reform; conducted interviews with reform-minded prosecutors and drafted memoranda on potential projects on prosecutorial reform.



NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Clinical Student

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Planned and held community meetings in Alabama to understand ongoing concerns with school system still under a post-Brown v. Board of Education desegregation order. Planned and held community meetings in Alabama to understand ongoing concerns with school system still under a post-Brown v. Board of Education desegregation order.



Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

• Ella Baker Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Wrote memoranda and legal briefs on issues of racial justice, including an appeal of a denied FOIA request, arguing for the release of documents related to government surveillance of the Black Lives Matter movement. Wrote memoranda and legal briefs on issues of racial justice, including an appeal of a denied FOIA request, arguing for the release of documents related to government surveillance of the Black Lives Matter movement.



Brooklyn Defender Services

• Clinical Student

  • Oct 2015 - May 2016

  Drafted motions to dismiss, including a motion challenging a New York statute as unconstitutional as applied under the Second Amendment; assisted in interviewing and representing clients for arraignment hearings. Drafted motions to dismiss, including a motion challenging a New York statute as unconstitutional as applied under the Second Amendment; assisted in interviewing and representing clients for arraignment hearings.



Federal Defenders of New York

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Assisted in trial preparation, including preparing client to testify and drafting proposed jury instructions; drafted numerous motions, including a motion to dismiss on vagueness grounds and a motion for closure; interviewed clients. Assisted in trial preparation, including preparing client to testify and drafting proposed jury instructions; drafted numerous motions, including a motion to dismiss on vagueness grounds and a motion for closure; interviewed clients.



ACLU

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Paralegal, Racial Justice Program

  • Oct 2011 - Jun 2014

  Conducted statistical analyses, including in preparation for the filing of Adkins v. Morgan Stanley, which is attempting to hold the secondary-mortgage market accountable for foreclosure disparities under the Fair Housing Act; researched and wrote memoranda, including an analysis on the disparate impact of stand-your-ground laws on Black and Hispanic males. Conducted statistical analyses, including in preparation for the filing of Adkins v. Morgan Stanley, which is attempting to hold the secondary-mortgage market accountable for foreclosure disparities under the Fair Housing Act; researched and wrote memoranda, including an analysis on the disparate impact of stand-your-ground laws on Black and Hispanic males.


Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Legal Assistant

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

Law Office of Attorney Bruce Temkin
• Legal Intern

  • 2005 - 2008