Experience

Essex Newark Legal Services

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Attorney for Housing Unit

  • Sep 2020 - Present

• Staff Attorney - Housing Unit

  • Aug 2019 - Present

   Represent tenants throughout Essex County providing legal advice and counseling; case investigation, drafting legal documents; direct representation of clients in Housing and Administrative proceedings; filing affirmative litigation; and working with tenant associations to provide education and empowerment of those organization. Provide Right-to-Counsel representation to low-income Newark residents facing eviction in court. Handled a full caseload (consist of ten (10) cases per week) of representation in non-payment, holdover, marini violations, and fair housing violations. Interact regularly in a professional settling with clients and prospective clients. Conduct and oversee clients’ intake and investigation. Travel as required for litigation, client interaction or policy advocacy. Train, mentor, and supervise attorneys and interns on Landlord-Tenant matters. Show less



Office of the Public Defenders - Office of Law Guardian (OLG)

• Pool Attorney

  • Dec 2016 - Aug 2019

   Review child abuse and/or neglect cases within the family court system to assist with the child’s representation in court, to present the child's wishes to the judge, and help protect the child's interests throughout the legal proceedings.  Represent private clients in Family Court on all aspects of child protective proceedings, including but not limited to, OSC, ROSC, Fact Finding Trials, and Permanency Hearing.  Draft legal documents, including pleadings and motions in family court matters involving allegations of abuse and neglect against parents or other caregivers, or in cases involving possible termination of parental rights.  Conduct visits, interview, and observe children in custody of the Division who resides with a foster family, interface with the foster families in the foster home environment, and collect information from home visit interviews with children and foster parents in preparation of hearings. Show less



Law Office of Sharie A. Robinson

• Sole Practitioner

  • May 2016 - Aug 2019

  Represent clients on a full range of estate planning, elder law, family law, and real estate matters with a focus on advancing and protecting the clients' interests by providing expert legal counsel and sophisticated legal strategies. § Handle a variety of family law matters including divorce, custody, and child support matters, assisting parties reach an agreement amongst themselves, and when not possible representing clients effectively in the courtroom. §Prepare and draft estate planning documents by meeting with clients to assess their assets, craft solutions that fit their unique needs, and develop estate planning documents that protect their wealth and accomplish their varied goals. § Serve as a Guardian Ad Litem appointed by the NYC Housing Court on behalf of incapacitated adults, advocating and intervening on their behalf to prevent eviction. § Conduct and oversee all aspects of residential real estate transactions, from conducting the client’s intake and reviewing the property inspection documents, to handling the negotiations and closing proceedings. § Prepare and draft pre-hearing, on-the-record, and post-hearing briefs for individuals denied benefits for Social Security, and represent claimants at their disability hearing. Show less



Manes & Weinberg

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Needs Attorney

  • Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

  Provide a full range of estate planning, elder law, and fiduciary services, including preparing wills, power of attorney, living wills, beneficiary designations, and trust instruments with a focus on Special Needs Trust. § Represent clients in petitioning court for adult guardianships matters, as well as minors with special needs seeking independence and protection. §Counsel clients on Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security regulation for long term care planning for elderly clients, designing strategies to help clients qualify for benefits, and preserve and protect assets from nursing home and long-term care costs. § Review client’s existing trust instruments for compliance with state and federal regulation for public benefits. Show less



Norrie & Associates

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • May 2015 - Jul 2016

  Advised and counseled clients on a wide range of estate planning, guardianship, elder law, special needs trusts, and real estate matters on behalf of a regional boutique law firm. Provided tailored services to individuals and families seeking to secure the future of their wealth and assets, including preparation of wills, powers of attorneys, living wills, beneficiary designations, trust instruments, and Special Needs Trusts. Drafted petitions for appointment of guardianship for minors and disabled adults, prepared inventories and accounting for annual reports, managed incapacitated adult’s trust account, and served as a court-appointed attorney for minor children and elderly adults. Created first party and third party special needs trust for minors and adults designed to preserve their eligibility for government benefits, and reviewed existing special needs trusts for compliance with Medicaid and Social Security regulations. Assisted individuals and families with the legal and financial issues brought on by aging, chronic illness and disability to obtain long-term care planning including Medicaid and veteran's benefits, prepared and filed Medicaid application, and attended fair hearings for Medicaid eligible applicants. Conducted accounting of estates, opened estates for the administration of the decedent’s assets and distribution of funds to beneficiary, and performed legal research on matters pertaining to estate, gift, generation-beneficiary designation, and capital gains tax for property transfer. Represented buyers, sellers, and lender son residential property transactions, and prepared and reviewed purchase and sale agreements for new homes, as well as tenant lease agreements. Show less



NJ Department of Health & Senior Services

• Associate Attorney - Contract

  • Oct 2010 - Feb 2014

  Represented adjudicated incapacitated elderly adults on guardianship, real estate, landlord-tenant, and foreclosure matters. § Handled pre-Medicaid planning matters, including crisis management for medically needy clients that required Medicaid urgently, and defended clients denied Medicaid benefits by attending fair hearing before administrative law judges, and helping secure Social Security benefits and disability benefits. § Reviewed, drafted, and modified nursing home admission agreements in an effort to protect the client’s rights, and performed legal research and prepared legal memoranda on Medicaid and Medicare issues, nursing home regulations, and state agency regulations. § Conducted intake screening of prospective clients through analysis of pleadings submitted by parties. § Managed and trained department staff on relevant state regulations, as well as company policy and procedures. § Handled real estate transactions and closing for clients. Collaborated with financial institutions and investment companies to obtain financial information on clients’ behalf. Show less



Essex-Newark Legal Services-Health Law Division

• Volunteer Attorney

  • Apr 2010 - Oct 2010

  Responsible for serving the legal interests of indigent clients that are denied or terminated Medicare or Medicaid services; Research legal issues for memoranda and correspondences; interviewed clients for possible legal representation. Responsible for serving the legal interests of indigent clients that are denied or terminated Medicare or Medicaid services; Research legal issues for memoranda and correspondences; interviewed clients for possible legal representation.



Morris County Courthouse

• Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Deanne M. Wilson

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2008

  Analyze and summarize motions for complex commercial and environmental matters which included expansive recommendations for resolution; draft memoranda on complex issues; perform advanced legal research; interact and correspond with counsel on a wide variety of issues; a Certified Mediator required to mediate small claims and landlord-tenant matters. Analyze and summarize motions for complex commercial and environmental matters which included expansive recommendations for resolution; draft memoranda on complex issues; perform advanced legal research; interact and correspond with counsel on a wide variety of issues; a Certified Mediator required to mediate small claims and landlord-tenant matters.



American International Group-AIG Environmental

• Business Analyst

  • Sep 2000 - Jul 2004

  Prepared monthly and quarterly sales and product level reports for Senior Management Monitored revenues by product line and environmental underwriters Trained underwriters on various environmental coverage and system applications Determined potential gain/loss cost for various lines of business Led several Quote/Bind (underwriting system) application-training sessions and addressed users’ concerns Reconcile and collected Pro Rata and Excess Of Loss ceded reinsurance balances in the environmental department by product Responsible for gathering, analyzing & documenting business requirements for application development Show less