Juris Doctorate, Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law,
Bachelors of Arts in
Sociology & Legal Studies, City
Certified NYS Real Estate
Instructor, NY State Division of Licensing
Services, December 2002
Certified Netware Engineer,
Novell, 1994
Dean's
Academic Merit Scholarship, 1999 – 2000, 2001 - 2002
Heyman
Scholar, 1999 – 2000, 2001 - 2002
American
Corporate Counsel Association Allan Ferman Scholarship, 2002
Association
of Black Women Attorneys Scholarship, 2001
C.
Bainbridge Smith Fellowship Award, 2001
Graduated
cum laude and Dean's List, 1998
Dean's
List, 1995-1998
Martin Luther King, Jr. Full
Academic Scholarship, 1988 – 1990
LANOP,
Merit Scholarship, 1993 – 1994
Ø
Extensive Legal Research using proprietary and general
internet resources, as well as traditional paper media
Ø
Substantive research in sociology and psychology,
including statistics usage
Solo
Practitioner/Attorney-at-Law, 2004 –
Present,
Handle small private client load with
focus on business start-ups for small businesses and non-profit organizations;
tax advice and preparation; real estate transactions
Adjunct Professor, July
2003 - Present
DeVry Institute,
Courses:
Legal, Ethical & Political Dimensions of Business, Negotiations, Business
Law
Professor, January
2003 - Present
Courses: Introduction to Law,
Contracts, Torts, Business Law, Ethics, Criminal Law, Domestic Relations,
Litigation, Real Property, Freshman Seminar, Office Practice & Procedures
-Also act as Moot Court Judge, serve on
Curriculum Committee and lead Paralegal Career Advisement workshop and assist
in ABA Approval compliance
Instructor,
December 2002 – Present
Legal
Assistants Corporation,
Seminars: Bankruptcy, General
Corporate “Housekeeping”, Intellectual Property and Cite-Checking/Bluebooking
Adjunct Professor and Advisory Committee Member,
July 2001 - Present
Courses: Computers and the Law,
Ethics, General Corporate “Housekeeping”*, Securities Regulation*,
Antitrust/Hart-Scott-Rodino*, Mergers & Acquisitions*, Uniform Commercial
Code/ Article 9*, Bankruptcy*, Intellectual Property/Trademark*, Mutual
Funds/’40 Act*,
(*these
classes are part of the Advanced Corporate Practice program that I
developed)
- Also assist in other Continuing Studies
curricula development.
Adjunct Professor, April
2002 – December 2003
Courses: International Business Law;
Computerized Legal Applications & Research (includes application of entire
Microsoft Office suite)
- Also assisted in
Assistant Supervisor, Operations Group, November
1999 – Present (part-time/on-call)
Skadden Arps Slate
Meagher & Flom LLP,
Duties: Manage workflow and assign paralegals; also do same for
Word Processing group and some “Help Desk” functions when needed;
"problem" resolution; heavy attorney contact; perform some research,
train new paralegals, cite-checking and related tasks when work is unusually
heavy; assess and proactively deal with employee obstacles.
Paralegal/Interim Coordinator, February 1998 – November 1999
Phillips Nizer Benjamin
Krim & Ballon LLP,
Duties: general corporate housekeeping, SEC filings (w/ EDGAR);
corporate finance; M&A; real estate; research on LEXIS, WESTLAW, CBD
Infotek, LIVEDGAR, FreeEdgar; U.C.C.; drafted some agreements & audit
letters; some corporate litigation; interim coordinator duties included
paralegal hiring, supervision & training.
Domestic Violence Housing Specialist and Paralegal, April 1997 – November
1997
Duties: arranged pre-litigious housing settlements for domestic
violence clients; screened domestic violence shelter residents for housing as
well as provided referrals for other services; act as liaison to government
agencies; corporate housekeeping of parent corporation & subsidiaries; for-
and non-profit entity formation; real estate closings; drafted petitions,
motions, pleadings & other related documents; had heavy contact with
adversarial parties.
Real Estate
Salesperson/Broker, 1989 - 1996
L. Walters Realty, Brooklyn, New York,
(sole proprietorship from 1994-1996)
Homestead Network Realtor,
Rental
and management of residential and commercial properties throughout
Contractual/Freelance Tax
Preparer, 1994 – Present
Individual and small business tax preparation; sometimes
contract with H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt and other independent tax
preparers.
Lead
Computer Operator/ Shift Supervisor, September 1988 – June 1993
Chemical Bank (now J.P.
Morgan Chase),
Duties: Supervised data entry
operators; ran batch job processing, ACH & wire transfers.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2002
Course: Legal Research; worked directly under the Director of Legal Writing
Research Assistant, Summer 2000
Assisted Editors in
updating treatise, Corbin on Contracts.
Collected and analyzed current cases on breach of contract,
specifically, cases mounted on theories of promissory estoppel
Teaching Assistant, Fall 1998, Spring 1999
Course: Courtroom Communication
Ø Securities Regulation
and the Use of the Internet in Securities Activities: Pre-emption of
Paternalism or Increasing the Fleecing?
Ø People for
Reparations Relief: A Reality-Based Moot Petition
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Ø Interboro Institute:
Developing advanced practicum course series in corporate and litigation
paralegal practice for last semester students and recent graduates.
American Bar
Association Association of the Bar of the City of
Nat’l Federation of Paralegal Associations Association For Conflict Resolution
The following may be
contacted as references and will send a letter upon request:
David
Rudenstine, Dean & Dr. Herman George & Kate Kaiser Prof. of Const. Law
(212) 790-0310
Janine Ferraro, J.D., Dir.
of Paralegal & Professional Programs
1 University Plaza
(718) 488-1066
Arthur Jacobson, Max
Freund Professor of Litigation and Advocacy
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (address
above)
(212) 790-0218
Leslie Newman, Associate Professor and Director
of Legal Writing
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (address
above)
(212) 790-0323
Peter Lushing,
Professor of Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law (address above)
(212) 790-0268
Dr. James A. Malone,
Professor of Counseling
(212) 237-8137
Anita K. Yeung, Senior Trademark & Copyright
Counsel
Colgate-Palmolive Company
212-310-2122
Dr. Lee Alan Morrow, Supervisor
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
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(212) 735-2924