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Licensed in New York for 25 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2000
No misconduct found
Location
The Bronx Defenders
860 Courtlandt Ave., Bronx, NY, 10451-4338
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Experience
Honors
2010
Kutak-Dodds Award, National Legal Aid and Defender Association
2003
Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowship, Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowship & Fund
2001
Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Award, The Legal Aid Society
2000
Skadden Fellowship,
Work Experience
2007 - Present
Managing Attorney, Civil Practice, The Bronx Defenders Office
2004 - Present
Reentry Net Director, The Bronx Defenders Office
2002 - 2007
Civil Action Project Director, The Bronx Defenders Office
2000 - 2002
Civil Staff Attorney, The Bronx Defenders Office
1999 - 2000
Law Clerk to Hon. Charles P. Sifton, Us District Court Southern District Of New York
Associations
2010 - Present
American Bar AssociationTask Force on Comprehensive Representation
2010 - Present
American Bar AssociationPadilla Task Force
2010 - Present
American Bar AssociationAdult Collateral Consequences Project, Advisory Board Member
2003 - 2009
New York State Bar AssociationCommittee member
2001 - 2008
New York City Bar AssociationCommittee member
Sample of Legal Cases
Brown v. Kelly, 05-CV-5442 (SAS) (THK)
Class Certification
Casale v. Kelly (No. 08 Civ. 2173 (SAS))
Class certification, contempt finding against City of New York
Education
1999
Yale Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1996
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Publications
2011
2009
ABA Criminal Justice magazine
From Arrest to Reintegration: A Model for Mitigating Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings
2007
41 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 245
Cross-Sector Collaboration in Reentry: Building an Infrastructure for Change
2006
30 N.Y.U. REV. L. & SOC. CHANGE 717
Public Benefits & Child Support Arrears, in Partners in Justice: A Colloquium on Developing Collaborations Among Courts, Law School Clinical Programs, and the Practicing Bar
2005
2003
37 J. OF POV. L. & POL’Y. 56
Bridging the Gap: A Practical Guide to Civil-Defender Collaboration