Negotiate, draft, and review a high volume of commercial and sponsored research contracts on behalf of 26 CUNY institutions, with a focus on risk management, compliance, intellectual property and data privacy protection.
Collaborate with project investigators, government officials, professors, grants officers and college administrators.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2023
9 years
New York, United States
Consultant
Network for Public Education
Researched, drafted and edited reports regarding national school issues.
Administrated social media accounts.
Jan 2008 - Present
17 years 11 months
Sands Point, United States
Attorney and Guardian
Diane M. Venezia, Esq.
Advocate for NYS public school students; research and negotiate all aspects of IEP, 504 and BIP plans.
Court-appointed Guardian to manage ward’s complex medical needs, estate and property.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2010
4 years
Port Washington, United States
Marketing Manager
Unlimited Sports Action
Developed and implemented plans for start-up business.
Streamlined filing systems.
Created forms and advertisements.
Jan 1996 - Dec 1998
3 years
New York, United States
Educational Specialist
Lexis-Nexis
Taught legal research to professors and students at several New York law schools.
Developed and coordinated legal writing curriculum with Deans and Librarians.
Advised professors on research projects.
Jan 1995 - Dec 1996
2 years
New York, United States
Litigation Associate
Melito and Adolfsen
Drafted and argued motions, drafted memoranda of law, appellate briefs, and affidavits.
Participated in depositions, court conferences, document reviews, settlement negotiations and witness preparations.
Jan 1993 - Dec 1995
3 years
New York, United States
Research Assistant
Dean David Rudenstine, Cardozo School of Law
Researched, drafted, and edited 1996 Pulitzer Prize nominated book, The Day the Presses Stopped: A History of the Pentagon Papers Case by David Rudenstine, University of California Press.
Jan 1993 - Dec 1995
3 years
United States
Law Clerk
Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, U.S. District Court
Assessed, drafted, and edited decisions on appeal from Agent Orange litigation under Special Master Richland.
Languages
English
Native
Education
Oct 1992 - May 1995
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Juris Doctor · Law · New York, United States
Oct 1987 - May 1991
University at Albany, State University of New York
Bachelor of Arts · Anthropology · Albany, United States