LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston, Massachusetts
Staff Attorney, June 2002 to December 2004
- Served as an eviction defense attorney in the Housing Unit.
- Enhanced litigation skills through direct interaction with clients and opposing counsel while arguing in hearings, conferences, and through alternative dispute resolution.
- Conducted significant legal research and writing for motions, complaints, and memoranda.
- Argued several motions and served as lead counsel during a bench trial.
O’Neill & Borges, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Summer Associate, May to August 2000
- Rotated within the Corporate, Litigation, and Labor Departments.
- Performed extensive legal research and prepared memoranda on various substantive and procedural issues, including arbitration, administrative law, environmental law, corporate securities and regulations, antitrust, federal tax, and Puerto Rico property law.
Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Boston, Massachusetts
John William Ward Fellow, June to August 1994
- Worked in the Domestic Violence Unit of Chelsea District Court as a Victim/Witness Advocate.
- Interviewed the victims/witnesses for the Assistant District Attorneys. Assisted victims of domestic violence with restraining orders and answered their questions about the court proceedings.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Overseer for Agassiz Village, a summer camp in Maine for disadvantaged children from Boston.
- Advisory Board Member for the Latino After-School Initiative in Boston, MA
- Big Brothers of Massachusetts.
EDUCATION
Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
Juris Doctor, May 2001
- International Law Journal
- Boston Latin School Alumni Mentoring Program
- Resident Assistant
- Tutor at the Boston Native American Community Center
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in History, May 1998
Minor in Political Science and Latin American Studies
- Commonwealth College Honors Program
- Commonwealth Scholar
- Dean’s List
- Varsity Baseball Team
- UMass Athletic Council Honor Roll
- Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Golden Key National Honor Society
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Massachusetts
New York
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish
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