About
I am an attorney with 13 years of experience helping clients design creative solutions to their legal problems. I represent adults in family court and divorce matters. I also help institutions of higher education to build their Title IX-compliant misconduct proceedings, and I serve as hearing officer, procedural advisor, appeals board chair, and investigator. As an attorney for children, I represent children in abuse, neglect, custody, and divorce proceedings.
Admission Details
- 2009, New York
Education
- Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY Juris Doctorate, 2008
- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Bachelor’s Degree, cum laude, 2002
Professional Experience
- Title IX Hearing Officer, Advisor, and Investigator
As hearing officer, conduct hearings and make determinations of responsibility for allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and relationship violence made by and against students, employees, and faculty. Serve as university-assigned procedural advisor. Conduct investigations and draft reports.
- Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Attorney for the Child
Represent children in abuse, neglect, juvenile delinquent, divorce, custody, and family offense matters.
- City of Syracuse, Bureau of Administrative Adjudication
Administrative Law Judge, Appeals Panel
Hear and make determination on appeals of decisions of property owners in connection with housing violations.
- Assigned Counsel for Mental Hygiene Legal Services
Represent convicted sex offenders in Mental Hygiene Law Article 10 annual review of confinement.
- Hiscock Legal Aid Society
Senior Attorney
Represented clients in Onondaga Family Court and Supreme Court in divorce, custody, family offense, neglect, and child support proceedings, represented claimants in unemployment insurance benefits administrative law hearings, and represented tenants in summary eviction proceedings in Syracuse City Court. Supervised law students.
Community Engagement
- Councilor for the Third District, Syracuse Common Council
- Central New York Women’s Bar Association
Past President; Past Chair, Pro Bono Projects; Co-Chair, Judicial Screening Committee - Onondaga County Bar Association
Past Co-Chair, Family Law Section - Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central New York 2013—present
Past Board of Directors; Member, Long Range Planning Committee; Volunteer Attorney - Human Rights Commissioner, Tompkins County
Selected Conference Presentations
- “Family Offenses and Custody.” Family and Matrimonial Law Update. New York State Bar Association. September 2018.
- “Coercive Control and its Impact on Family Offense and Custody Matters.” Legal Assistance Partnership Conference. New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). Albany, NY, September 2016.
- “Family and Matrimonial Law.” Central New York Women’s Bar Association and Volunteer Lawyer’s Project Annual Volunteer Training. Syracuse, NY, December 2015.
- “The Intersection of Housing Law with Family and Matrimonial Law.” Volunteer Lawyer’s Project. Syracuse, NY. April 2014.
