Professional Work History

Impartial Hearing Officer (1995 ? present)

Preside over due process administrative hearings between parents and New York State school districts involving special education issues. Responsible for fact-finding and issuing decisions of law. Conducted over several hundred hearings.

Panel Member: New York City Contract Dispute Resolution Board (March 2012 ? present)

Hear final appeal in resolution process contained in New York City contracts for construction, goods and services.
Director, Child Care Law Project: Lawyers Alliance for New York

Developed and supervised a legal support program to represent and advise child care organizations on incorporation, tax exemption, human resource issues, employee discipline, employment discrimination, employment contracts and manuals, real estate, risk management, contracts, tax compliance, confidentiality and child abuse.

Legal Consultant (1986-1991); Assistant General Counsel (1981-1986): Victim Services, Inc.

Advised Executive Director and General Counsel on legal and policy issues including real estate, human resources, and litigation strategy concerning domestic violence and child abuse matters. Drafted employer personnel policies and manual. Litigation responsibilities included representing the corporation at hearings before the NLRB, the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Division of Human Rights as well as in Criminal and Family Courts in support of victim?s rights.

Associate: Gould & Reimer (1980 - 1981)

Represented clients in a wide array of civil litigation in a small general practice firm. Areas of practice included real estate, domestic relations, defamation, immigration, employment and trusts and estates.