Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
    • J.D. – 1973
  • New York University, New York, New York
    • B.S. – 1964
    • Major: English
  • New York University, New York, New York
    • M.A. – 1966
    • Major: English
  • National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Boulder, Colorado – June, 1976

Representative Cases

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association, Committee on Women in the Law and Corrections Sub Committee
  • New York City Civil Court, Small Claims Part, Volunteer Arbitrator
  • Committee to Free Battered Women, Chair
  • WomenCare, Inc., Founding Member, Board of Directors & Treasurer
  • New York State Criminal Justice Alliance, Steering Committee

Past Employment Positions

  • Aids Center of Queens County, Director, Legal Services Program, November,1998-Present
  • Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, Senior Attorney, Director of Development, Fall 1976-July 1998
  • Harlem Legal Services, Family Law Unit-Director, September 1973-September 1976
  • New York City Board of Education, Teacher of Secondary School English and English as a second language, September 1964-June, 1970