Miami, Florida, United States
I am an attorney with four years of litigation experience in the field of labor and employment law. Barred in Florida and New York.
• Independently manage a caseload of twenty-five actions by drafting motions to dismiss or answers, conducting fact witness interviews, attending oral argument, proceeding through all stages of document discovery as well as taking and defending depositions, drafting motions for summary judgment, and participating in settlement negotiations • Gaining exposure to a diverse array of employment law subject matter such as federal, state, and local discrimination statutes, wage and hour, medical leave, and labor law statutes, and local agency regulations
• Drafted decisions on motions to dismiss, summary judgment, default, injunctive and equitable relief on areas of the law including labor, class actions, landlord-tenant, personal injury, and contracts • Conducted discovery conferences to ensure each matter was timely moving forward and to resolve disputes between the parties • Helped with daily tasks of running the Part such as reviewing stipulations and addressing a variety concerns or questions from parties via email
• Prepared eight succinct research memoranda on mostly procedural topics, such as: the permissibility to exclude a parent/co-plaintiff from daughter’s deposition, the validity in sending service of process to a defendant’s employer, and methods to compel employee to return files taken from employer in anticipation of litigation • Compiled 50-state survey on pay equity laws, summarizing the legal standards, statutes of limitations, and relief available • Participated in and transcribed interview of two fact witnesses involving a workplace race discrimination claim