: About Me

I am a practicing private investment funds attorney in NYC with a significant pro bono practice in the areas of family law and special education litigation. I am interested in pursuing a career as a professor teaching legal writing.

My passion is ...

writing, singing and teaching.

I know too much about ...

dysfunctional families.

My parents always told me ...

to be self-sufficient.

My childhood ambition ...

to be happy.

My favorite memory ...

summer camp in Maine.

Why I write ...

to relax, to release and to share.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

anything with vampires.

My first job ...

a camp counselor.

My best moment ...

graduating law school.

My inspiration ...

my parents (all of them).

Jobs & Careers > Business & Professional Jobs Tips for new attorneys on what law school doesn't teach you

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While law schools certainly teach law students to "think like lawyers", law school is not the best training ground when it comes to teaching lawyers-to-be what to expect as new attorneys and the challenges they will inevitably face once they leave the comforting walls of academia.  After three years of law school, new attorneys can expect to know enough black letter law to pass their bar exams (if they study of course), they will know the ins and outs of how to write a persuasive legal brief, how to deliver an effective oral argument, and how to apply critical legal reasoning to any g...

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