Legal Experience

January 1989 - Present:                                         
Principal Court Attorney for the Hon. Damian J. Amodeo, Dutchess County Family Court Judge and Acting Supreme Court Justice, Poughkeepsie, New York

• Confer with and advise the Judge on legal issues.
• Research and analyze complex and sensitive legal issues.
• Prepare memoranda with recommendations for the Judge.
• Draft decisions, orders, correspondence and other written material.
• Confer with lawyers on legal and factual issues.
• Review legal documents filed in connection with cases.
• Conduct conferences with litigants and attorneys to resolve cases or to clarify issues.

January 1986 - December 1988:
Consulting Attorney, Battered Women’s Services, Poughkeepsie, New York

January 1984 - December 1988:
Single arbitrator and panel member for the Arbitration Program
Dutchess County Supreme and County Court, Poughkeepsie, New York

 July 1980 - June 1983:
Managing Attorney, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York,
Poughkeepsie, New York

 August 1975 - July 1980:
Staff Attorney, Mid-Hudson Legal Services, Inc., Monticello, New York

Bar Admissions

• New York State, 1976
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1976
• United States District Court, Northern District of New York, 1979
• United States Supreme Court, 1980

Publications
Principal author: Dutchess County Domestic Violence Bench Manual for Town and Village Judges. Click here to view the bench manual.

Education
New York University School of Law Juris Doctor, June 1975
Cornell University Bachelor of Science, June 1970