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Amanda Freedberg Shapiro resume2016
- 1. AMANDA FREEDBERG- SHAPIRO 227Mulberry St. Apt. 5B | New York, NY 10012 | 914.419.5224 | Amanda.Freedberg.Shapiro@gmail.com EXPERIENCE SLOCHOWSKY & SLOCHOWSKY LLP, Brooklyn, NY March 2014-Present Attorney • Draft motions, answers, replies, surrender agreements, and opposition papers for landlord/tenant cases. • Draft Notice to Cures, Notices of Termination and Petitions for Holdover Proceedings. • Appear daily in housing court to negotiate and draft Stipulations of Settlement, argue motions, and conduct inquests. • Represent clients in abatement hearings, small claims trials, Surrogates Court, and Guardianship matters. COHEN&SIEGEL LLP, White Plains, NY September 2013-March 2014 Law Clerk • Drafted briefs, appeals, summations and rebuttals with regard to Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability (“SSD”)/Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) hearings. • Represented clients in SSD/SSI hearings. • Conducted intake interviews. ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE, New York, NY January 2013-April 2013 Legal Intern • Reviewed and analyzed documents pertaining to New York Education Law §2851 and §2852, including reply papers for on-going litigation and affidavits proving community input and support. • Researched private right of action and standing in education cases against members of a school board and charter- granting entities. • Drafted brief and letter in response to opposition to a motion. MANHATTAN LEGAL SERVICES, New York, NY August 2012-February 2013 Legal Intern with the Disability Advocacy Project and Special Education Unit • Drafted correspondence to the Department of Education and numerous public schools with a focus on the receipt of Individualized Education Plans, triennial evaluation and class profile requests. • Conducted research regarding various education matters and disability benefits, including children’s transportation rights, next of kin in SSD claims, and the improvement of the disability benefits waiting line. • Observed and participated in Superintendent Suspension Hearings, Manifestation Determination Review meetings and client interviews. DISTRICT COUNCIL 37, New York, NY January 2012-August 2012 Legal Intern in the Housing Unit of Municipal Employees Legal Service Plan • Drafted affirmations and memoranda of law in support of evidence production and non-primary residence cases. • Conducted legal research related to matters such as holdover and nonpayment cases. • Reviewed, conformed and filed Court Orders, such as orders to show cause in eviction proceedings. • Conducted intake with clients who were union members of DC 37 NY STATE SUPREME COURT, COMMERCIAL DIVISION, New York, NY June 2011-August 2011 Legal Intern to Senior Justice Charles E. Ramos • Conducted research and analysis of legal decisions, opinions, and statutes pertaining to the General Obligations Law, UCC and Statute of Frauds. • Reviewed motions and drafted legal decision regarding a Summary Judgment motion._____________________ BAR ADMISSION New York State, March 2014 MEMBERSHIP NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Member, November 2015 EDUCATION NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY Juris Doctor, May 2013 Awards: Public Service Certificate UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Madison, WI Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, May 2009