This document is a resume for Amanda J. Moronta that outlines her education and legal experience. She has a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from UMass Lowell, a Bachelor's degree in Criminology from Merrimack College, and an Associate's degree in Criminal Justice from Middlesex Community College. Currently, she works as a Paralegal at the Law Office of Meridith Gregory-Gallant, where she performs various administrative and legal support tasks. Previously, she held positions at IWP Injured Workers Pharmacy, CVS pharmacy, and Dunkin Donuts.
6/18/2019
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Week 3
Criminal and Civil Law
In Week 2, you learned how laws are created. This week, the focus will be more specific to
criminal and civil law. In order to promote justice and fairness, laws are established to
punish certain behaviors in a consistent manner. In healthcare specifically, punishable
behaviors could include failure to provide a reasonable standard of care, deliberate actions
such as improper coding and billing for services provided, or failure to obtain consent for
medical procedures. Punishments include fines and/or imprisonment. Violations of
criminal law are public cases between the government and an individual or group (e.g.,
“The People vs…”). A criminal case can also arise from violations of administrative laws,
which are regulations established by government agencies. Criminal cases are commonly
known as either a felony—a serious crime requiring a minimum of a year of imprisonment
—or a misdemeanor, a less serious time requiring fines and time served up to one year.
Civil law pertains to disputes between one entity and another. The two major categories
in civil law are tort (harm done to others) and contract law. A tort can result from
intentional acts such as battery or fraud, or through unintentional and careless acts such
as negligence. A contract is an oral or written agreement between two or more parties.
Violations of contract law can occur from failing to uphold one’s part in an agreement,
otherwise known as a breach of contract. Civil cases can be initiated by private as well as
public parties (Annas, 1995; Erstad, 2018; Legal Information Institute, n.d.). It is becoming
more common for cases to involve both criminal and civil proceedings. The U.S.
Department of Justice began pursuing criminal investigations by paralleling civil
investigations in cases of corporate fraud. An example of a case where both criminal and
civil charges were sought is when Tenet Healthcare Corporation hospitals paid kickbacks
to Hispanic Medical Management for maternity referrals. The structure of the referral
process resulted in improper Medicaid eligibility determination and billing practices
(Schencker, 2015).
You learned in the first week that the organizational environment can either discourage or
encourage unethical actions—actions that could lead to civil or criminal sanctions.
Competent, ethical, and engaged chief executive officers (CEOs) are essential to
“developing a culture that fosters employee voice and upward communication” (Adelman,
2012, p. 133). Adelman (2012) asserts CEOs who prioritized consistent visibility and
https://ncuone.ncu.edu/d2l/home/143543
6/18/2019
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Books and Resources for this Week
Hamilton, E. C., Pham, D. H., Minzenmayer, A.
N., Austin, M. T., Lally, K. P., Tsao, K., &
Kawaguchi, A. L. (2018, January). Healthcare
delivery...
Link
availability to employees encourage open communication and trust- and
relationship-building. CEOs are also key pl.
September 7, 2016
Far too many people across the country are left dead, injured, or traumatized by community violence. Communities can be safer when neuroscience, public health strategies, and collective advocacy are aligned in practice and policy. This event convened experts to discuss the best next steps to fostering a broad science-informed advocacy movement to effectively address community violence.
Panelists
- Michelle Bosquet Enlow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Associate in Psychology, Boston Children's Hospital; Affiliated Faculty, Harvard University Center on the Developing Child
- Shannon Cosgrove, MPH, Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
- Fatimah Loren Muhammad, Director, Trauma Advocacy Initiative, Equal Justice USA
- Charles Homer, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Moderator: Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, Senior Fellow in Law and Neuroscience, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and Petrie-Flom Center; Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Teaching Faculty in the Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program and for the Doctoral School Psychology Program, William James College; Faculty at the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; and Senior Associate for the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Learn more on the website: http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/battling-blood-in-the-streets.
Business Law and EthicsStudent’s NameInstitutionalTawnaDelatorrejs
Business Law and Ethics
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliate
Date
1. Which contract law applies to this case: UCC or common law and why? Provide your analysis of each contract law and why the one you selected applies.
Common law usage for contract services, real estate, insurance, natural works, employment, quantity, cost, contract time. With common law, oral or written contracts are both permitted, making them more flexible.
The statute of limitations may thus be about six years with the contracts of common law. Only if a death occurs or the subject matter is discarded. However, punitive damages are not permitted if fraud occurs.
The Uniform Trade Code (UCC) includes elements of the sale of commodities and physical items commercial transactions simply specifying quantities in terms of contracts. With UCC, a contract is valid at no cost and is irreversible when a deal is concluded.
However, the status of restrictions is only less than 4 years short-term than under common law. UCC permits discharge if there are no performance activities between the parties. In the event of fraud, UCC prevents injustice by the right title for suppliers who buy products.
In this instance, uniform commercial code is easy to implement (UCC). First of all, the sale of real estate costing more than $500, therefore it must be possible to apply the contract in writing. Secondly, while a revision in the sales contract following negotiations lowered sales prices to $380,000 instead of $400,000, the adjustment still leaves 500 $ far off and must be legitimate in writing. Third, undertaking the fair in order to prevent unfairness, any ownership transfers to real estate or real estate, under the Fraud and UCC status, must be legal in writing in order for the employment of fraud to occur. The Court may examine not only legal contracts but also enforceable contracts, not contractual conditions.
2. What is the court likely to rule on the breach of contract claim? And why?
"Myra will not answer quickly, but on 5 May Myra will send Nic a document at its office that contains further terms and conditions for the sale of the property but does not specify a price." In her contract, Myra made no mention of price, time, only extra terms of selling real estate. While consideration under the UCC contract is not necessary, it may be canceled if an excessive amount of time is allowed or refused. In this instance, Myra did not answer quickly, and after 4 days, she continued to act. When she had, however, delivered the formal contract, she offered Nic (5 May until 10:00 am 6 May) an unacceptable period to execute an act of acceptance or rejection (Jenkins, 2014).
Within the UCC contract, the change has to be in discussion in writing, any oral contract is not legal, so that their telephone notification is canceled.
Last but not least, the formality of written material in commercial contracts requires that its form be signed by parties to a written contract against which a person wh ...
Essex, nathan l. sexual violence and public schools nfeasj v33 n4 2015William Kritsonis
Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, Editor-in-Chief, NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS (Founded 1982). Dr. Kritsonis has served as an elementary school teacher, elementary and middle school principal, superintendent of schools, director of student teaching and field experiences, professor, author, consultant, and journal editor. Dr. Kritsonis has considerable experience in chairing PhD dissertations and master thesis and has supervised practicums for teacher candidates, curriculum supervisors, central office personnel, principals, and superintendents. He also has experience in teaching in doctoral and masters programs in elementary and secondary education as well as educational leadership and supervision. He has earned the rank as professor at three universities in two states, including successful post-tenure reviews.
150 words agree or disagree to each questionQ1. Issues a.docxherminaprocter
150 words agree or disagree to each question?
Q1.
Issues and trends in the recent years that I feel lies within criminal justice pertains to local law enforcement, and federal law enforcement, which is excessive use of force and unnecessary use of deadly force while on the job. The third topic is why officer seem to target or profile these individuals based off age, gender, and race.
Law enforcement officers (LEO) and federal law enforcement officers are hired to serve and protect citizens of the United States. These individuals that work in this occupation are sworn to protect. These individuals also must possess certain attributes. These attributes must consist of good ethics, life values, and integrity (Malmin, M. 2015). Issues with this is that some individual may not have these attributes or loose these attributes over time, where they were ethical decisions, and loss of integrity send them in a downward spiral. This could lead some LEO astray where they make the wrong decisions, in a short time where they use excessive use of force (Malmin, M. 2015). Other reasons why officers utilize excessive use of force is because it is a lack of supervision by the department, or they see other officers conduct business in this manner, or it could just be a lack of training and experience (Malmin, M. 2015).
Ounce a LEO begins to go down this path of using excessive force it will only get worse from there if a supervisor or fellow officer does not correct the officer on his or her deficiencies. This could lead to unnecessary use of deadly force. Unnecessary use of deadly force is caused by many different aspects on the behalf of the officer, which ultimately causes issues when dealing with the community, which also ruins any progression when trying to use community base policing (Stafford, M. D. 2019). The number one attribute that leads an officer to use unnecessary deadly force on a possible suspect is fear, but it could also be from police believing they are above the law, and believing they are invincible (Stafford, M. D. 2019).
Another major issue that lies withing law enforcement agencies is profiling or targeting individuals or suspects. Which could also lead to excessive use of force and ultimately lead to unnecessary use of deadly force over time. The issue with this unauthorized ethical decision it is against the law to profile, any individual by age, race, gender (Edwards, F., Lee, H., Esposito, M., & Edwards, F. 2019).
These issues stated above are a huge issue when it pertains to law enforcement officers across all departments or agencies. I would argue the fact that use of force, and the use of deadly force is a needed policy if it is used properly within the force continuum provided by the departments. An officer has the right to defend one’s self, or others as well as protect ones life if it came to using deadly force, which should be a last resort.
References
Malmin, M. (2015). Police misconduct, racism, and.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ABUSE IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN IN...John1Lorcan
This study aims to investigate the psychological effects of abuse from intimate relationships on young
women. In order to overcome the complexity, challenges, and proposal for the best remedies face by the
sexually abuse victims in the Tangkhul community, both qualitative and quantitative approaches are
adopted. The study covers various aspects of research methodology, including study design, sampling
techniques, data collection tools, and analysis methods. Additionally, the study proposes a collaborative
effort between the state and other entities to enhance care and counseling services for survivors of intimate
partner abuse. The main intension and takeaway from the study is to comprehend the cultural changes
taking place along with the critically examination of the victims and how the community can take up
appropriate initiatives through care and counseling, which is the need of an hour.
6/18/2019
1/4
Week 3
Criminal and Civil Law
In Week 2, you learned how laws are created. This week, the focus will be more specific to
criminal and civil law. In order to promote justice and fairness, laws are established to
punish certain behaviors in a consistent manner. In healthcare specifically, punishable
behaviors could include failure to provide a reasonable standard of care, deliberate actions
such as improper coding and billing for services provided, or failure to obtain consent for
medical procedures. Punishments include fines and/or imprisonment. Violations of
criminal law are public cases between the government and an individual or group (e.g.,
“The People vs…”). A criminal case can also arise from violations of administrative laws,
which are regulations established by government agencies. Criminal cases are commonly
known as either a felony—a serious crime requiring a minimum of a year of imprisonment
—or a misdemeanor, a less serious time requiring fines and time served up to one year.
Civil law pertains to disputes between one entity and another. The two major categories
in civil law are tort (harm done to others) and contract law. A tort can result from
intentional acts such as battery or fraud, or through unintentional and careless acts such
as negligence. A contract is an oral or written agreement between two or more parties.
Violations of contract law can occur from failing to uphold one’s part in an agreement,
otherwise known as a breach of contract. Civil cases can be initiated by private as well as
public parties (Annas, 1995; Erstad, 2018; Legal Information Institute, n.d.). It is becoming
more common for cases to involve both criminal and civil proceedings. The U.S.
Department of Justice began pursuing criminal investigations by paralleling civil
investigations in cases of corporate fraud. An example of a case where both criminal and
civil charges were sought is when Tenet Healthcare Corporation hospitals paid kickbacks
to Hispanic Medical Management for maternity referrals. The structure of the referral
process resulted in improper Medicaid eligibility determination and billing practices
(Schencker, 2015).
You learned in the first week that the organizational environment can either discourage or
encourage unethical actions—actions that could lead to civil or criminal sanctions.
Competent, ethical, and engaged chief executive officers (CEOs) are essential to
“developing a culture that fosters employee voice and upward communication” (Adelman,
2012, p. 133). Adelman (2012) asserts CEOs who prioritized consistent visibility and
https://ncuone.ncu.edu/d2l/home/143543
6/18/2019
2/4
Books and Resources for this Week
Hamilton, E. C., Pham, D. H., Minzenmayer, A.
N., Austin, M. T., Lally, K. P., Tsao, K., &
Kawaguchi, A. L. (2018, January). Healthcare
delivery...
Link
availability to employees encourage open communication and trust- and
relationship-building. CEOs are also key pl.
September 7, 2016
Far too many people across the country are left dead, injured, or traumatized by community violence. Communities can be safer when neuroscience, public health strategies, and collective advocacy are aligned in practice and policy. This event convened experts to discuss the best next steps to fostering a broad science-informed advocacy movement to effectively address community violence.
Panelists
- Michelle Bosquet Enlow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Associate in Psychology, Boston Children's Hospital; Affiliated Faculty, Harvard University Center on the Developing Child
- Shannon Cosgrove, MPH, Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence
- Fatimah Loren Muhammad, Director, Trauma Advocacy Initiative, Equal Justice USA
- Charles Homer, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Moderator: Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, Senior Fellow in Law and Neuroscience, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and Petrie-Flom Center; Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Teaching Faculty in the Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program and for the Doctoral School Psychology Program, William James College; Faculty at the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; and Senior Associate for the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Learn more on the website: http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/battling-blood-in-the-streets.
Business Law and EthicsStudent’s NameInstitutionalTawnaDelatorrejs
Business Law and Ethics
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliate
Date
1. Which contract law applies to this case: UCC or common law and why? Provide your analysis of each contract law and why the one you selected applies.
Common law usage for contract services, real estate, insurance, natural works, employment, quantity, cost, contract time. With common law, oral or written contracts are both permitted, making them more flexible.
The statute of limitations may thus be about six years with the contracts of common law. Only if a death occurs or the subject matter is discarded. However, punitive damages are not permitted if fraud occurs.
The Uniform Trade Code (UCC) includes elements of the sale of commodities and physical items commercial transactions simply specifying quantities in terms of contracts. With UCC, a contract is valid at no cost and is irreversible when a deal is concluded.
However, the status of restrictions is only less than 4 years short-term than under common law. UCC permits discharge if there are no performance activities between the parties. In the event of fraud, UCC prevents injustice by the right title for suppliers who buy products.
In this instance, uniform commercial code is easy to implement (UCC). First of all, the sale of real estate costing more than $500, therefore it must be possible to apply the contract in writing. Secondly, while a revision in the sales contract following negotiations lowered sales prices to $380,000 instead of $400,000, the adjustment still leaves 500 $ far off and must be legitimate in writing. Third, undertaking the fair in order to prevent unfairness, any ownership transfers to real estate or real estate, under the Fraud and UCC status, must be legal in writing in order for the employment of fraud to occur. The Court may examine not only legal contracts but also enforceable contracts, not contractual conditions.
2. What is the court likely to rule on the breach of contract claim? And why?
"Myra will not answer quickly, but on 5 May Myra will send Nic a document at its office that contains further terms and conditions for the sale of the property but does not specify a price." In her contract, Myra made no mention of price, time, only extra terms of selling real estate. While consideration under the UCC contract is not necessary, it may be canceled if an excessive amount of time is allowed or refused. In this instance, Myra did not answer quickly, and after 4 days, she continued to act. When she had, however, delivered the formal contract, she offered Nic (5 May until 10:00 am 6 May) an unacceptable period to execute an act of acceptance or rejection (Jenkins, 2014).
Within the UCC contract, the change has to be in discussion in writing, any oral contract is not legal, so that their telephone notification is canceled.
Last but not least, the formality of written material in commercial contracts requires that its form be signed by parties to a written contract against which a person wh ...
Essex, nathan l. sexual violence and public schools nfeasj v33 n4 2015William Kritsonis
Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, Editor-in-Chief, NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS (Founded 1982). Dr. Kritsonis has served as an elementary school teacher, elementary and middle school principal, superintendent of schools, director of student teaching and field experiences, professor, author, consultant, and journal editor. Dr. Kritsonis has considerable experience in chairing PhD dissertations and master thesis and has supervised practicums for teacher candidates, curriculum supervisors, central office personnel, principals, and superintendents. He also has experience in teaching in doctoral and masters programs in elementary and secondary education as well as educational leadership and supervision. He has earned the rank as professor at three universities in two states, including successful post-tenure reviews.
150 words agree or disagree to each questionQ1. Issues a.docxherminaprocter
150 words agree or disagree to each question?
Q1.
Issues and trends in the recent years that I feel lies within criminal justice pertains to local law enforcement, and federal law enforcement, which is excessive use of force and unnecessary use of deadly force while on the job. The third topic is why officer seem to target or profile these individuals based off age, gender, and race.
Law enforcement officers (LEO) and federal law enforcement officers are hired to serve and protect citizens of the United States. These individuals that work in this occupation are sworn to protect. These individuals also must possess certain attributes. These attributes must consist of good ethics, life values, and integrity (Malmin, M. 2015). Issues with this is that some individual may not have these attributes or loose these attributes over time, where they were ethical decisions, and loss of integrity send them in a downward spiral. This could lead some LEO astray where they make the wrong decisions, in a short time where they use excessive use of force (Malmin, M. 2015). Other reasons why officers utilize excessive use of force is because it is a lack of supervision by the department, or they see other officers conduct business in this manner, or it could just be a lack of training and experience (Malmin, M. 2015).
Ounce a LEO begins to go down this path of using excessive force it will only get worse from there if a supervisor or fellow officer does not correct the officer on his or her deficiencies. This could lead to unnecessary use of deadly force. Unnecessary use of deadly force is caused by many different aspects on the behalf of the officer, which ultimately causes issues when dealing with the community, which also ruins any progression when trying to use community base policing (Stafford, M. D. 2019). The number one attribute that leads an officer to use unnecessary deadly force on a possible suspect is fear, but it could also be from police believing they are above the law, and believing they are invincible (Stafford, M. D. 2019).
Another major issue that lies withing law enforcement agencies is profiling or targeting individuals or suspects. Which could also lead to excessive use of force and ultimately lead to unnecessary use of deadly force over time. The issue with this unauthorized ethical decision it is against the law to profile, any individual by age, race, gender (Edwards, F., Lee, H., Esposito, M., & Edwards, F. 2019).
These issues stated above are a huge issue when it pertains to law enforcement officers across all departments or agencies. I would argue the fact that use of force, and the use of deadly force is a needed policy if it is used properly within the force continuum provided by the departments. An officer has the right to defend one’s self, or others as well as protect ones life if it came to using deadly force, which should be a last resort.
References
Malmin, M. (2015). Police misconduct, racism, and.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ABUSE IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN IN...John1Lorcan
This study aims to investigate the psychological effects of abuse from intimate relationships on young
women. In order to overcome the complexity, challenges, and proposal for the best remedies face by the
sexually abuse victims in the Tangkhul community, both qualitative and quantitative approaches are
adopted. The study covers various aspects of research methodology, including study design, sampling
techniques, data collection tools, and analysis methods. Additionally, the study proposes a collaborative
effort between the state and other entities to enhance care and counseling services for survivors of intimate
partner abuse. The main intension and takeaway from the study is to comprehend the cultural changes
taking place along with the critically examination of the victims and how the community can take up
appropriate initiatives through care and counseling, which is the need of an hour.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ABUSE IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN IN...
AMANDA J 2017 resume
1. AMANDA J. MORONTA 978.973.1863
125 SWAN ST. APT 2 METHUEN, MA 01844 MORONTAA@MERRIMACK.EDU
EDUCATION:
UMASS LOWELL
Degree: Certificate Paralegal Studies May 2017
Relevant Courses: Real Estate, Business Law, Legal Concepts, Litigation,
MERRIMACK COLLEGE
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Criminology May 2015
Relevant Courses: Sociology, Criminal Evidence, Principles of Correction, Society and Victims,
American Government, Gender and Law, Criminology, Mass Communications, Statistics in Law,
Social Work
MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Degree: Associates in Criminal Justice May 2013
Relevant Courses: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Forensic Silence, American Government,
Psychology, Human Behavior
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
CURRENT EXPERIENCE:
LAW OFFICE OF MERIDITH GREGORY-GALLANT, ESQ- PARALEGAL 1/1/16 -Present
Administrative duties, Responsible for Answering Phones, Scheduling Consultations, Meetings,
Mediations, 4-Ways, Scanning Documents, Faxing, Copying, Preparing Pleadings, Revising
Documents, Motions, Drafting Letters, Financial Affidavits, Interrogatories, RPD’s, Exhibit
Books, Filing Documents, Mail, Emailing Clients, Entering Timesheets into Quick Books,
Creating Invoices, Billing Clients, High Volume Workload. Prepared Attorneys for Court, Trials.
Notary license.
IWP INJURED WORKERS PHARMACY- CCT 2/15/15 – 4/16/16
Responsible for Routing Documents to the correct departments in the company. Focused on
accuracy associating documents to patients. Work load daily from 100- 400 faxes daily. Assisted
on high call volume and assisting departments with calls. Worked with claims, and insurance.
Familiar with Docutrack and Rxcon.
CVS- CERTIFIED PHARMACT TECHNICIAN- 2/13-2/15/15
Responsible for filling patient’s prescriptions. Providing great customer service. Assisting
Pharmacist. Updated insurance info. Follow all regulations when handling patient’s medications
and confidential history’s. Follow up with inventory, stocking medications.24-hour store high
volume.
DUNKIN DONUTS- SHIFT LEADER- 1/07- 2/15
In charge of Staff during certain shifts. Provided Customer Service, Upselling Items. Stocked
inventory and handled calls and orders. High demand volumes throughout the day.