Kindlon Shanks & Associates.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
     Associate: 2001-2006
     Law Clerk: 1997-2000

- Focus on criminal defense
- Particular emphasis on appellate work and motion practice
- Achieved favorable results in many appeals and suppression motions
- Strong interest in constitutional rights - currently involved with case challenging  the NSA spying program and same sex marriage case

Albany Free School
Teacher: 1988-1995
Taught both preschool and elementary students at this alternative school.

EDUCATION:
Completed three year Law Clerkship with Kindlon and Shanks 1997-2000
Passed New York Bar Exam in 2000.

Albany Law School Fall, 1996- Spring 1997 GPA: 3.48          

University at Albany
BA, Math, Minor in Political Science, May, 1988 GPA: 3.73

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Fall 1980 – Spring 1983

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
New York State Defenders Association
Legal Committee, New York State Civil Liberties Union
National Lawyers Guild

OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Black Belt in karate since 1989
Teaches karate to children and adults
Speaks Spanish and has traveled in Latin America.