Emergency Room Registered Nurse Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1445

New Jersey

Graduate Education

Juris Doctor
City University of New York School of Law
Flushing, NY, 1998
Admitted New Jersey State Bar, 2002
U.S. Federal District Court of New Jersey

Student Internship: Main Street Legal Services Inc.
Flushing, NY, 1997
Law clinic. 17-A Guardianship proceedings. Legal representation for handicapped adults in challenge based on Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Internship: Bergen County Superior Court
Hackensack, NJ, 1997
Intern/Law Clerk to Hon. Arthur J. Troast , J.S.C. Civil Division

Undergraduate Education

St. Peter's College,  Jersey City, NJ, 1993
B.S., Business Administration/Health Care Management
Honors:
Dean's List
"Spur " Award  for academic excellence and community service

Nursing Education

Columbia Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, 1981

Legal Employment

Private Law Practice
2004-present
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Principal : Personal Injury/ Workers' Compensation/ Employment Law/ Wills/ Municipal Court/ Pre-trial Medical-legal Advisement/ Records Review/ Medical Media Advisement.

5/2002-11/-2004
Law Office in Ocean Grove, NJ
Associate: Personal Injury/ Family Law/ Worker's Compensation/ Municipal Practice/ Litigation

7/2001-12/2002
Law Office in Asbury Park, NJ
Law Clerk: Personal Injury/general practice/ Title 59  motions/ legal-medical research.

1999 to 2001
Law Firm in Asbury Park, NJ
Law Clerk: Insurance Defense, Extensive Motion Drafting, Legal Research and Client Interview.

2001
Law Firm in New York, New York
Medical/Legal Consultant, Records Review, Pre-trial Advisement, and Client Preparation for Litigation.

Medical Employment

1986-present
A Hospital in New York, New York
Registered Nurse Emergency Room. Extensive Adult/Pediatric/ cardiac, surgical, orthopedic, psychiatric, shock-trauma, critical care and leadership experience.  Rape/child/elder counseling exam and evidence collection. Disaster, Hazardous Material and Biochemical warfare response trained. *Team  Leader  Cardiac Care Area WTC Bombing 1993. Emergency Medical Team1991 Democratic National Convention. *Team  Leader Pediatric Trauma WTC  Terrorist Attack  September 11, 2001.  NYSNA Union Delegate at Large for 10years.

1988-1990
Benner Medical Productions Inc.
New York, New York
Medical-Media Advisor: Spike Lee's motion picture Malcolm X, and the motion picture Queens Logic. Medical Media Advisor for numerous Chemical Bank commercials.

1981-1986
Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ
Registered Nurse: Orthopedics, General Surgery, Geriatrics, Alcohol Rehabilitation and leadership experience.

Academic Employment

Monmouth University, W.
Long Branch, NJ, 2001-2003  Adjunct Professor : Business Ethics