1993-present Self-employed as Sole Practitioner: Plea bargaining, litigation & jury trial as designated outside counsel for NJ State Public Defender offices in Northern and Central New Jersey; residential and commercial real estate purchases, refinances and sales closings; Chapter 7 and 13 consumer bankruptcies 1991-1993 1991-1993 Associate, Law Office of Samuel A. Weiner, N. Haledon, NJ Research/writing; civil litigation for general practice including wills/estates, commercial transactions, contracts and school board law 1990-1991 1990-1991 Associate, Freeman and Bass, Newark, NJ Workers compensation 1989-1990 1989-1990 Judicial Clerk, Superior Court of New Jersey (trial level court for the State of New Jersey) - Special Civil Part, Passaic County, NJ for the Hon. John F. Evers (dec.)   EDUCATION 1989 Juris Doctor: Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, NJ 1986 Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude; Economics: Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ   JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO:   State of New Jersey - June, 1990; State of New York - June, 2001; U.S. Federal District Court of NJ - 1994; U.S. Federal Southern District of NY, February, 2004; U.S. Federal Eastern District of New York, March 2004   ASSOCIATIONS   New York County Lawyers' Association, Real Estate section, New Jersey State Bar Association, Real Property, Trusts and Estates Section