About Me
I have dedicated my career fighting for you!
As your attorney, I fight to make sure your rights are protected and your wishes are followed in the event of tragedy by creating Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, Powers of Attorneys, and Wills. I fight to make sure you get what you’re entitled to in Family Court –divorce, Order of Protection, custody, and support cases.
As a Legislative Director, I fight with New York State Assemblymember Jen Lunsford on behalf of families to make childcare more affordable, protect school funding; and ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable healthcare.
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As an advocate, I fight for people with marginalized identities. I am actively involved in the Rochester Monroe County Domestic Violence Consortium’s Diversity Committee, where I helped develop curriculum for trainings and proposed a project to collect demographic data identify gaps in service. While serving as a Family Law Attorney at The Legal Aid Society of Rochester. N.Y., I created and co-chaired its Diversity, Equity, & Inclusivity Committee. The Committee educates Legal Aid’s more than 80 employees in diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence and reviews procedures to ensure Legal Aid accommodates, and encourages the growth of, its diverse clientele.
In 2021, I earned the New York State Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, given to one young attorney in New York who “rendered outstanding service to both the community and legal profession.” In 2015, I received the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York’s (“WBASNY") Doris S. Hoffman Outstanding New Lawyer Award for “outstanding achievements within the profession [and] outstanding contributions within the WBASNY member’s community.” Additionally, in 2014, I received The Daily Record’s” Excellence in Law: Up-and-Coming Attorney” award, and in 2019, I was honored to participate in the Shriver Center Leadership for Justice Program.
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I joined the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (“GRAWA”) in 2012. I most recently served as Treasurer of GRAWA and Co-Chair of WBASNY's Membership Committee. In 2019-20, I served on WBASNY’s Board of Directors as Recording Secretary. I served as cochair of GRAWA’s Newly Admitted Women Attorneys Committee while also serving as WBASNY’s Convention Committee Co-Chair, helping organize a successful convention in Atlantic City. I served as GRAWA Membership Chair in 2013 – 2014 and 2014 – 2015, during which time GRAWA reached 300 members for the first time. I also served as Co-Chair of WBASNY’s Membership Committee during 2014-2015, 2015-2016, and 2016-2017, when WBASNY reached record membership numbers. I served as WBASNY Press & PR Committee Co-Chair in 2017-2018, LGBT Committee Chair in 2018-2019, and DV Committee Co-Chair in 2019-2020.
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I’m a proud resident of the City of Rochester, but I return frequently to Buffalo to spend time with my nieces.