KAREN HERBERT
Mahopac,NY
Summary
Highly accomplished, meticulously organized and detail-oriented Attorney with a proven track record of success conducting legal research, analysis, trial preparation, and document drafting. Experience providing counsel to government agencies and private corporations has contributed to exceptional and broad-based legal knowledge. Proven ability to logically and effectively analyze statutes, ordinances, case law and factual data. Outstanding ability to be concise, complete, and logical, objective and persuasive in both written and oral communications. Resourceful individual with an ability to anticipate and evaluate all issues to adequately protect clients, and complete projects producing professional results while adhering to structured deadlines. Seasoned Attorney with twenty-eight years of criminal law and real estate law. Communicative and team-oriented with proven history of fostering strategies to meet team, individual and management objectives.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Secretary to the Boards
Village of Cold Spring, NY
11.2021 - 06.2024
- Liaised with Code Enforcement Office
- Processed applications and collected fees
- Communicated with applicants
- Prepared and organized Building Department files
- Prepared agendas and packets for meetings of all Village Boards meetings
- Facilitated and attended in-person and remote Village Board meetings
- Prepared minutes
- Managed follow-up from meetings
- Prepared necessary permits for Code Enforcement Office.
Senior Assistant District Attorney
Westchester County District Attorney's Office
11.1998 - 08.2020
- Conducted thorough interviews of prospective jurors as part of voir dire process to assess competency and biases, making for-cause challenges to dismiss unfit candidates
- Prepared and organized evidence and exhibits to be utilized in court hearings, trials, and other legal proceedings
- Made immediate contact with victims and witnesses at inception of case
- Maintained contact with victims and made referrals to other agencies for support services
- Interviewed and advised police officers, victims, and witnesses in regard to prospective criminal complaints
- Complied with discovery statutes
- Develop detailed litigation strategies for trial cases
- Researched legal authority and and applicable statutes
- Prepared files and made calendar appearances before criminal courts
- Advised law enforcement authorities on criminal proceedings and procedures
- Compare case patterns to precedential cases and determine probable outcomes
- Evaluated evidence in criminal to determine sufficiency and admissibility to satisfy legal standards
- Negotiated plea dispositions with opposing counsel and courts
- Conducted direct examination and cross-examination of witness testimony to build and reinforce legal argument
- Interviewed and prepared witnesses for misdemeanor and felony cases
- Prepared pleadings and other legal in connection with arraignments, hearings, trials and other legal proceedings
Associate Attorney
Lawrence S. Rigie, Esq.
06.1993 - 11.1998
- Conducted both purchase money and refinance residential and commercial closings
- Litigated all stages of foreclosure matters from inception to resolution
- Addressed contract-specific matters during all real estate related proceedings
- Reviewed and negotiated legal documents relating to mortgage industry, including sale of mortgage loans on behalf of clients to other entities
- Addressed contract-specific matters during case and precedent research.
Associate Attorney
Lawrence S. Rigie, Esq.
06.1993 - 11.1998
- Conducted both purchase money and refinance residential and commercial closings
- Litigated all stages of foreclosure matters from inception to resolution
- Addressed contract-specific matters during all real estate related proceedings
- Reviewed and negotiated legal documents relating to mortgage industry, including sale of mortgage loans on behalf of clients to other entities
- Addressed contract-specific matters during case and precedent research.
Education
J.D. -
Pace University School of Law
White Plains, NY06.1992
Bachelor of Arts -
Pace University
White Plains, NY06.1987
Skills
- Court procedures
- Oral argument
- Primary authority research
- Litigation management
- Foreclosure litigation
- Mortgage closings
- Land use regulations and SEQRA
- Commercial and residential real estate representation
- Discovery understanding
- Residential and commercial title insurance law
- Case interpretation
- Corporate litigation
- Effective methods of communication with colleagues, victims, witnesses, court staff, and opposing counsel
- Municipal government procedures and processes
Timeline
Secretary to the Boards
Village of Cold Spring, NY
11.2021 - 06.2024
Senior Assistant District Attorney
Westchester County District Attorney's Office
11.1998 - 08.2020
Associate Attorney
Lawrence S. Rigie, Esq.
06.1993 - 11.1998
Associate Attorney
Lawrence S. Rigie, Esq.
06.1993 - 11.1998
J.D. -
Pace University School of Law
Bachelor of Arts -
Pace University
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