NICKYSHA BROWN
Brooklyn
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Pro Bono Scholars Spring 22 Intern
Legal Aid Society
Brooklyn
02.2022 - Current
- Collaborate with a team of attorneys and social workers to provide pro bono services to family court-involved youth.
- Communicate with clients, draft legal documents, and perform in-depth legal research and analysis for active cases.
- Participate in intake and management of client caseload by conducting interviews.
Education Advocate Paralegal II
Legal Aid Society
Jamaica
02.2016 - Current
- Collaborate with a team of attorneys, social workers, and paralegals in cases involving youth in Family Court matters.
- Manage client caseload (Law Manager) by conducting client interviews, school and/or home visits, case investigations, and document reviews.
- Represent youth in suspension hearings, Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs), and IEP meetings.
- Ensure clients receive the services they need by assisting with obtaining evaluations, IEP services, and compensatory services.
Office Administrative Manager/Assistant Site Coordinator
Good Shepherd Services
Brooklyn
05.2014 - 01.2016
- Supervised an 8-20 person staff and facilitated after-school programming for 220 students ages 3-18 according to DYCD and DOH guidelines.
- Assisted with networking, fundraising, and outreach.
- Coordinated culminating events and activities for children and adults in neighboring schools and community-based organizations.
- Built and maintained relationships with community funders, leaders of schools, and various stakeholders.
- Oversaw budgets, timesheets, and data entry and collection while successfully cutting the FY15 budget deficit.
Teller
Popular Community Bank
Brooklyn
09.2013 - 05.2014
- Efficiently anticipated clients’ financial needs.
- Processed financial transactions, and initiated referrals.
- Monitored the activities and transactions of high-profile accounts.
- Proactively checked for and provided detailed reports of fraud, suspicious documentation, and irregular activity.
- Accurately reconciled transactions and cash receipts using advanced payment processing systems.
- Accounted for monies above $500,000 at each close of business day.
- Provided conflict resolution between bank employees and customers.
Temporary Litigation Support Paralegal
Kaye Scholer, LLP
New York
08.2010 - 04.2011
- Streamlined existing litigation cases in a management system (P.A.C.E.R.).
- Reviewed and entered biographical data, letters, complaints, and docket reports for successful case tracking and conducted legal and factual research.
- Created legal binders and formatted spreadsheets to monitor and track case deadlines.
- Worked with a team of peers to ensure documents for high-profile cases met deadlines.
Education
Juris Doctor -
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY05-2022
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY05-2010
Skills
- Legal research
- Document drafting
- Client management
- Case investigation
- Educational advocacy
- Partnership development
Timeline
Pro Bono Scholars Spring 22 Intern
Legal Aid Society
02.2022 - Current
Education Advocate Paralegal II
Legal Aid Society
02.2016 - Current
Office Administrative Manager/Assistant Site Coordinator
Good Shepherd Services
05.2014 - 01.2016
Teller
Popular Community Bank
09.2013 - 05.2014
Temporary Litigation Support Paralegal
Kaye Scholer, LLP
08.2010 - 04.2011
Juris Doctor -
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Stony Brook University