I am a New York Licensed attorney with over 20 years of professional experience and over 9 years as a licensed attorney. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE LAW & BUSINESS STRATEGY ►Contributed to the creation of new jurisprudence in international administrative and international employment law. ►Successfully assisted in the positive designation of asylum for clients in a highly complex, confidential case thatinvolved transnational issues. ►Drove high level contract negotiations in an internat... Read more
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Create my profileLaw Office of Janelle M. Lewis
Principal Attorney •May 2013 - Present
Current Legal Services:
►Commercial Contracts (including vendor contracts, SaaS contracts, licensing agreements, MSAs, NDAs, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation provisions, data transfer agreements, and other commercial matters)
►Intellectual Property Law (specifically, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Trademarks)
► Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
►Business Immigration Law
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PREVIOUS PRACTICE FOCUSES
INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE & EMPLOYMENT LAW
UNITED NATIONS DISPUTE TRIBUNAL
►Litigated three cases which appealed the administrative decisions purported to be in non-compliance with both the terms of employment and employment contract on behalf of a UN staff before United Nations Dispute Tribunal. Determined legal strategy for all cases. Successfully defeated motions set forth by Respondent's counsel. Successfully litigated and obtained Motions for Interim Relief under Article 10.2 of the UNDT Statute. Negotiated resolution on client's behalf.
NEW YORK CIVIL LAW
NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM ACCESS TO JUSTICE PROGRAM
►Represented litigants in legal proceedings in New York Civil Courts. Provided legal advice to pro-se
and potential litigants on Housing & Consumer Debt issues. Provided legal information and advice on New York Civil Law Matters.
NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION - CENTER BAR JUSTICE CENTER CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY PROJECT
►Provided legal assistance to low-income consumers with outstanding debts.
JBC Immigration Law
Law Clerk •November 2011 - January 2014
► Successfully assisted with complex, highly sensitive affirmative asylum case where asylum was granted.
► Drafted a supplemental legal memorandum filed with the Baltimore Immigration Court arguing that the United Nations Convention on Transnational Crime is a self-executing treaty applicable to the asylum claim.
► Provided legal analysis to various asylum case briefs presented to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
► Drafted a Motion to Re-open filed with the Board of Immigration Appeals.
► Drafted legal and research memorandums for various immigration cases, including, removal cases, request for prosecutorial discretion and humanitarian parole.
► Performed extensive legal research on appellate case law and edited appellate briefs.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Legal Protection Intern •May 2011 - August 2011
►Selected to assist in drafting the first comprehensive report of U.S. jurisprudence in statelessness that was co-published by UNHCR and Open Society Justice Initiative in December 2012 (report: Citizens of Nowhere Solutions For the Stateless in the U.S. available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/50c620f62.html.)
► Used nationality research and collected evidence to prepare statelessness determinations for UNHCR clients based on de jure requirements under the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless People.
► Drafted legal memorandums regarding various clients’ statelessness status.
► Drafted memorandum that provided recommendations for a Country Report that addressed issues and legal solutions to statelessness in the U.S.; and assisted in editing the Country Report.
American University Washington College of Law
JD•Graduated in 2012
New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
MPA•Graduated in 2006
Syracuse University
BA•Graduated in 2002