I knew at a young age that I wanted to be a lawyer, but not any type of lawyer, a trial lawyer.
One of my crowning accomplishments is taking the Florida Bar Exam twenty-two years into my already accomplished law career, so that I can represent my daughter against her school district and give her the representation she desperately needed and deserved to get the reasonable accommodations she required.
As a young child growing up in New York City, I dreamed of one day entering the courthouse and making a difference for the people who needed it the most. Unbeknownst to me, as a toddler, both of my parents were dispossessed of all of their material and worldly possession, including the homes they grew up in, during the invasion of Cyprus in the summer of 1974. Despite having lost everything, my parents raised my sister and I without once mentioning the overwhelming losses they endured. They chose to continue to suffer in secret. I firmly believe that what they went through, despite my ignorance of the situation until college, was and still is the driving force behind my utter need to get Justice for those that require Justice.
Learning should never end, is a mantra I live by, and it is especially true, for those of us that want to be at the top of our game. Teaching is learning, and I enjoy teaching fellow lawyers and law students, as well as anyone that’s willing to listen. I have not stopped the journey of learning in the nearly three decades since finishing law school at the Hofstra Law School, I completed a nearly one-year rigorous Masters of Law program (L.L.M.), in Trial advocacy at a leading law school and graduated with Honors in 2023.
I’ve lost track of all of my accomplishments as a lawyer, primarily because you are only as good as your last case and no client will care about a past accomplishment if their case doesn’t go well. I love chatting about more than just the law, so don’t be a stranger if you want to chat about whatever. Can’t wait to meet you all and learn together.
