ROBERT W. TERWILLIGER ** John Street

P.O. Box ***4

Admitted to practice in New York State, and Kingston, NY 12402

U.S. District, Southern District of New York, 845-***-****

Northern District of New York

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Solo Practitioner, August 2013- present. Private practice attorney representing clients in general

practice. Responsibilities include consultations, negotiating settlements, motions, pleadings,

trials and oral argument.

Staff Attorney, September 2006 - July 2013. Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Kingston, NY.

Advise and represent domestic violence victims and low income clients on divorce cases, and

custody, family offense and child support proceedings. Represent low income clients in landlord-

tenant cases, unemployment insurance benefit hearings, and DSS fair hearings. Responsibilities

include consultations, negotiating settlements, motions, pleadings, trials and oral argument.

Intern, July 2006 - September 2006. Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Kingston, NY.

Research and write memoranda for attorneys, draft documents to support pleadings, and interview

clients.

Operation Impact Coordinator, February 2006 - June 2006. Ulster County District Attorney’s

Office, Kingston, NY. Designed narcotics eviction program. Devised new strategies for

combating gang-related crime, as part of a NYS crime fighting project. Assisted writing grant

application.

Intern, October 2005 - February 2006. Ulster County District Attorney’s Office. Researched

indictments, evidentiary issues and case and statutory interpretation for pending cases.

Criminal Law Clinic, Spring 2005. Western New England College School of Law. Student

Assistant with Hampden County District Attorney’s Office. Represented Commonwealth at bail

and arraignment hearings in Springfield District Court. Argued motions, interviewed witnesses,

and conducted a jury trial.

Judicial Externship, Fall 2004. Palmer District Court, Palmer, Massachusetts. Wrote memoranda

for the Presiding Judge and Clerk Magistrate.

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, May 2005. Western New England College School of Law, Springfield,

Massachusetts.

Bachelor of Arts in History, Cum Laude, 1992. California State University East Bay, Hayward,

California.

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