City Service

MUHAMMAD IBN BASHIR

ATTORNEY AT LAW

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Lanham, Maryland 20706

Home 301-***-****, Cell 973-***-****

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Member New Jersey Federal and State Bar since 1987

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE:

Attorney at Law 1987 to present: Sole Practitioner licensed to

practice in the State and Federal Courts of New Jersey since 1987.

Specialty includes criminal trials, research, legal writing and criminal

appeals. Additional experiences include appearances in criminal courts

in Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, and Washington, D.C.,

on State and Federal trial matters.

Image Makers, Public Relations, Inc.: 2005 to present. Serve as

Director of Policy and Planning for Maryland based Public Relations

firm with duties that include developing media strategies for clients,

writing and editing fundraising proposals and review of contracts.

Public Defender 1988-1992: Served as Public Defender in the

Municipal Courts of Newark, Plainfield, and East Orange, New Jersey

handling all aspects of misdemeanor offenses, driving while

intoxicated, traffic and city code violations.

Special Counsel 1988-1992: Served as Special Trial Counsel for the

City of Elizabeth, New Jersey representing the City in Civil Trials of

Torts, Tax abatements and Contracts. Additional duties include writing

memoranda of law for City Council, review of municipal contracts and

mediating contract disputes.

WRITINGS:

Book Author: RAW LAW: An Urban Guide to Criminal Justice.

Re-published 2010 by Simon & Schuster Publishing. Self Published,

2007. The book is a social and educational commentary on the criminal

justice system.

Columnist: Don Diva Magazine, 2008- present, under the Column

RAW LAW. Author articles featuring explanations and analysis of the

criminal justice system, criminal law and the interconnection of

relevant social issues for major urban magazine.

Editor: “I Buried Malcolm X”, by Hesham Jaaber, Published 1993.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts, Howard University School of Communication;

Washington, D.C., May 1978. Major: Journalism, Minor: Business

Administration. Cum Laude.

Juris Doctorate, Howard University School of Law;

Washington, D.C. May 1983.

ORGANIZATIONS:

Answers Moving Forward, Inc., 2012 to present. Newark, New Jersey.

Member of the advisory board of a halfway house for criminal offenders

with duties that include developing educational programming and

resource alternatives for staff and inmates.

United Youth Council, Inc., 2007 to present. Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Serve as Advisory Legal Counsel for non-profit social service

organization specializing in youth education, mentoring and social

advocacy for community and national youth related legal issues.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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