Customer Service Development
Resume:
-*James E. Durso
Attorney at Law
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Telephone: 631-***-****
Facsimile: 631-***-****
Email: **************@***.***
Highlights of Qualifications
New York State Certified teacher of English thoroughly versed in curriculum
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development as well as Course and lesson planning and execution.
7 years experience developing expository writing curriculum and teaching
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Expository Writing to High School students.
Experienced in teaching Real Property Law to undergraduate level paralegal
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students
Self Starter experienced in handling busy and challenging caseload from case
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intake and evaluation to trial level resolution and intermediate level appeal.
Outstanding legal analysis skills in both identifying legal issues and applying the
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law to the facts
Excellent research and writing skills developed and achieved while practicing
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law and while teaching Expository Writing
Supervision of staff of 5 including associates, paralegals, bookkeepers and legal
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secretaries
Highlights of Legal Education
graduated in top 10% of law school class,
2 years Moot Court
Civil Trial Practice
Criminal Trial Practice
Internship, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
Employment History
2010 I nst ructor, Real P roperty Law, Long Island University
( C.W. Post Campus), Brookville, NY
Drafted Real Property Law curriculum for undergraduate level paralegal candidates;
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Devised various forms of student assessment including real world clinical-type
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experiential assessment devices;
Taught weekly five (5) hour course in real property law.
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1985 to present Sole practitioner concentrating in Litigation, Elder Law and
r eal estate, Shoreham, Rocky Point, and Bay Shore, NY
1983 to 1985 Associate attorney in the Corporate and real estate
d epa rtment of Fa r rell, F r i tz, et al., M i neola, NY
Experience included:
Representation of mortgage lenders at mortgage closings;
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Representation of clients in the sale and purchase of single family homes and
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vacant residential land;
Representation of clients in the sale, purchase and leasing of commercial
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property;
Representation of clients in various matters before Planning Boards and Zoning
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Boards of Appeals including, but not limited to major and minor subdivisions,
variances and declaration of vested rights;
Representation of Sponsor in preparing, submitting and receiving approval of
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restated Offering Plan for 100+ unit Home Owner Association;
Representation of numerous boards of managers of condominiums and boards
of directors of home owner associations including interpretation and
amendment of declarations and by-laws, sponsor litigation, common charge
collection and miscellaneous other matters;
Representation of clients at trial level in matters involving adverse possession,
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specific performance, breach of contract and warranty, breach of fiduciary duty,
mechanics liens and Summary Proceedings;
Representation of clients in the Appellate Division, Second Department in
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matters involving breach of contract, breach of warranty, breach of fiduciary
duty, breach of covenant;
Representation of clients in estate planning matters including revocable trusts,
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insurance trusts, simple wills, wills with credit shelter trusts, health care
proxies, living wills, durable and springing powers of attorney;
Representation of clients in Surrogate’s Court proceedings including Probate
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and administration proceedings, Discovery Proceedings and Accounting
proceedings.
2001 - 2008 F ounder, P resident and Chief Executive Officer
Kensington Development of Suffolk, Ltd.
Founded, organized and ran successful residential real property development firm.
Developed and implemented strategies for the acquisition of undeveloped residential
real property and for obtaining municipal approvals foe the development of same.
Developed and implemented internal procedures for operation of company. Maintained
daily contact with vendors and subcontractors.
Key Achievements:
Acquired and developed residential building lots
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Obtained municipal approvals for construction of homes
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Developed and implemented Customer Service support System for purchasers of
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newly constructed homes.
Coordinated service work where necessary including scheduling subcontractors,
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making and confirming customer appointments, following up on completed work.
1973 - 1980 Teacher of Secondary English, Patchogue-Medford H igh School,
M edford, NY
Key Achievements:
Participation in Curriculum Development program which drafted curriculum and
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lesson plans for 10th grade, full year course in reading and writing skills
development;
Teaching full year, 10th grade skills development course designed to improve
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student skills in expository writing and drawing inferences from literature;
Teaching half-year and quarter-year writing and literature courses.
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Consistently achieved outstanding evaluations by peers and administrators
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Education
St. John’s University School of Law, Juris Doctor (Top 10% of graduating class)
State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A. (English), cum laude
M.A. (English)
Community Activities
Rocky Point Lions Club 1990-1995
Elected Member of the Board of Education of the
Shoreham-Wading River Central School District 1993-1994
(President 1994)
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