JERALD A. HOCHSZTEIN

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St. Louis, MO 63130

314-***-****

e-mail: ad5arl@r.postjobfree.com

RECENT WORK HISTORY

Law Office of Rochelle D. Stanton July 2021 – March 2023 St. Louis, MO

Paralegal – duties include drafting and filing schedules and pleadings in bankruptcy and other cases; interviewing clients; answering telephones; reception of clients and visitors; meeting with clients to review documents, schedules and pleadings; collecting and directing payments to trustees and the firm; drafting correspondence; other duties and necessary. Carmax Auto Superstore October 2016 – March 2020

St. Louis, MO

Business Office Associate – duties included administrative completion of sale, purchase and trade-in documents with customers; advising customers of their rights and obligations regarding financing, vehicle returns, warranties, registration of vehicles, lenders’ liens, registration of vehicle documents with appropriate lenders and government agencies; arrangement of transfer of vehicles to and from other Carmax locations; acceptance of payments on loans and payment of receipts to lenders; and performance of other administrative duties as needed. Law Office of Jerald A. Hochsztein April 2003 – April 2016 St.. Louis, MO

Newburger & Vossmeyer February 2018 – March 2003

St. Louis, MO

Feldacker & Cohen, PC May 1986 – February 1998

St. Louis, MO

Law practices duties all included representing and advising labor organizations, pension and health and welfare funds and individuals and individuals in the public and private sectors in varied labor relations matters, including organizing, collective bargaining, labor arbitration, employee benefits, administrative regulations, employment discrimination, internal union affairs, prevailing wage and other wage-hour legislation, workers’ compensation and disability entitlements.

Practice also included representing individuals and organizations in various types of litigation. Representation included drafting of pleadings, conducting discovery, negotiation and mediation, researching issues and writing briefs, conducting trials and appeals. Practice also included representing and advising labor-management pension and welfare trusts. Duties included plan design, interpretation and administration, collection of employer contributions, representing plans before governmental agencies regarding plan qualification, reporting and disclosure and advising trusts on COBRA, HIPAA, QDROs and other issues. Practice also included work in the following areas of law: family law, including dissolutions of marriage, child custody and support, guardianship and adoption; estates and trusts; bankruptcy; representation of not-for-profit organizations and small businesses; social security, traffic regulation; and other issues.

Practiced before federal and state trial and appellate courts, the National labor Relations Board, Missouri Labor and Industrial Commission, Missouri and Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commissions, Internal Revenue Service, United States Department of Labor, United States Pension Guaranty Commission, United States Merit System Protection Board, City of St. Louis Civil Service Commission, City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen, St. Louis County Council. PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD December 1983 – April 1986 Washington, DC

Division of Advice – legal research and preparation of memoranda to NLRB General Counsel on issues of law submitted by Regional Offices, oral presentation of matters to General Counsel and participation in NLRB trials.

BROOME LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORPORATION April 1980 – September 1982 Binghamton, New York

NORTH COUNTRY LEGAL SERVICES October 1978 – April 1980 Plattsburgh, New York

Staff Attorney at Legal Services offices. Practice included representation of low-income individuals and groups before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Represented clients in family law, consumer law, public entitlement, landlord-tenant, and other matters. EDUCATION

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, MASTERS IN INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS, 1984

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, JURIS DOCTOR, 1977

CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, BACHELOR OF ARTS (MAGNA CUM LAUDE), 1974