Home Based Legal Research
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Hugh Joel Breyer ***B Corylus Plaza, Monroe Twp., New Jersey 0883 609/371-0804/ Cell: 609-***-**** Fax: 1-866-***-**** *********@***.*** Summary: Core Skill Set:
• Professional Librarian Certificate, State Of NJ
• Numerous publications in academic journals
• Legal Research & Writing
• Library Management skills
• Military Library experience
• Lexis, Westlaw, manual skills, bibliographic instruction in all phases of legal reference
• Digital Photography: Photoshop
Employment History
Prime Listings Company, East Windsor, New Jersey
Self Employed 1999-Present
Home Based Business/Court Records Vendor
Supply attorneys with current court records of judgments, lawsuits, foreclosures, etc. Ability to supply attorneys in variety of states including New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland.
Law Offices Of Michael Mole,
45 Brant Avenue
Clark, New Jersey 07066
1995-2001 (Reference Available) My role in Mr. Mole's office served as both his office librarian and paralegal. Responsibilities included interviewing clients, drafting and filing fee applications, assisting in drafting motions for adversary proceedings, and generally helping in all aspects of both his collection and bankruptcy practice. Regularly assisted in research and writing for legal briefs and occasional research for appellate briefs. Skills in Word, Wordperfect, Inmagic software, Hot Docs, MS Word Suite. Library skills required loose leafing, maintaining his state primary collection, federal practice collection, frequently finding state legislative histories from research from the State Law Library, Trenton. Lexis/Westlaw/Courtlink/Loislaw. Home Loan Solicitor, New Jersey (Part Time, 2000-2006)
Sales of purchase money mortgages & refinancing. Analyzing credit reports and interpreting rate sheets.
Department Of Defense
Ft. Dix & McGuire AFB Libraries
Library Director
1999-2001
Ft. Dix Library
Education Department
Bldg. 5403 Delaware
Ft. Dix, New Jersey 08640
Contact: Chuck Adimaro, Education Director 609-***-****
Temporary positions at each military base for one year. Initially hired for a 1 year position as Director Of Library Services as a DOD employee at Fort Dix Army Base. This was a non classified collection primarily serving as a community library. My central task at Fort Dix was to automate our collection which required in-house training from Sirsi Corporation. We converted our collection to an online database by scanning and loading 20,000 records. Managing a staff of 4 non professional employees and additional staff during the weeding and conversion process. Created an internet room containing 10 computers set aside for recreational use. McGuire Air Force Base was already automated using a version of Innopac. It was staffed with 3 non professional people (military spouses). State Of New Jersey, Administrative Office Of Courts 1994-1996, Trenton, New Jersey Librarian Organized a small collection of primary source materials for the AOC Library located in the Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton. The AOC Collection contained statutes, administrative codes, court rules, government manuals. Valparaiso University Law School Library, Valparaiso, Indiana 1992-1994 Educational Services Librarian Assisting in reference duties in the law library for the students, faculty, bar, and public. Participated in making presentations for law school classes in their research projects. Worked closely with faculty on an ad hoc basis. Appointed the law school videographer who taped special events, moot court debates, and review sessions for final exams. Rutgers University Law School Library, Newark, New Jersey Reference Librarian 1989-1992 Reference desk duties 40 hrs. per week. Bibliographic instruction for students, faculty, members of bar, public. Lexis, Westlaw instruction. Government documents library reference, including compiling state legislative histories. Weekend circulation desk duties and supervision of staff. Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey Paralegal Instruction 1992, Fall Semester Taught legal research and writing to undergraduate students in the Paralegal Studies Program. The course included instruction on using a law library, drafting simple briefs, instruction on Lexis and Westlaw, shepardizing, introduction to legal terminology. Cook County Public Defender's Office, Chicago, Illinois 1987-1989 Director Of Library Services Oversaw 5 satellite branches encompassing Chicago and suburbs. Supervised 1 full time employee. Traveled frequently to update satellite office collections (loose leaf services, pocket parts). Responsible for library budget and collection development. Assisted attorneys with Lexis/Westlaw.
Scholarly Publications:
“Laycock’s Substantive Neutrality and Nuechterlein’s Free Exercise Test:
Implications Of Their Convergence For The Religion Clauses”, The Journal Of Law & Religion, Volume X, Number 2, 1993-1994.
“Cinderella, The Horse God And The Wizard Of Oz: Mozert v. Hawkins County Public Schools”, Journal Of Law & Education, Vol. 20, Number 1, Winter 1991.
“The Battered Woman Syndrome And The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony”, Criminal Law Bulletin,
Vol. 28, Number 2, March-April 1992. Education: BA Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN JD Law, University Of Cincinnati, OH MLS Library & Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
References: Michael Mole' 732-***-**** Current Administrator, Medical Services, Howell, New Jersey [employed by Mr. Mole, Law Offices Of Michael Mole, 2001-2006. Harvey Baum
Collection, Appeals Press
Peter Tokatlian (312) 603 - 0600 Attorney, Cook County Public Defender's Office, Chicago, Illinois Appeals Division [Mr. Tokatlian was a senior attorney in the appeals division, 1987-1989] Prof. Glen Bencivengo 212-***-**** Faculty Member The Pratt Institute, Legal Research [Prof. Bencivengo was my colleague at Rutgers Law Library, 1989-1992] Business/Finance background:Consulting on federal debt collection and Federal Debt Collection Practices Act, bankruptcy practice office management and marketing mortgage law and sales, foreclosure law, collection office software (Columbia Ultimate software), consumer finance and credit repair. Vocational interests in real estate investing and mortgage sales.
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