Juris Doctorate Law Graduate with Experience

SAMUEL R. ZUCKERMAN

** *-* ****** *****, West Hartford, CT 06107 Email: ****************@*****.***; 203-***-****

SAMUEL R. ZUCKERMAN

** *-* ****** *****, West Hartford, CT 06107

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

University of Connecticut School of Law: 55 Elizabeth St., Hartford, CT 06105 ● J.D., Class of 2023

● UCONN Law School Dean’s Merit Scholar (Half-Tuition Merit Scholarship)

● GPA: 3.200

Dean’s List: Spring 2022 (3.72 GPA)

● In addition to my J.D., I obtained a Corporate & Regulatory Compliance Certification through The UCONN School of Business, in partnership with UCONN Law School (with honors)

Brandeis University: 415 South St., Waltham MA 02453

● Graduated from Brandeis University in May of 2020, Bachelor of the Arts (BA) Political Science Major, Economics Minor

With honors - Honors Thesis Candidate in Political Science (requisite 3.5+ GPA for major)

● Dean’s Merit Scholarship: $11,500 for each academic term enrolled

WORK EXPERIENCE

● Fall 2023/Spring 2024 Law Clerk (litigation discovery-oriented role): Curran Antonelli, LLP. Under direction of Peter Antonelli, Esq. and Thomas Curran, Esq., conducted legal research resulting in formal memoranda, prospective case analyses (Boston-based IIED & workplace sexual harassment plaintiffs) drafted discovery responses and propounded discovery requests, performed varied clerical tasks involving e-filing.

● Spring 2023 TELYON Solar Energy Compliance & Regulatory Legal Intern: Significant experience conducting wide-ranging state and local research regarding solar photovoltaic installation, operation and management requirements; engaged in contractual analysis regarding solar PPAs, sPPAs and landlord/tenant agreements. Developed niche industry and administrative knowledge of investment strategy through weekly strategy sessions with entire team present.

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● 2022 Summer Associate: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP: Summer Associate in the firm’s Medical Malpractice and Corporate Litigation Practice Groups based in Hartford, CT. Responsible for drafting wide-ranging research memoranda regarding commercial litigation, product liability and medical malpractice issues, deposition indices, collecting and organizing insurance data, drafting non-dispositive motions and requests for production, and collaborating with firm’s newest associates on legal briefs.

●Spring 2022 Clinical Associate: University of Connecticut School of Law Asylum & Human Rights (Field Placement Grade Received: A) Successfully obtained asylum for Afghan national who fled persecution by the Taliban in the wake of Afghanistan’s political collapse, precipitated by the withdrawal of US forces in August 2021. Worked diligently with Clinical Professor Jon Bauer as well as my clinical student-associate to attempt to obtain asylum for client, and derivative asylum on behalf of client’s immediate family. Asylum granted by USCIS late 2023. Clinic involved extensive experience utilizing NetDocs software.

● Fall 2021 Law Clerk: Waterson Employment Law, LLC. Legal intern operating out of boutique transactional firm’s Stamford location. Responsible for memoranda regarding real estate transactions, drafting subpoenas for following institutions: Bank of America, Fidelity, City Bank. Drafted motion to compel for document production by Boston-based financial institution. Performed other duties and clerical tasks as assigned.

● Spring 2020 Legal Intern: State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo at Stamford/Norwalk District Attorney’s Office. Shadowed and performed legal research utilizing WestLaw, shadowed multiple attorneys, transcribed, organized and (rarely) drafted correspondences within DA Archives, organized and reviewed court docket, performed clerical duties as assigned. Shadowed primarily, and assisted where possible, attorneys in prosecution of low-level civil cases, primarily in traffic court.

● Co-authored ophthalmology research paper with Dr. Matthew Paul, M.D. of Connecticut Eye Consultants, P.C. Paper was published in Ophthalmology Times medical journal. I was responsible for data collection, statistical analyses of post-operative surgical outcomes and providing research basis for formal paper.

Link to Marginal Amlodipine Research published paper.

Later rehired by Danbury Eye Physicians in both research and clerical capacities for ten weeks during the summers of 2018 and 2019.

● Rose Art Museum Front Desk Organizer (academic year 2017, 2018)

● Brandeis University Executive Senator: served three terms on Brandeis University Student Union. Presented annual budget reports to the Board of Trustees, secured funding for green-energy initiatives on campus, pressed for increased scholarship funding for lower-income students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

● Worked at Eisner Summer Camp in Great Barrington, MA for eight weeks per summer: summers of 2016 and 2017 as a general counselor and staff-manager, respectively.

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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

● UCONN Law National Dispute Resolution Society Fall 2021 EELS Competition Semi-Finalist

● UCONN Law Campus Democrats President

● UCONN Law People’s Parity Project Vice-President

● UCONN Law Corporate and Securities Law Society (CSLS) Treasurer ● UCONN Law Themis Bar Review Representative

● UCONN Law Mock Trial AFINC Competition Participant, Member

● Student Bar Association: Faculty Evaluation Committee

● Brandeis Student Union Senator: representing approximately 450 students in student government for three academic years

● Brandeis University Investment Club Vice-President

● Brandeis University Chess Team Treasurer and Vice-President

● Social Chair, Brotherhood Chair and Historian of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity of Brandeis University

LANGUAGES

● Spanish (Basic)

● Hebrew (Basic)

SKILLS

● Excellent research skills. Spent two summers providing research basis for published medical study in Ophthalmology Times. Extensive legal research shadowing experience performed under State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo during legal internship. Ability to handle multiple complex research tasks simultaneously.

● Strong writing and communicative skills, sharpened through nine writing-intensive and other political science courses taken at Brandeis, as well as membership in UCONN Law’s Mock Trial Society and participation in its National Dispute Resolution Society annual environmental law competition.

● Highly skilled in utilizing WestLaw and LexisNexis legal research functions. Utilized extensively during previous legal internship, current law-firm associateship, and recent clinical associateship at UCONN Law’s Asylum Clinic, which is among its most notable and intensive.

● Strong interpersonal skills, honed through my experience as three-term Student Union Senator. Frequently engaged with university faculty, led green-energy initiatives on campus, drafted and presented annual Student Union budget reports to the Brandeis University Board of Trustees.

● Skilled in Microsoft Office, Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Quickbooks and general computer software. Used these applications extensively during my medical research conducted at Connecticut Eye Consultants, P.C.

● Skilled at drafting legal memoranda, correspondences, referrals and motions. Seeking future public-sector experience to gain further brief-writing experience. Quick, efficient and effective learner with well-developed legal analytic skills.

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