EMPLOYMENT
1984-1991- Lawrence Leonard, Esq., New York, New York. Associate Attorney
1992-2011- Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Newark Asylum Office, (formerly – United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Newark Asylum Office), Newark, NJ and Lyndhurst, NJ. Asylum Officer
2011-Present. Lawrence Leonard, Esq, New York, New York. Associate Attorney.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Member of New York State Bar since 1984.
EDUCATION
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
J.D., June 1983
Class rank – top 25%.
Member of Cardozo International Moot Court Team (tri-state competition), 1982.
One of the winners of Jessup International Moot Court Competition, 1981.
Institute of Foreign Languages, Baku, USSR
B.A., June 1978; Major: English
G.P.A. – 3.77.
Editor-in-chief of the college newspaper.
Successfully participated in several academic competitions.
LANGUAGES
Russian (native).
INTERESTS
Literature, arts, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, travel.
TRAVEL
Extensive travel in Europe, Asia, Africa, North, Central, and South America.
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