Development Assistant

Alyssa L. Talanker

*** ***** **., ***. * . Troy, NY 12180

518-***-**** . abg745@r.postjobfree.com

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

New York Senate, Counsel, Committee on Labor, Albany, NY

February 2009 - December 2010

. Counsel and Committee Director responsible for reviewing all labor and

workers' compensation bills in the Senate Labor Committee, and

advising the

Chair on legal issues regarding the legislation.

. Organized public hearings and wrote hearing reports concerning bidding,

wage

and labor abuses on public work contracts, employee

misclassification in construction, and proposed

workers' compensation programs impacting the hearing rights of

employees and employers.

. Negotiated and drafted reform legislation to enact New York's first

employee misclassification law.

New York Department of Labor, Legislative Counsel, Albany, NY

Jan. 2008 - Feb. 2009

. Achieved passage of five Department of Labor bills, including laws to

expand advance

layoff notice to private workers beyond federal law, require

successor contractor liability

for asbestos violators, and register professional employment

organizations.

. Wrote departmental opinion letters to the Governor concerning bills

delivered for his approval.

. Counsel to the State Task Force on Child Performer Eating Disorders.

Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Special Assistant, Ridgewood, NY

June 2007 - Jan. 2008

. Prepared testimony and policy recommendations on school safety issues.

Visited local schools and met with staff on funding and workplace

issues.

. Reviewed the impact of local economic development projects on affordable

housing.

Legal Consultant, Pelham, New York

Oct. 2006 - May 2007

. Drafted legislation and counseled organizations to secure local job

creation

on publicly-funded economic development contracts.

Council of the District of Columbia, Asst. General Counsel, Washington, DC

Nov. 2004 - Sept. 2006

. Counsel to the Economic Development Committee and Government Operations

Committee. Responsible for reviewing all labor, workers'

compensation

and economic development bills referred to the committees. Advised the

committee

Chairs on related legal issues, wrote legal opinions and codified enacted

legislation.

. Drafted legal opinions and legislation relating to public funding for

D.C.'s major

downtown waterfront development project.

Good Jobs First, Subsidy Research Director, Washington, DC

Nov. 2001 - Oct. 2004

. Co-authored two national studies that reviewed the effectiveness of tax

subsidy programs

to create jobs for publicly-funded economic development projects,

including New York's

empire zone program.

. Drafted legislation, testified and assisted organizations in various

states

to secure local job creation and transparency on publicly-funded

development projects.

Blitman & King, Associate, Syracuse, NY

Oct. 2000 - Oct. 2001

. Assisted in arbitration proceedings for workplace grievances and wrote

hearing briefs.

. Prepared litigation pleadings to collect health, pension and other ERISA

benefits under

collective bargaining contracts.

New York Senate, Sr. Assistant Counsel for the Senate Minority, Albany, NY

March 1990 - Sept. 2000

. Counseled Minority members of the Senate Labor Committee and Civil

Service & Pensions

Committee concerning bills in the committees, and prepared Members

for floor debate.

. Organized public hearings to study NAFTA's impact on job loss in New

York and state labor laws

for farm workers, and drafted hearing reports with legislative

recommendations.

. Edited litigation reports by the Minority Counsel's office for use by

senators and staff.

Disability Advocates, Staff Attorney, Albany, NY

Oct. 1989- Feb. 1990

. Provided litigation and legal counseling for individuals recently

discharged from

mental health facilities experiencing adjustment issues.

New York State Defenders Association, Staff Attorney, Albany, NY

Oct. 1986 - Oct. 1989

. Provided trial assistance and legal research to public defenders and

legal aid attorneys.

Law Office of Alyssa Talanker, Solo Practitioner, Albany, NY

March 1984 - Sept. 1986

. Represented veterans in administrative hearings; litigated civil rights

actions in federal court.

. Served as a law guardian and assigned counsel in Albany County Family

Court, and

as assigned appellate counsel for criminal and family court appeals.

Osborne, Samuel & Ott, Associate, Boston, MA

March 1982 - May 1983

. Represented clients in matrimonial and collection actions in state court.

Rhode Island Attorney General's Office, Special Asst. Attorney General,

Jan. 1979 - December 1981

Providence, RI

. Litigated civil rights actions in federal court.

. Wrote appellate briefs and argued criminal appeals in Rhode Island

Supreme Court.

. Drafted a criminal procedure manual for use by local police departments

in Rhode Island.

EDUCATION

J.D., Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, MA

1978

B.A., Political Science / Psychology, cum laude, State University of New

York at Buffalo 1975

BAR ADMISSIONS

State: New York

District of Columbia

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Federal: United States District Courts for the Northern District of New

York and Rhode Island

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Supreme Court

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

. Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Unemployment Law Clinic,

volunteer attorney

. New York State Bar Association, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law

Section, Fashion Law Committee

. New York Task Force on Group Self-Insurance, member

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