ASSOCIATE LAWYER
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ASSOCIATE LAWYER

MARIA VOGEL-SHORT
Mailing Address: 95 N. Cherry Road,
Lake Hopatcong, N.J. 07849
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EDUCATION
Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT
Masters in Environmental Law and Policy January 31, 2018
Quinnipiac School of Law, North Haven, CT
Juris Doctor December 23, 2017

University of Maryland, College Park, MD
B.S. in Journalism

Fairleigh Dickinson University
ABA Approved Paralegal Certificate

Chronological Law Internships, Externships and Activities. Research Assistant, Quinnipiac Law School Library, 2015-2017, Internship with Sussex County Public Defender’s Office in Newton, N.J. under Deputy Public Defender Steven Insley, June to August 2017; Criminal Appellate Defense Clinic 9/2015-5/2016 and 2017); Prepared an appellate brief, reply brief and argued before the Appellate Court on May 24, won new trial on improper jury instruction in Sept., 2017 and prepared pet cert for Supreme Court on sufficiency in Oct. 2017; Externship with Legislature, working for Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport on a tax foreclosure project, Jan. – June 2017, Externship with Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Jan. – August 2017, Law School Mentor, 20162017, Student Ambassador, 2015-2016, President and Treasurer, Christian Legal Society, 2015-2017, Externship with Middletown Public Defender’s Office, Public Defender Jay McCay (1/20165/2016) , Legal Associate Intern, Division of Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, Legal Intern, 2016, Associate Editor, Quinnipiac Health Law Journal (9/2015 to 2017); Criminal Law Society, Intellectual Property Social Media Chair (2015-16), Senator, Student Bar Association, (2015-2016), Treasurer, Justice, Phi Alpha Delta 2015-17, re-established fraternity after it went defunct, Fellow, Inns of Court (2014-2015), Volunteer, V.I.T.A. Tax Preparation (2015) Public Interest Law Project (2015-2017). Moot Court 2016.

EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Paralegal: Fein, Such, Kahn & Shepard: Parsippany, N.J. Real Estate, Foreclosure, Collection and Wills, Trusts & Estates, 1996-1998
Paralegal, Michael Heaney, Esq. Bernardsville, N.J. municipal prosecutor, real estate, matrimonial Paralegal: James Walzer, Esq., Boonton, N.J. Real estate, legal documentation, matrimonial, wills Mr. Walzer writes for West, etc. 1991-1992

Freelance Business Writer & Marketer, 2009-present
• Work as a writer marketing financial planners and various other clients; created blogs and articles for legal, business and financial sources

New Jersey Law Journal, Legal Journalist, 2007-2009
Covered breaking news stories which centered on new laws, Supreme and Appellate court decisions, profiles of newsmakers, business trends and innovative and novel stories about the legal profession.

New Jersey Lawyer Journalist, 2001-2003

Covered breaking news and posted breaking stories for the daily briefing, Supreme and Appellate court decisions, profiles of newsmakers, business trends and innovative and novel stories about the legal profession.


Arizona’s Finest Wedding Sites Magazine, Editor-in-Chief, 2003-2009
• Editor, special projects and writer for a premier publication focusing on wedding locations, fashion and trends.
• Coordinated/supervised team of writers and concentrated on trends in the wedding industry

New Jersey Lawyer, Senior Journalist, 2001-2003
• Focused on Supreme Court decisions to appellate matters, as well as criminal and civil issues, including constitutional law to court rules.
• Responsibilities included updating the website on a daily basis about the current events for practicing attorneys across the state. Also, wrote profiles of prominent lawyers in the news, as well as current issues in the courts.

AWARDS
New Jersey Press Association
• Reporting, Writing and Illustration, News Writing 2005; Art Weissman Memorial Award 2004; Column Writing 1999

Society of Professional Journalists
• Profile Writing 2003; First Place, Health, Science, Technology and Environmental Reporting 2002; Second Place, First Place Award in Same Category 2001, 2002

PRIOR JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
• The Observer Tribune, Journalist, 2006-2004; New Jersey Herald, Court News Reporter, 2001-1998; Daily Record, Reporter, 1997; The Pocono Record, Beat Reporter 1996; Stringer for Other Newspapers: Gloucester County Times, Prince George Post, and The Concord Monitor