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12 <br /> Page 2 of 3 Janine Zanin <br /> Office of the Chief Court Attorney - Citywide=❑ ❑ <br /> Provided counsel and analysis of citywide legal issues for Chief Court Attorney and <br /> Administrative Judge's office. Author of the Suppression and Related Issues chapter of <br /> the Criminal Court Judge's Bench Book. Coordinated legal training programs for <br /> Criminal Court judges and court attorneys. Created and published web-based legal <br /> updates on new legislation. Edited and updated The Complete Search Warrant, <br /> Annotated by the Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt, Judge, New York Court of Appeals. <br /> Assistant Program Coordinator of Summer Judicial Internship Programs. <br /> Red Hook Community Justice Center❑❑❑❑ <br /> (A federally funded "leadership site" as well as an innovative and experimental multi- <br /> jurisdictional courthouse located in Red Hook, Brooklyn) <br /> Provided legal counsel and bench support for the Hon. Alex M. Calabrese including <br /> drafting Criminal Court and Housing Court decisions and conferencing and settling <br /> Housing Court cases. Developed protocol for handling Housing Court cases including <br /> set-up of Housing Resource Center. Trained legal staff, clinic staff, housing resource <br /> center staff and clerk's office in public housing law. <br /> Court Attorney to Judicial Hearing Officer Part <br /> Performed legal research and drafted post-hearing findings of fact and conclusions of <br /> law for pre-trial suppression motions. Provided bench assistance to Judicial Hearing <br /> Officer at all hearings conducted in the part. <br /> New York City Housing Court❑❑June 1998 to June 2000 <br /> Conducted settlement conferences with both pro se litigants and attorneys. Performed <br /> legal research and drafted court orders. Worked in specialized court parts handling <br /> cases brought by the New York City Housing Authority and the New York City <br /> Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Trained new court attorneys <br /> Volunteer Experience: <br /> The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence❑Aug 2004 to present <br /> Co-counsel to Donna Bennick, Esq. <br /> Legal Representation of NC inmate seeking to prove his <br /> innocence. <br /> North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services ❑ Aug 2004 to Oct 2004 <br /> Volunteer Legal Work in Intake and Post-Conviction <br /> Relief Divisions <br /> Chatham County Habitat for Humanity❑June 2004 to October 2004 <br /> Built homes in Siler City, NC <br /> Friends of Coffey Park❑❑❑June 2003 to April 2004 <br /> (New York City park in Red Hook, Brooklyn) <br /> Finance Committee Member and Summer Film <br /> Series Volunteer <br />