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