216.308.3654 - fax 216.938.9551- Current
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- Owner at Law Offices of Brooke Deines, LLC
- Sales Associate, Pre-licensed at Howard Hanna
- Member at Tremont West Development Corporation
- Past
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- Associate Attorney at Schwarzwald McNair & Fusco LLP
- Legal Intern, Elder Law Clinic at Main Street Legal Services, Inc.
- Legal Intern at Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York District Office
- Education
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- City University of New York School of Law at Queens College
- Iowa State University
- Marshalltown High School
- Connections
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Brooke Deines’s Summary
Attorney and Mediator
Brooke Deines’s Specialties:
Employment law, Elder law, Estate planning
Brooke Deines’s Experience
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Owner
Law Offices of Brooke Deines, LLC
(Law Practice industry)
Currently holds this position
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Sales Associate, Pre-licensed
Howard Hanna
(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)
November 2009 — Present (2 months)
Residential real estate sales in Cleveland's west side, downtown and western suburbs. Specializing in lakefront property.
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Member
Tremont West Development Corporation
(Law Practice industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
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Associate Attorney
Schwarzwald McNair & Fusco LLP
(Law Practice industry)
2007 — 2009 (2 years )
Provided transactional and litigation support to partners of union-side labor law firm. Performed legal research, composed briefs and prepared materials under a variety of federal and state statutes, including the National Labor Relations Act, the Railway Labor Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, federal anti-discrimination laws, and Ohio public employee collective bargaining laws.
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Legal Intern, Elder Law Clinic
Main Street Legal Services, Inc.
(Law Practice industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Counseled clients regarding end-of-life planning issues, including estate planning, powers of attorney, Medicaid planning and guardianship; served as independent court evaluator in guardianship cases, gathering and analyzing information about individual cases and recommending to the court the what the scope of the guardianship should be.
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Legal Intern
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York District Office
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
Researched issues regarding federal anti-discrimination laws, including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and provided litigation support to trial attorneys in regional EEOC office.
Brooke Deines’s Education
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City University of New York School of Law at Queens College
JD , Law , 2004 — 2007
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Iowa State University
BA , Speech Communication , 1987 — 1992
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Marshalltown High School
Diploma , College Prep , 1984 — 1987
Additional Information
Brooke Deines’s Websites:
Brooke Deines’s Interests:
Increasing accessibility of legal services, workers' rights, promoting reinvestment in and rebirth of the Cleveland metropolitan area, providing educational and literacy resources to Cleveland youth, theater, visual arts, writing, sewing, wine
Brooke Deines’s Groups:
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association ("CMBA"), Ohio State Bar Association, CMBA Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, CMBA 3Rs, Playhouse Square Partners, Tremont West Development Corporation, South of Jefferson Block Club, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (poll worker, 2007-2008)
CUNY School of Law Alumni
Employment Law Network
Estate Planning
Tremont Networking Group - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ADR, Conflict Resolution and Mediation Exchange
Ohio Lawyers Network
Cleveland, Ohio Small Firm/Solo Attorney Network
Brooke Deines’s Honors:
First Place Winner, 2005-2006 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Labor and Emloyment Law. Read my winning entry at www.kentlaw.edu/ilw/Brooke%20Deines.pdf.
Brooke Deines’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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