Background
Mendez, Yvette C. was born on October 18, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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Yvette C. Mendez
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Amherst College (Bachelor of Arts, 1984). Fordham University (Juris Doctor, 1990).
Career
Worked at Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, Professional Corporation (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Tort Defense, Employment Litigation, Product Liability, Business Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Massachusetts and United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
Writing and Research Editor, Urban Law Journal, 1989-1990.
Writing Skills Specialist: Suffolk Law School, 1993. New England School of Law, 1993-1994.
Member, Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal, 1995. Author: "Timesharing and Realty Partition Interests Under the Martin Acting," Fordham Urban Law Journal, Volume XVII Number.
4. (1989); "Affirmative Action and Diversity: A Hand in Glove Situation," Boston Bar Journal, September/October, 1995.
Law Clerk, Honorary William G. Young. United States. District Judge, District of Massachusetts, 1990-1991. Member: Board of Directors, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, 1996.
Board of Volunteer Lawyers Project, 1996.
Member: Boston and Massachusetts (Member, Board of Delegates, Suffolk County Representative, 1995. Committee on Minorities in the Profession, 1994) Bar Associations.
Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys (President, 1992). Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1993-1995).
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Member, Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal, 1995.
