Overview
During law school, she clerked at an established regional law firm and served as a judicial intern for the Honorable David R. Strawbridge, Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Honorable Garrett D. Page, Judge in the 38th Pennsylvania Judicial District. During law school, Janice was also a staff editor for the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal and a board member of the Latin American Law Students Association and School Discipline Advocacy Service.
Before practicing law, Janice taught high school history in Philadelphia and New York City, where she honed her public speaking skills.
Janice is bilingual and can serve clients in two languages. She is also an active member of the National Hispanic Bar Association and the Dominican Bar Association.
Before joining Faegre Drinker, Janice was an associate at a major international labor and employment law firm, and seconded with a NYC Fortune 250 company.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Languages
Spanish
Education
Queens College, CUNY
B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Alpha Theta
Queens College, CUNY
M.S.Ed.; Master’s Extension Certificate in Bilingual Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law
J.D. Temple International & Comparative Law Journal – Staff Editor, Certificate in Trial Advocacy
Insights & Events
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- National Hispanic Bar Association
- Dominican Bar Association
Honors
- National Employment Law Council (NELC) — Academy Fellow, 2019-20
- Super Lawyers — Rising Star, 2019-20
- Hispanic National Bar Association — Participant, Latina Leadership Academy, 2019
- Temple University Beasley School of Law — Outstanding Oral Advocate in Trial Advocacy and Legal Research & Writing; Distinguished Class Performance in Evidence; Conwell Scholarship Recipient, 2013-17; Dean's List, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017
- Queens College, City University of New York —Intensive Teacher Institute Scholar; Taft Fellow, 2009; Excellence in History Faculty Award, 2008