À propos
Haitian American Attorney at Law, Former Court of First Instance Investigating Judge, Former Executive Director, Former USAID Program Manager in Haiti and Former United Nations / MINUSCA Human Rights Officer and Civilians Protection focal point in Central African Republic with more than 25 years’ experience working in criminal, civil, and administrative law. Result oriented Human Rights Lawyer, and Criminal Justice expert with specialty in General Administration and Administration of Justice and Security. Specialties: General Administration, Administration of Justice and Security, Rule of Law, Immigration and Refugees, Human Rights and Gender Based Violence Specialist, Child Protection specialist, Excellent Customer Service, Trilingual (French, English and Haitian Creole) and Excellent Computer Skills.
Expériences professionnelles
Dec 2019 — Aug 2020
Public Safety and Legal Policy Consultant
New York Safety Insurance Consulting LLC · Privé
• Develop, maintain, and administer the safety compliance program for all NSIC clients.
• Perform regular evaluations to assess potential safety related issues with respect to general industry best practices and OSHA regulations in an industrial setting and where compliance is not found, take the actions necessary to ensure a return to compliance.
• Assist managers and operators in understanding the safety regulatory obligations within the assigned area of responsibility and work with other consultants, the public, local officials, state agencies, and the federal government on a project basis.
• Ensure daily monitoring for strict compliance with the safety requirements associated with applicable regulations and job site rules and procedures.
• Provide prompt notification to management of all safety related incidents or other deviations from the corporate safety program.
Jan 2019 — Nov 2019
Project Specialist & Obo Head of Office
Invisible Children Inc · ONG
• Overseen the smooth flow of routine program support functions of the Obo office and compliance with Invisible Children and USAID policies and procedures.
• Maintained regular contact with Operations Manager and Finance Manager and ensured that procurement is completed, documented, and delivered to end-user in a timely manner, ensuring that items procured meet the specifications of the end-user while adhering to donor and Invisible Children procurement guidelines.
• Ensured all aspects of asset management, including maintenance of the asset register and investigation of any missing assets.
• Provided technical direction for the program; developed work plans; lead implementation of resilience targeted activities; and ensured the program adaptively responds to changes in the operating environment to meet the desired objectives.
• Managed and supervised a team of technical and operations support staff.
Jun 2015 — Présent
Human Rights Officer
United Nations Office for Project Services · International
- Identify, conduct and analyze substantive research related to human rights issues;
- Interview, collect information from the victims and the alleged predators and visit the internally Displaced Persons and prisoners;
- Visit the National and Regional Prison and control Pretrial Detention;
- Observe and support trials at the Grande Instance and Appellate;
- Monitor and observe elections and political demonstrations;
- Prepare daily, weekly, monthly and circumstantial reports about all Human Rights Issues;
- Meet and Intervene beside local authorities on behalf of victims;
- Work with other organizations impact on the human rights situation;
- Analyses existing documentation and propose investigation methods;
- Conduct and/or assist in the conduct of interviews and evidence gathering activities;
- Prepare briefings, interview notes and analytical documents as required;
- Enter information about Human Rights cases in the Database of the Human Rights Components;
- Contribute to the production of the investigation report and final report; that is to: establish the facts; qualify the crimes; determine responsibilities and where possible, identify those responsible for human rights violations;
- Design, deliver, coordinate and evaluate human rights training programmes for national officials, civil society representatives, human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other national stakeholders;
- Ensure, coordinate and supervise the timely entry of accurate and verify human rights cases into an established database; conducts quality control and delivers statistics and trend reports as required;
- Contribute to the integration of gender perspectives/considerations and specific women/girls’ Rights issues in all activities, programmes and strategies.
Sep 2014 — Jun 2015
Licensed / Certified Agent & Tax Consultant /
Referencia Solution, USA · Privé
- Conducted research on tax laws and strategizing with clients to minimize tax liability
- Communicated with clients to explain tax issues and preparing tax returns
- Estate planned and keeping clients compliant with their tax obligations
- Filed immigration application for Clients (Residency, Citizenship, Employment, authorization)
Achievements:
>Helped between 20 to 30 people with their asylum case, US residency and US citizenship
>Always completed tax returns on-time without ever compromising on quality.
>Collectively saved clients $ 1.000.000 in tax benefits and deductions
>Tax advises about 7 private companies
Feb 2012 — Sep 2014
Target Jurisdiction Manager & Program Manager
Chemonics International / Projustice · ONG
- Supported Human and Material Resources of the Organization
- Mentored Judges, Prosecutors, Deputy-Prosecutors and Police
- Represented underprivileged clients in court
- Supported the Criminal Justice System reform in Haiti
- Fought against prolonged pretrial detention in the judicial system
Mar 2003 — Feb 2012
Manager
13-12 Multi-Service · Privé
Professional Translator (English into French or Haitian Creole)
- Translated professional and official documents prepared for public and private use;
- Provided an effective and efficient means of communication;
- Provided excellent customer service at the West Palm Beach Courthouse;
- Exchanged goods and skills by promoting the Haitian culture in other Communities.
Achievements:
- Helped between 20 to 30 people with their asylum case, US residency and US citizenship
- Translated for over 100 judicial and official documents monthly
- Organized 10 Fund raising per year in favor of Local Non-profit Organization.
Jun 1998 — Feb 2003
Investigating Judge / Juge d'Instruction
Ministère de la justice et de la sécurité publique · Public
-Presided over and adjudicated non-moving criminal misdemeanors, major and minor crimes.
-Presided over arraignments, pretrial disposition conferences, calendar call, probation violation hearings, jury, and non-jury trials.
-Heard and ruled on motions.
-Imposed sentencing following jury and non-jury convictions.
-Ordered and signed criminal arrest warrants.
-Researched current case law as it applies to issues presented and, if needed, prepared written opinions
Mar 1996 — Sep 1997
Legal Consultant
RESEAU DES CITOYENS / CITIZENS NETWORK · ONG
-Provided technical legal advice to hundred of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and law schools in order to implant a legal assistance program in Haiti. Spoke and moderated discussions on legal empowerment and legal services for the poor.
Nov 1995 — Sep 1997
Executive Director / Directeur Administratif
CITY HALL OF DELMAS/ Mairie de Delmas · Public
-Developed strategies and policies
- Ensured the organization's objectives are met
-Trained and supervised staff.
-Created and prepared budgets all financial operations
Jul 1993 — Sep 1997
Legal Consultant
SOCIAL SERVICES CHRISTIAN CENTER · ONG
-Represented underprivileged clients in court.
-Provided legal advice to potential clients.