I always knew I would be an attorney.  My uncle was a prosecutor and a successful defense attorney and I worshiped him, so why not do what he does?  I graduated Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1998.  I started Seton Hall University School of Law at Newark, New Jersey the fall of that same year, part time.  Also that year I got a full time job at a law firm in Elizabeth, New Jersey from which it was an easy 15 minute commute to my night classes Monday through Thursday to law school for four years.  I graduated Seton Hall in 2002 and immediately hung my shingles.  I never worked for anyone as a practicing attorney.  I did everything an attorney does at the firm  I worked at while attending law school for four years, except of course represent clients in court although I accompanied the attorneys I worked for plenty of times on the cases I worked on, filed motions, briefs, etc...  When I got my license to practice, BOOM, I went out on my own right away.  I was 26 years old.  My four years working and studying gave me the confidence and knowledge to take such a leap of faith at such a young age.  I am still working for myself as a practicing attorney to this day representing clients in court charged with various criminal, drunk driving and traffic offenses.  At this point of my career I am a Certified Municipal Court Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey.