Kira Hinchey

Crafted preliminary decisions for review, drafted orders (acknowledgment & initial conference orders, post-conference orders, and remands), maintained the docket, and managed correspondence to parties

Judicial Extern for the Honorable Judge Neile Eisner - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – New York District (OFO) (Boston Office) - Boston, MA

(2025-09 - 2025-12)

• Crafted preliminary decisions for review, drafted orders (acknowledgment & initial conference orders, post-conference orders, and remands), maintained the docket, and managed correspondence to parties

Summer Legal Intern - Greater Boston Legal Services – Workers' Rights Unit - Boston, MA

(2025-06 - 2025-08)

• Drafted unemployment and medical leave benefit applications, immigration applications, wage and hour complaints and employment discrimination claims, and participated in legislative advocacy at the MA State House to protect workers injured on the job from employer retaliation

Summer Legal Intern - Department of Labor – Office of Administrative Law Judges - Boston, MA

(2025-06 - 2025-08)

Offer rescinded due to Summer 2025 federal hiring freeze

Certified Student Attorney (MA Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03) - Civil Rights Clinic – Boston College - Boston, MA

(2025-01 - 2025-05)

• Assigned to two projects, a litigation project negotiating settlement in a wage & hour and misclassification suit against an employer, and a community advocacy project collecting worker survey responses to draft a nail salon worker health & safety legislative proposal in Massachusetts

Summer Legal Intern - New York Legal Assistance Group - Legal Health Unit - New York, NY

(2024-05 - 2024-08)

• Performed weekly low-income client intakes with supervising attorney at NYLAG's Manhattan VA hospital office and assisted clients with rental arrears, Social Security/VA/disability benefits, drafting wills, and submitting asylum and extended-visa applications

Senior Associate, Client Solutions - Professional Services Firms - Gerson Lehrman Group Inc. ("GLG") - New York, NY

(2023-01 - 2023-07)

• Independently managed complete project life-cycles, including intake, project set-up, recruiting requests, consultations, billing and rescoping client requests to ensure adherence to our legal compliance framework
• Continued participation in the Social Impact program

Associate, Client Solutions - Professional Services Firms - Gerson Lehrman Group Inc. ("GLG") - New York, NY

(2022-01 - 2022-12)

• Recruited 400+ senior-level executives for ad hoc consulting research projects and integrated project management tools to balance multiple research projects simultaneously
• Participated in Social Impact program, providing professional services pro bono to qualifying non-profit organizations

Juris Doctor - Public Interest Designation Program - Boston College Law School (2023-09 - 2026-05)

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude - Public Policy Studies and French - Vanderbilt University (2017-09 - 2021-05)