Meet Mónica

Mónica is an integral member of our Appellate Practice Group. She began her legal career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after graduating from Notre Dame Law School. Mónica then volunteered at the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Western District of New York before transitioning to the Cornell Death Penalty Clinic, where she conducted extensive research on criminal and constitutional law and drafted briefs and motions for post-conviction relief. Subsequently, Mónica served as a staff attorney in the Staff Attorney’s Office for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, conducting legal research and drafting legal memoranda on a variety of issues for all judges of the Second Circuit. After completing her term as a staff attorney, Mónica returned to the Cornell Death Penalty Clinic before joining Gallo Vitucci Klar LLP.