Janice Newman Teetsell, Attorney

Experience

Janice Newman Teetsell, Esq., 1986 to Present
Sole Practitioner

• From 1986 to 1994 I maintained a part-time law practice in Newark, NJ.
• In 1994 I opened my full-time office in South Orange, NJ.
• My areas of concentration include Family Law, Real Estate and Immigration.
• In January 1999 I changed the name of my office from Janice M. Newman to Janice Newman Teetsell, Esq.

NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ, 1992-1995
Communications Specialist, Municipal Wastewater Assistance

• Develop and implement communications strategies to promote the financing of municipal wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure.
• Design and produce literature and multi-media presentations; review and edit technical reports.
• Represent NJDEP at conferences and exhibitions. Liaison with the NJ Wastewater Treatment Trust.

NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection and Energy, Trenton, NJ, 1991-1992
Environmental Issues Specialist, Office of Communications

• Develop and implement communications strategies for departmental programs in areas such as underground storage tanks, water quality and conservation and wastewater treatment.
• NJ coordinator for celebration of the Delaware Estuary involving NJ, PA and Delaware.
• Editor of departmental monthly newsletter, In the DEPE.

NJ Dept. of Community Affairs Trenton, NJ, 2/90 to 6/90
Interim Director, Division on Women

• Administer the activities of the Division, overseeing a staff of 11 with a budget in excess of $2 million.
• Oversee the funding of programs for women dealing with the prevention of domestic violence, displaced homemakers, urban women centers, child care, women with disabilities, and services for Hispanic women.
• Serve as the legislatively-mandated representative to the NJ Advisory Commission on Women Veterans.

NJ Dept. of Community Affairs Trenton, NJ, 5/88 to 2/90
Legislative Liaison/Public Information Officer, Division on Women

• Review and comment on new legislation and amendments to existing legislation. Prepare testimony for legislative committee hearings on issues affecting women and children in NJ.
• Speech writing; all phases of public information services.

City of Newark, Office of the Mayor Newark, NJ, 1982-1986
Assistant Communications Director

• Supervision of staff of 7 in the Public Information Office; administering a budget in excess of $100,000.
• Serve as deputy press secretary to the Mayor. Arrange press conferences and other special events.
• Coordinate the design and production of literature and graphics for municipal agencies.
• Producer and host of "Newark and Reality", a weekly half-hour television program on WOR-TV/Channel 9 (until 1985). Producer and Host of "The Newark Report", broadcast on WBGO-FM and other local stations (until 1993).
• Journalist and columnist for "INFORMATION", a tabloid published for the residents of Newark.

City of Newark Newark, NJ, 1974-1982
Public Information Officer, Public Information Office

• Producer and host of "Newark and Reality", a weekly half-hour television program on WOR-TV/Channel 9 (until 1985). Producer and Host of "The Newark Report", broadcast on WBGO-FM and other local stations (until 1993).
• Journalist and columnist for "INFORMATION", a tabloid published for the residents of Newark.
• Design and produce publications and audio/visual presentations for municipal agencies.
• Represented the City of Newark on a promotional tour in San Francisco and Los Angeles, promoting tourism in the New York-New Jersey region.