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Samantha Persaud
Associate General Counsel of Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (“FREE”)
Samantha Persaud is the Associate General Counsel of Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (“FREE”), a Long Island-based not-for-profit agency that provides educational, residential, health and other support services for differently abled individuals.
She provides support and legal guidance to FREE and all its affiliates to assist in their missions to provide services for individuals who are differently abled. Ms. Persaud started as a legal intern at FREE in February 2016 and was offered the position of Associate General Counsel after being admitted to the New York State Bar.
Ms. Persaud has a Bachelors of International Political Economics degree from Fordham University, and is a proud alum of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University where she received her Juris Doctorate. She is a member of the New York Bar and multiple bar associations. Ms. Persaud is currently admitted to practice law in New York and the District of Columbia.