She graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree after earning her associate degree in Paralegal Studies from Camden County College in 2011. Prior to attending law school, Deanne worked as a paralegal for nearly a decade with solo practitioners in South Jersey. During law school, she continued to work full-time and attend law school as a night student. In 2014, she completed her first year of law school at Widener Law School in Delaware as a top student and transferred to Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey. At Rutgers Law School, she participated in Hunter Moot Court and two semesters in the Civil Litigation Clinic.
After graduation, Deanne was selected to clerk for the Honorable Linda L. Lawhun, the presiding judge for the Criminal Division for the Salem/Gloucester/Cumberland vicinage. During her time as a law clerk, she served as a court-trained settlement mediator for landlord-tenant matters. Prior to joining GRSM, she focused her practice of law in civil litigation, particularly with a concentration in contractual, consumer fraud, legal malpractice, and creditors’ rights matter.
