Lecturer Bios
Rudolph Carmenaty
Rudy Carmenaty presently serves as the Deputy Commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Social Service. Prior to his appointment, Rudy was a Bureau Chief in the Office of the Nassau County Attorney and was the Director of Legal Services for both the Nassau County Department of Social Services and the Nassau County Department of Human Services.
Rudy received his Juris Doctor from the Columbia Law School, and he earned a BA with Honors from Rutgers. A member of the American Bar Association, the Long Island Hispanic Bar Association, and the New York City Bar Association; he is both the
Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the Publications Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. His monthly column on legal topics appears in the Nassau Lawyer.
Jessica Medina, Esq.
First came law, then came passion. I practiced law in the DC metro area for nearly 14 years before deciding to pursue my true calling: financial coaching. I was a single mom of twins, had graduated from Columbia Law School with hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt — check out how I paid it off — and was just trying to keep my little family afloat while I juggled a new life as a law firm associate. To say those times were stressful would be quite the understatement!
I spent eight successful years at a large DC law firm but always saw myself as a public servant. I left Biglaw for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), taking a hefty salary cut but loving the idea of working for the people.
The Division of Enforcement at the SEC works tirelessly for those who have been defrauded by the financial industry, and my work there opened my eyes to how shady characters in this area can be and how regular folks are in need of personal financial guidance to avoid becoming vulnerable to such schemes.
