07/16/2026
PD-15 is fortunate to have another great class of summer legal interns who have been doing great work for our clients.
Braden Pajunen is a St. Thomas University College of Law rising 2L. A Canadian citizen with extensive volunteer experience there, Braden studied environmental sciences at the Concordia University of Edmonton.
Klaudia Quinones is also a rising 2L from St. Thomas University College of Law and is a participant in the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Advancing Opportunities Internship program. Prior to law school, Klaudia worked as an office supervisor in a high-volume traffic and criminal defense firm and worked as a legal assistant at a pre-litigation personal injury firm. Klaudia studied political science at Florida International University and Palm Beach State College.
Sydney Ross is a rising 3L from Florida International University - College of Law. The first and youngest of four siblings to attend college, Sydney possesses a commitment to criminal and public defense. As an undergraduate, Sydney attended the University of Southern California, where she focused on Political Science with a concentration in Law and Human Rights. She is on the FIU Law Trial Team and has been a judicial intern, a legal intern at a private firm and the LA County Public Defender’s Office, and a teaching assistant with the USC Prison Educational Project, “Writing and Identity.”
Stephanie Barry is a rising 2L from Vanderbilt University Law School where she is involved in groups focused on mock trial, women in law, criminal law, legal aid, tennis, and first-generation law students. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston college where she studied Psychology and English with a minor in Management for Social Impact and the Public Good and was also involved in mock trial there. She has been a litigation paralegal at a private firm and had numerous internships including one with the Boston College Law Innocence Program.
Sharon DeAzevedo — following work at the Transportation Security Administration, English tutoring, and her undergraduate studies at the Stony Brook University — comes to PD-15 as a rising 2L from Albany Law School. She had increasing levels of responsibility at TSA, possesses a TEFL Certificate from Florida State University, and is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese.
Zoey Chotiner is a rising 2L at Shepard Broad Law School - Nova Southeastern University. As a University of Miami undergraduate, Zoey studied Microbiology & Immunology and Criminology with a minor in Health Management and Policy. She also studied Mass Incarceration & Public Health and Juvenile Delinquency and was a research assistant in the University of Miami Sociology and Criminology Department.
