Jerome began his career as an Assistant District Attorney at the King’s (Brooklyn) County District Attorney’s Office. He was a Felony assistant where he Prosecuted and managed a rotating caseload of over 100 felony criminal cases from arraignment to final disposition. Jerome presented felony cases and evidentiary investigations in the Grand Jury, including but not limited to attempted murder, gun possession, reckless endangerment, robbery, burglary and assault. Jerome conducted numerous pre-trial evidentiary hearings and trials to verdict. He also conducted one of the first virtual criminal trials in the State of New York during Covid-19 pandemic and drafted indictments, internal memoranda’s, search warrants, and subpoenas for DNA and digital evidence.
Upon leaving the DA’s office, Jerome joined a well - known insurance defense firm where he was an Associate in the Complex Tort & General Casualty Division. Jerome defended clients in preventing, mitigating and managing exposure to liability through risk, crises, claims while litigating these cases. Jerome represented individuals who were alleged to have negligently caused the injuries of others.