ALYSSA MICHELLE PANARO, ESQ.
** ******* ***** ? Dix Hills, NY 11746 ? 516-***-**** ?
******.******@*****.***
BAR ADMISSIONS
Admitted in New Jersey Supreme Court as of December 2010.
Sat for February 2011 New York State Bar Examination (Results Pending).
EDUCATION
St. John's University SCHOOL OF LAW, Queens, NY
J.D., June 2010
Honors: Senior Staff Member, New York International Law Review
Recipient, Patrick T. O'Malley Endowed Scholarship
Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards, Summer
08, Fall 08 & Fall 09
Publication: Securities Arbitration in the Market Meltdown Era:
Achieving Fairness in Perception and Reality
"FINRA's Proposed Discovery Guide-SEC Comment
Letters," 1754 PLI/Corp 157, 343 (2009).
Activities: President, Corporate & Securities Law Society;
Treasurer, Entertainment, Sports & Art Law Society
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
B.A., Political Science; Co-Major, Journalism, May 2006
Activities: Staff Columnist, Emory Wheel; Languages: Working Knowledge of
French and Italian
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
THE LAW OFFICES OF PETER PANARO, Massapequa, NY
Associate (Admission Pending), January 2010-Present.
Serve as Associate, pending admission to the New York State Bar, for
general practice specializing in civil and criminal litigation, real estate
and estate planning. Second seat attorney on all court appearances and
proceedings. Draft omnibus motions, motions to suppress, pleadings,
uncontested divorce packets, and other pre-trial litigation documents.
Perform legal research and memoranda on domestic relations law and criminal
law.
Hon. P. Kevin Castel, UNITED STATES District Court, SDNY, New York, NY
Intern, August 2009-December 2009.
Assisted Judge in the determination and editing of motions, reports and
recommendations. Performed legal research on relevant federal law. Observed
federal criminal trial proceedings.
Miller Tabak Roberts Securities, LLC, New York, NY
Legal and Compliance Intern, Summer 2009
Assisted General Counsel of securities firm with compliance and legal
representation. Conducted litigation and legal research projects relating
to anti-money laundering surveillance, futures regulation and bankruptcy
filings.
Securities Arbitration Clinic, ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Queens,
NY
Legal Intern, Spring 2009
Assisted under-served New York investors with small claims disputes against
broker-dealers in arbitrations. Taught investor education seminars to
senior citizens. Wrote memorandum of law for Finra arbitration. Wrote SEC
Comment.
New York Stock Exchange, New York, NY
Market Surveillance Intern, Fall 2008
Assisted with NYSE Regulation investigations relating to violations of NYSE
rules and federal securities law. Performed legal research and writing on
federal insider trading and misappropriation claims.
Hon. Joseph Covello, N.y. state sup. ct., app. div., second jud. dept.,
Mineola, NY
Intern, Summer 2008
Performed legal research and wrote legal memoranda to assist Judge in the
determination of appeals.
Attended oral arguments in Second Department Courthouse. Observed trial
proceedings in Nassau Supreme Court.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY
Corporate Paralegal, October 2006 to July 2007
Drafted legal documents pertaining to structured finance transactions.
Conducted research regarding "CDS".