Vincent Todarello
** ********* ******; West Islip, NY 11795
Cell: 631-***-**** / E-mail: abmp0p@r.postjobfree.com
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York, 2004; United States Patent & Trademark Office,
2003; Notary Public
EXPERIENCE:
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, LLP (New York, NY)
Contract Attorney; 8/06-present
Continually chosen by the Director of Litigation Resources to work on
numerous large scale, priority document review projects for privilege and
responsiveness in historic litigations and bankruptcies. Cultivated
positive, lasting, professional relationships with staff, contract
attorneys, and associates. Took role as "team leader" on several
projects, deciding document search strategy, assigning work among other
contract attorneys, keeping track of team progress, and reporting to
staff and senior associates regarding how to improve the document review,
production and e-discovery processes. Drafted thorough and concise
summaries of communications, complex financial data, and witness
transcripts for partners in preparation for depositions and litigation.
Identified documents and created logs for withholding information
pursuant to the attorney-client privilege and federal banking laws
regarding confidential supervisory information. Searched for and
identified evidence of fraud in the corporate and investment banking
industries.
Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP (New York, NY)
Contract Attorney; 7/05-5/06
Participated in historic Enron litigation by reviewing documents in the
shareholder derivative class action lawsuit. Wrote thorough and concise
summaries of witness depositions for senior associates and partners.
Law Office of Ares Axiotis (New York, NY)
Outside Patent Counsel; 9/03-5/06
Interviewed clients regarding the patentability and marketing of their
inventions. Conducted prior art searches and wrote patentability
opinions. Drafted and prosecuted two patent applications from the
provisional stage through office actions.
Center for New York City Law (New York, NY)
Honorary Fellow; 8/03-9/04
Wrote and edited for three legal publications; CityLaw, CityRegs and
CityLand. Analyzed and summarized City regulations and judicial and
administrative decisions. Became familiar with every type of legal action
in which the City was involved by screening all relevant decisions from
courts and administrative tribunals. Organized symposia and CLE seminars
related to City government. Oversaw the publishing process. Supervised
work-study employees. Wrote, edited, organized and created layout of
online content for www.citylaw.org.
ISSUED PATENTS: Automatic Base-Mounted Container Illuminator, US Patent
#7,258,458 (c/o Charles Temko, Esq.)
Illuminating Pouring Spout, US Patent #7,341,167 (c/o
Charles Temko, Esq.)
PUBLISHED WORK: Corporations Don't Kill People - People Do: Exploring the
Goals of the United Kingdom's Corporate Homicide Bill; 46
N.Y.L.Sch.L.Rev. 851 (2003).
Claims and Settlements at the Comptroller's Office; 10
CityLaw 73 (July/Aug. 2004) (co-author).
EDUCATION: New York Law School: JD, May 2003 GPA: 3.42
Ranking: 41 out of 340 (top 12%)
Honors: Center for New York City Law; Honorary
Fellowship
Journal of International and Comparative Law;
Notes & Comments Editor
Dean's Academic Merit Scholarship
Dean's List; High Honors
Cum Laude
Binghamton University: Bachelor's in Biology, May 2000 GPA:
3.45 Honors: Dean's List
ACTIVITIES:
NYLS Journal of International & Comparative Law
Notes & Comments Editor; 8/01-5/03
Edited legal scholarship to be published in the NYLS Law Review and legal
journals. Guided and supported underclassmen as they wrote their
scholarly papers, and reviewed, critiqued and edited their work.
NYLS Professor Joseph Marino
Research Assistant; 6/01-2/03
Created teaching materials for Bar Exam review and New York civil
procedure courses. Edited structure and grammar for teaching guides and
student handouts. Conducted research to identify New York's legal
distinctions from views typically tested on the Multi-State Bar Exam.
Identified modern legal trends to update course materials.
NYLS Annual Mock Trial Playwright,
Director, Actor: "The Trial of Billy the Kid;" 2/03
SKILLS: Advanced experience in several document review platforms
including Steelpoint, Zantaz, CaseCentral, JFS Litigation
Notebook, Attenex, Ringtail, Concordance, Merrill, iCONECT,
EZreview, Relativity, IPro and Lextranet.
HOBBIES: Creative Writing; Photography; Drawing; Painting; Bass Guitar;
Cooking; Winemaking; Filmmaking