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Office Assistant

Location:
West Islip, NY, 11795
Posted:
June 02, 2010

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Resume:

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



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