Robert N. Famigletti
* ********** **** ● Hicksville, NY 11801 ● 516-***-**** ● ***.**********@*****.***
Education
University of Alabama School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 2013, GPA: 3.611
Honors: Class Rank: Top 25%; Full-Tuition Academic Scholarship; Dean’s Community Service
Award (Spring 2013); Junior Editor, JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION (2011-2012)
Activities: National Tax Moot Court Team (Spring 2013); John A. Campbell Moot Court Board (Spring
2012); Mentor, Undergraduate Trial Advocacy Team (Spring 2011-present); Tutor, Project
Literacy (Fall 2011-present); Participant, Admitted Students Open House (Fall 2011-present)
American University, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Law & Society, University Honors Program,
May 2008, GPA: 3.89
Honors: Member, Phi Beta Kappa (Spring 2008); Honors thesis selected for presentation at Capstone
Conference (Spring 2008); Dean’s List (all semesters); Presidential Scholarship
Activities: Co-Produced Documentary: “Twenty-Four Little Words; The Story of the Equal Rights
Amendment,” (2008); Study Abroad Program, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy (Fall
2007); Mentor, Honors 101 (Fall 2005-Spring 2008); Mentor, Operation Outreach (Spring
2005-Spring 2008); Legislative Intern, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (Spring 2005-Fall 2005)
Experience
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Washington DC
L aw Fellow, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism May 2012-August 2012
Analyzed and drafted statutory language relating to tax code restrictions on corporations, voter identification,
and counterfeit goods in the military supply chain; Researched and authored memoranda on the legislative
history, agency regulations, and court precedent of statutory provisions concerning campaign finance, rape kit
backlogs, and the application of federal sentencing guidelines to cyber crimes; Prepared remarks for an
overnight floor session on a campaign finance bill; Drafted an amicus brief on the importance of civil juries
Morelli Ratner PC, New York, NY
S ummer A ssociate May 2011-August 2011
Researched and authored legal memoranda for an ongoing False Claims Act litigation; Reviewed documents
and prepared materials and questions for a pharmaceutical executive’s deposition; Traveled to interview
clients’ prescribing doctors in the discovery phase of a pharmaceutical litigation; Prepared managing partner’s
Continuing Legal Education presentation summarizing the 2011 changes to New York’s procedural rules
Morelli Ratner PC, New York, NY
P aralegal – T eam L eader May 2008-August 2010
Managed six junior paralegals and the case inventories of eight active pharmaceutical litigations, two mass tort
settlements, and two employment discrimination cases; Reviewed claims administrator’s settlement
assessments and drafted appeals that secured over $13 million in additional recovery; Developed and
presented daily settlement status reports to managing partners and senior associates; Created PowerPoint
presentations to accompany founding partner’s opening and closing arguments in a landmark products
liability case
Ruby Tuesday, Inc., Westbury, NY and Washington, DC
S erver May 2006-May 2008
Bar Admission
New York (application pending)