JAMES M. TSIMIS

** ******* ****** • HICKSVILLE, NY 11801 • 516-***-**** • accj6p@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

T ouro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center – Central Islip, NY

May, 2012 Graduate; Admission to the New York State Bar: April 10, 2013

Honors: Touro Law Review, Research Editor 2011-2012 & Associate Editor 2010-2011, Dean’s List

Publications: Comment, T he Privatization of Civil Justice: An Exposition on New York’s Prompt Payment

L aw and its Imposition of Mandatory Arbitration, 28 TOURO L . REV . 323 (2012).

CLE: Comment featured in the New York County Lawyers’ Association CLE on September 9, 2013.

Awards: Ronni D. Cohen Class Orator; CALI Award of Excellence for Best Oral Advocate in

Legal Process I I

GPA: 3.52

Activities: W riting Center Teacher’s Assistant, Research Assistant for Professor Suzanne D arrow-

Kleinhaus, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, P resident of Federalist Society, Finalist in ABA

Negotiation Competition, Alternate Dispute Resolution Society, Real Estate Society,

Foreclosure Assistance Program, P ieper Bar Review Representative, American Bar Association

Member, Suffolk County Bar Member.

Stony Brook University – Stony Brook, NY

Bachelor of Arts, May 2009

Honors: Dean’s List

Activities: Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corp, Vice President of Resident Hall Association.

LEGAL EXPER I ENCE

Tsunis Gasparis Lustig Ring & Kenney LLP – Islandia, NY

Law Clerk June 2011 – May 2012

Associate August 2012 – Present

Transactional experience: Consult clients in buying, selling, leasing, financing, developing and redeveloping real estate, including the

improvement of hotels, mixed-use retail, big box buildings, and office buildings in the Long Island market; apply for various land use,

zoning and planning matters, change-of-zone, and variance applications; negotiate leases on behalf of REITs, landowners and tenants;

counsel corporate clients and individuals in their endeavor to procure traditional and mezzanine level financing; represent general

contractors in all phases of contract negotiation; represent Wells Fargo, N.A. and Gold Coast Bank in residential and commercial asset-

backed lending transactions; selling and buying assets of closely held corporations.

Municipal experience: Represent 15 fire districts on Long Island with bidding, buying and selling of assets including apparatus and

construction; Civil Service Law § 75 and General Municipal Law § 209-l hearings; CPLR Article 78 proceedings; attend monthly

meetings.

JAMES M. TSIMIS

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Litigation experience: Draft pleadings, conduct written and document discovery including preparation of demands, interrogatories,

document reviews in commercial litigation; prepare and argue motions, including substantive motions in New York State and Federal

courts; take and defend depositions; attend hearings, arbitrations, and mediations; assist with court-appointed referee and receivership

matters; appellate experience includes appeal of denial of an order to show cause with emergency TRO in 2d Dep’t.

Mortgage Foreclosure & Bankruptcy Clinic – Central Islip, NY August 2011 – December 2011

Student Clinician

Conducted client interviews and in-takes; prepared Chapter 7 bankruptcy petitions and counseled clients for 341 Meeting of Creditors;

attended settlement conferences in foreclosure proceedings; assisted clients with HAMP applications.

B a r r & Ba rr, I nc. – New York, NY

Legal Intern for General Counsel J une 2010 –

A ugust 2010

Researched and drafted legal memoranda for construction disputes on matters such as “account stated” and

“substantial completion”; prepared and edited motions for summary judgment, affidavits, interrogatories, answers, and

marked pleadings; amended AIA contract-documents; inventoried documents in preparation of litigation and organized

t he removal of privileged information.

OT HER EXPER I ENCE

Tsimis Construction Specialties, I nc. – H icksville, NY

Senior Project Manager

J une 2004 – Present

Draft construction estimates, take-offs and proposals for invitations-to-bid on non-union projects; coordinate sub-

subcontractors with general contractor regarding phasing of projects that require strict t ime management and

phasing; manage commercial construction accounts; manage accounts receivables/payables; organize on-site activities

among different trades for an efficient work environment on an ad hoc basis.

O T HER

F luent Greek, Westlaw & LexisNexis Certified Cost Effective Researcher, Lion’s Club, Byzantine chanting.

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