Securities and Antitrust, Products Liability, Employment Paralegal
Resume:
MICHAEL D. VITALE
Litigation Paralegal - Securities and Antitrust; Employment and Labor; Products Liability (Tobacco, Asbestos, Pharmaceutical) - General Experience: Bluebooking/Cite checking; Class Actions, Collective Actions, Appeals, MDLs, WV Mass Litigation Panel; Arbitrations (International and Domestic); Mediations; Union Negotiations and Grievances; EDiscovery; E-filing Procedures and Rules
QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Extensive experience case managing diverse matters for law firms including complex antitrust and international securities litigation, wage and hour collective/class actions, individual employment discrimination and harassment matters, mass tort class action tobacco litigation, pharmaceutical products liability matter, asbestos defense litigation, bankruptcy matters, and an international arbitration before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.
Prepared cases from inception through discovery to trial, arbitration, and mediation
Coordinated and carried out large-scale document reviews and productions with the utilization of electronic databases
Conducted legal research, blue booking, and cite checking to prepare briefs for e-filing
Attended union negotiations and grievances on behalf of company and drafted collective bargaining agreements
Monitored legislation and regulatory matters in the United States and the European Union
Due diligence review during acquisition of domestic company by foreign corporation; assisted in application by foreign corporation through NAAG to the U.S. market
Summarized scientific journal articles for attorney, national counsel, and client
Prepared and attended presentations for client development
Drafted trademark license agreements and coordinated with outside counsel in Central and South American countries for recordal of agreements
EXPERIENCE:
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP (via Lexolution LLC), New York, N.Y. 5/12 – 7/12
Temporary Paralegal
Trial exhibit and witness binder preparation
Cite checked, shepardized and bluebooked citations in memoranda of law
Attend trial and coordinate at trial-site war room
BUDD LARNER P.C. (via Update Legal), Short Hills, N.J. 3/12 – 5/12
Temporary Paralegal
Document review for expert analysis
FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP, New York, N.Y. 6/11 – 12/11
Senior Paralegal/Employment and Labor Dept. – responsibilities:
Managed wage and hour class action/collective action,
discrimination and harassment cases
Conducted document reviews for relevance and privilege
Maintained indices of documents and redacted documents manually and electronically
Cite checked, shepardized and bluebooked citations in memoranda of law
Prepared table of contents and table of authorities
Prepared, served and electronically filed state, federal and appellate motions and briefs
Managed litigation docket for agency, state, federal, and appellate cases
Reviewed settlement agreements to prepare calculation of settlement for class members
Prepared and circulated CAFA notices to state and federal representatives
Assisted with preparation of responses to DOJ Audits
Conducted legal research on various special projects
Prepared FOIL and FOIA requests to state and federal agencies
MARON, MARVEL, BRADLEY & ANDERSON, Philadelphia, PA. 7/09 – 6/11
Senior Paralegal/Products Liability Litigation – responsibilities:
Maintained national client database of state and federal mass tort cases
Reviewed and summarized medical records for asbestos matters
Reviewed medical records, expert reports, depositions and discovery responses
to prepare summaries of high risk cases for review by client
Prepared, served and e-filed pleadings, motions, in state and federal courts
stipulations for PA, NJ, and federal court matters
Assisted with deposition preparation and discovery compliance review
Assisted in preparation of quarterly and semi-annual client reports
Assisted in preparation of PA state cases for trial
JACOB, MEDINGER & FINNEGAN, New York, N.Y. 6/06 – 12/08
Senior Paralegal/Products Liability/Litigation Dept. – responsibilities:
Managed tobacco class action before the mass litigation panel
Reviewed and summarized scientific journal articles to update expert witness materials
Researched and tracked scientific, legislative, and news developments
in domestic and international markets relating to clients’ products and disease end-points
Prepared biographies and bibliographies of prospective and designated expert witnesses
Cite checked, shepardized and bluebooked citations in memoranda of law
Assisted in the application of corporation to U.S. market through NAAG
Conducted due diligence review for corporate acquisition
Prepared and attended presentations for client development
SABIN, BERMANT & GOULD, New York, N.Y. 1/04 – 6/06
Paralegal/Labor and Employment Dept. – responsibilities:
Attended union negotiations and grievances on behalf of management
Drafted collective bargaining agreements
Monitored legislation concerning employment, labor and telecommunications matters
on municipal, state and federal levels
Drafted memoranda analyzing the impact of legislation on clients’ businesses
Conducted legal research for all departments within the firm
Cite checked, shepardized and bluebooked citations in memoranda of law
Prepared document productions and redaction logs
Coordinated with outside counsel for recordal of trademark license agreements
COMMAND PUBLISHING CORP., Robbinsville, N.J. 1/99 – 1/04
Co-Founder/Vice President, Sales
Advertising sales specializing in the United States overseas military market
PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER, New York, N.Y. 4/97 – 12/98
Senior Paralegal/Case Manager/Labor and Employment Dept. – responsibilities:
Managed collective/class-action lawsuits
Assisted with trial and witness preparation
Conducted legal research and document review for deposition preparation
Drafted discovery demands and responses for state and federal actions
Prepared document productions and redaction logs
Cite checked, shepardized and bluebooked citations in memoranda of law
CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT, New York, N.Y. 9/95 – 4/97
Senior Paralegal/Case Manager/Litigation Dept. – responsibilities:
Supervised staff of 3 – 10 paralegals on antitrust and international securities cases
Conducted document review for discovery compliance via summation database
Prepared document productions, privileged and redaction logs
Conducted legal research
Cite checked, shepardized and bluebooked citations in memoranda of law
KELLEY, DRYE & WARREN, New York, N.Y. 3/90 – 1/95
Paralegal/Litigation Dept. and Labor and Employment Dept. – responsibilities:
Assisted with cases from inception through trial, arbitration, and mediation
Managed international arbitration before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
Managed employment discrimination and harassment matters
Conducted reduction-in-force analyses
Conducted legal research
Cite checked, shepardized and bluebooked citations in memoranda of law
Prepared, served and filed documents in state and federal courts
EDUCATION: Paralegal Certificate,
Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y.
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, N.Y.
SKILLS: MS Office 2010 (Word; Excel; Outlook; PowerPoint; OneNote); WordPerfect; Lotus Notes;
LiveNote; Sharepoint; Courtroom Connect (Remote Counsel); Concordance; Summation;
Opticon; Relativity; LexisNexis; Westlaw; WestNext; PACER; NYS Courts E-Filing System;
LexisNexis Courtlink; Phila. and Montgomery County, PA E-Filing Systems; Adobe Acrobat
Professional; PDFDocs; PDFDocs Compare Docs; Scansoft PDF Professional; PayneGroup
Numbering Assistant; Best Authority; Hummingbird DM5 Doc Management; Worldox
Application; PowerDocs; Interwoven Desksite; iManage; InMagic; Workshare Professional; E-
Transcript Viewer; Folio Views; eCopy Desktop; PubMed Central; Europa (EU Database)
LICENSE: New Jersey Notary Public
MEMBERSHIPS: New York City Paralegal Association
National Federation of Paralegal Associations
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