Assistant School

Doron M. Kalir

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WORK EXPERIENCE

DORON M. KALIR, ESQ., OF COUNSEL April 2008 – Present

Provides Litigation Services for Federal Litigation, Employment, and Antitrust Matters

• Authored a $1.3M diversity commercial litigation complaint with the SDNY (April 2009, case settled).

• Authored a $14.1M antitrust complaint with the SDNY alleging various antitrust and state law violations (March 2009, case settled).

• Successfully represented employees in various discrimination matters, including sex discrimination and retaliation arbitration proceedings against one of the nation’s largest banks.

• Authored a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Appellate Brief in a Class Action matter (Oct. 2010).

• Adjunct Professor, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL (Sept. 2009 – Sept. 2010)

• Adjunct Professor, SEIGAL COLLEGE, Cleveland, OH (Oct. 2010- Present)

AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP New York, NY April ‘07- April 2008

One of NYC’s leading Antitrust & IP boutique firms; Associate, Antitrust Department.

• Litigation: Represented a large institutional pharmacy in antitrust proceedings against a leading Prescription Drug Provider (PDP).

• Deals: Represented clients in pharmaceutical, software, and hospitality-related transactions; represented clients in compliance with DOJ Civil Investigation Demands.

• Publications: co-authored with Stephen Axinn Towards Neutral Principles of Antitrust Enforcement, in INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST LAW & POLICY 523 (Ford. Comp. L. Inst. 2008).

• Pro-Bono: Served as Vice Chair and Legal Counsel to a Board of Directors of a 12,000-member 501(c)(3) organization in New York.

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP New York, NY 2002- April 2007

One of NYC’s leading law firms; Associate, Antitrust Department

• Appeals Work: Member of litigation teams representing clients in the Third, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits. Played a key role in authoring briefs to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a notable 2006 consummated-merger case.

• Co-authored a pro-bono amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in a student-speech case.

• Deals: Member of teams representing clients in multi-billion dollar transactions; supervised Second-Requests’ and Subpoenas’ mass-productions; participated in negotiations with DOJ, FTC, and joint-interest parties.

• Publications: Co-authored several NY LAW JOURNAL articles on contemporary antitrust issues; member of the Skadden team authoring the U.S. Chapter in the 3-volume MERGER CONTROL WORLDWIDE (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005).

• Pro-Bono: represented and gained asylum to human-rights victims on multiple occasions; awarded the Skadden Pro-Bono Publico prize multiple times.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION – ANTITRUST DEPARTMENT New York, NY Summer 1999

Antitrust Summer Associate – NY Regional Office

• Participated in a variety of antitrust matters before the FTC Regional Office, including deposition practice, merger evaluation, and policy-shaping issues.

Israeli Work Experience

ANTITRUST AUTHORITY, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT Jerusalem, Israel 1995-1996

Litigation Associate

• Represented the Israeli Government in a seminal merger appeal before the Israeli Supreme Court.

COURT OF APPEALS – JERUSALEM DISTRICT Israel 1993-1994

Clerk to Hon. Judge (currently Justice) M. Naor

• Authored draft opinions for Israel's first statutory Antitrust Court.

• Authored draft opinions and conducted research on variety of legal issues.

ISRAELI KNESSET (PARLIAMENT) Jerusalem, Israel 1993-1994

Advisor to Standing Committee on the Interior

• Authored report on poverty in Israel; authored a study on local Religious Councils and their impact.

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL New York, NY 1998-2001

• Associate-in-Law 2000-2001 (taught a mandatory “Legal Methods” class to LL.M candidates).

• Senior Editor, Columbia Business Law Review 2000.

• Teaching Assistant, Contracts, Prof. E. Allan Farnsworth, Fall 2000.

• LL.M, James Kent Scholar (Highest Honors) 1999.

HEBREW UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Jerusalem, Israel 1991-1997

• LL.B (cum laude) 1994; LL.M (summa cum laude) 1997.

• University President Award for Academic Excellence 1997; Academic Achievements 1996.

• Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence 1994.

• Editor, Mishpatim - Hebrew University Law Review 1996.

• Chair, Hebrew University Debating Team 1994-1996 (National Champion, 1995).

• Teaching Instructor, Contracts (1994-1997), and Jurisprudence (1997).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Review Essay, Taking Globalization Seriously: Towards General Jurisprudence 39 COLUM. J. TRANSNAT’L L. 785-821 (2001) (reviewing WILLIAM TWINNING, GLOBALIZATION AND LEGAL THEORY (2000)).

• (Ha’Aretz - Hebrew) – Book Reviews: Law & Society (2001), THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: THE REAL, THE MYTH, AND THE SPURIOUS (2002).

• Translation: AHARON BARAK, PROPORTIONALITY - CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS (Forthcoming Cambridge University Press, 2012)

• Blog: Portion of the Week – Notes at http://portionoftheweek.blogspot.com/

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Ohio Bar – Admission Request Pending

• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

• New York State Bar; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

• Israeli Bar

OTHER

• Israel Defense Force, Special Marines unit: Full-time 1986-9; Reserve duty (JAG)1989-1998.

• Hiking Leadership: Hiking and Backpacking Leader, Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC); led hikes and climbed mountains extensively in the US and around the world.

• Israeli Consulate, NY City: Frequent speaker for the consulate.

• Volunteer Work: Vice Chair of the Board & Legal Counsel, Dor-Chadash, a 501(c)(3) organization bringing together Israelis and Americans in NYC, (2005-2008).

• Tennis: Skadden Tennis Team captain and champion (2003-5).

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