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PROFILE Skilled corporate and private practice attorney with strong media and litigation background combined with extensive experience as General Counsel with exposure to multiple disciplines within the law. Adept in the adversarial process as well as the requirements of in-house corporate counsel excelling in legal research, writing, document drafting & analysis. Excellent oral, interpersonal and communications skills. AREAS OF EXPERTISE * Corporate Governance * Employment Law * Regulatory & Compliance Matters * Commercial Transactions * Commercial Business Litigation * Matrimonial * Planning & Zoning * Media Related Matters SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS * Successfully distinguished a United States Supreme Court decision (Circuit City I) invalidating the enforceability of employment agreements requiring arbitration of workplace disputes as a substitute for employment litigation brought under Title VII. See, Gambardella v. Pentec, Inc., 218 F. Supp.2d 237 (D. Conn. 2002). * Reorganized and implemented the entire corporate governance framework for the non-profit entity FarmOn!, Inc. while providing strategic legal guidance to the Board in a complex regulatory environment governed by the NY State Attorney General and the IRS. * Meticulously drafted a model and widely accepted template for ante-nuptial agreements despite the conspicuous absence of any statutory guidance for such a legal document under Connecticut law. * Aggressively defended a contentious labor dispute in California brought by independent contractors for services provided to a reality television show. The matter settled for a nominal sum. LEGAL LICENSES AND AFFILIATIONS Member, State Bar Connecticut - Admitted 1990 Federal District Court Connecticut - Admitted 1991 Second Circuit Court of Appeals - Admitted 2001
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