Experience

Cerussi & Spring, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • May 2018 - Present

  • Serve as lead associate at a boutique law firm specializing in complex commercial litigation, employment law, labor law, insurance defense, intellectual property, and products liability. • Litigation Management: Manage all aspects of the life cycle of litigation, from intake, investigation, discovery, and document production/review to depositions, motion practice, hearings, and settlement. • Local & Outside Counsel Coordination: Serve as national coordinating counsel for IBM, managing broad, large-scale litigation across multiple jurisdictions to ensure cohesion. • Investigations: Lead fact investigations in litigation matters, including sourcing witnesses, reviewing detective files, and securing witness testimony. • Contract Review: Review and draft contracts and advise clients on contract terms in host of agreements, such as master service agreements, insurance contracts, and bid agreements. • Labor & Employment Law: Represent private companies and municipal agencies in a variety of New York labor law actions, such as NY Section 200 claims, OSHA, industrial code violations, and workers compensation claims. Experience counseling on ADA, FMLA, FLSA, ADEA, Title VII, disability and leave, discrimination and harassment, wage and hour, as well as drafting employment agreements. • Courtroom Advocacy: Represent clients at hearings, oral argument, conferences and depositions multiple times per week throughout state and federal courts. • Civil Rights: Lead associate in high-profile Section 1983 civil rights claims. • Risk Management & Compliance: Provide tactical counseling advice to clients about how to comply with state and federal regulations and minimize legal/ business risk exposure. • Intellectual Property: Defend clients against IP infringement suits in copyright & trademark. • Representative Clients: IBM; Town of Eastchester; Palisades Center; T.J. Maxx; Turner Construction; City of New York; NYC Dept. of Education; NYC School Construction Authority. Show less



Brooklyn District Attorney's Office

• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant District Attorney - Investigations Bureau

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2016

  Oversaw extensive investigations that included drafting and hearings on subpoenas, search warrants, and witness interviews and conducting confidential informant interviews; Coordinated on a daily basis with NYPD, confidential informants, detectives, paralegals and clerks.

• Assistant District Attorney - Appeals Bureau

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2015

  Defended felony convictions on appeal at oral argument, with 2 high stakes victories.

• Assistant District Attorney - Trial Bureau

  • Jan 2013 - Sep 2013

  Managed caseload of 200+ misdemeanors for district with the highest crime rate in Brooklyn.



Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2013

  Criminal Defense & Real Estate Criminal Defense & Real Estate