Michael D Vitale

About Michael D Vitale

Extensive experience case managing diverse matters for law firms and government agency (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission) before State and Federal courts as well as alternative disputes for civil or criminal matters in the form of basic, complex or commercial, antitrust and securities fraud litigation, corporate bankruptcies, mass tort litigation (tobacco, pharmaceutical and asbestos), wage and hour collective/class actions, employment discrimination and harassment matters, and an international arbitration before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.• Conducted investigations at a government agency, including analysis of financial data to determine disgorgement figures for domestic and extraterritorial parties and transactions• Managed war-rooms, attended hearings and trials, coordinated setup and breakdown of courtrooms and war-rooms• Managed paralegal staff and attorneys prior to and during trial• Coordinated trial and war-room logistics negotiating contracts with trial techs and vendors• Managed cases from inception through discovery to mediation, arbitration, and trial• Drafted answers, discovery notices, interrogatories, subpoenas, responses to discovery, deposition outlines• Coordinated large-scale document reviews and productions with the utilization of electronic databases• Conducted legal research, Cite checking, Shepardizing, and Bluebooking• Digested depositions, hearings, and trial testimony via Livenote• Prepared fact and expert witness binders for deposition and trial• Analyzed and compared expert reports in preparation for pre-trial motions.• Assisted with preparation, assembly and e-filing of pre-trial and post-trial motions• Reviewed, prepared and indexed trial exhibits and demonstratives• Monitored legislation and regulatory matters in the United States and the European Union• Coordinated corporate acquisition and due diligence review • Prepared submission of tobacco packaging in compliance with federal regulations• Summarized scientific journal articles for attorneys, national counsel, and client• Prepared and attended presentations for client development

Experience

1. Senior Paralegal Specialist

   U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

   Jan 2014 — Present

   U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, New York, NY

Education

• SUNY Oneonta

  Bachelor of Arts

• Adelphi University

  Paralegal Certificate

Skills

• Lexisnexis Courtlink
• Nys E-Filing Systems
• Employee Handbooks
• Worldox Application
• Class Actions
• Supervisory Experience
• Document Review
• Cite Checking
• Pacer
• Legislative Research
• Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Trial Exhibit and Witness Binder Preparation
• Product Liability
• Westlaw
• Wage & Hour
• Mass Tort Litigation
• International Arbitration
• Trial Attendance
• Securities Litigation
• Summation
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Appeals
• Mediation and Arbitration Preparation
• Hummingbird Dm5 Doc Management
• Lexisnexis
• Legal Support
• Concordance
• Best Authority
• Contract Drafting
• Case Managment
• Antitrust Litigation
• Employment Contracts
• Bluebooking
• Pdfdocs
• Trials
• Legal Assistance
• Bankruptcy
• Union Negotiations
• Commercial Litigation