Patrick Cordova

Experience

1. Litigation Associate

   Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

   Sep 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Aggressively litigated consumer fraud, breach of contract, fiduciary duty, administrative law, FCPA, and books and records claims on behalf of tech, financial services, real estate, energy, and consumer-products clients.• Proficiently conducted direct and cross examinations; took and defended fact depositions; argued discovery and procedural motions; and prepped fact and expert witnesses for deposition and trial.• Strong writer, with extensive experience drafting pleadings, dispositive, discovery, and pre-trial motions, discovery requests and responses, adversarial correspondence, post-hearing/trial submissions, appellate briefs, and petitions for ceriotari.• Adeptly managed complex litigations with large associate teams, including at a multi-week arbitration hearing. • Recognized for exceptional teaching and coaching skills, as winner of the 2022 Associate Teaching Award.• Selected to represent the firm as a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, and the NYC Bar Association.

Education

• Stanford University

  B.S., Biological Sciences, Economics

  2005 — 2009

• New York University School of Law

  Doctor of Law (JD), magna cum laude, Order of the Coif

  2013 — 2016

Skills

• Coalitions
• Political Consulting
• Political Campaigns
• Grassroots Organizing
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Community Organizing
• Non-Profits
• Community Outreach
• Event Planning
• Volunteer Management
• Political Communication
• Grassroots
• Public Policy
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Fundraising
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Public Speaking
• Strategic Communications
• Research
• Politics