DOMENICK VITA

553 Martling Avenue * Tarrytown, NY 10591 * (914) 649-3349

LEGAL EXPERIENCE
CELTIC PHARMA, New York, New York December 2006 - Present
In-House Corporate Counsel
Advising two private equity funds and the directors and officers of various comp
anies in multiple jurisdictions, including Celtic Pharma and its follow-on fund,
Celtic Therapeutics, on issues involving fund formation and compliance, corpora
te law and transactions, tax law and transactions, secured transactions, debt pl
acement, non-disclosure agreements, insurance, M&A, SEC compliance, labor, emplo
yment and real estate matters. Corporate Secretary for four different U.S. comp
anies and overseeing the corporate legal, corporate secretaries and corporate se
rvices providers for sixty companies in seven jurisdictions while directly draft
ing, disseminating and handling the board and shareholder agendas, minutes, reso
lutions and related items for these companies.
SALON MARROW DYCKMAN
NEWMAN & BROUDY, LLP, New York, New York November 2006 - December 2006
Contract Attorney via Audrey Golden Associates
Litigated commerical actions including collections, real estate, and sales. Cou
nseled clients, drafted complaints, answers, discovery demands, responses and di
spositive motions, and handled negotiations.
LINKLATERS, New York, New York October 2006 - October 2006
Contract Attorney via Update Legal
Document review and electronic coding of financial, marketing, internal and exte
rnal company records on the Concordance database in an antitrust class action fo
r a major Fortune 500 watch company.
WOLLMUTH MAHER & DEUTSCH, LLP, New York, New York October 2006 - October 2006
Contract Attorney via DeNovo Legal
Document review and electronic coding of financial, marketing, internal and exte
rnal company records on the IConect database in a bondholders' case against a ma
jor Fortune 500 retail company.
BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP, Armonk, New York March 2006 - September 2006
Contract Attorney via Axiom Legal
Coded financial, marketing, internal and external company records on the Amici a
nd Cataphora databases in an antitrust case involving two Fortune 500 credit car
d companies. Supervised 5 attorneys, including training, development, and quali
ty assurance of their respective work product.
CERUSSI & SPRING, White Plains, New York August 2003 - February 2006
Attorney
Defended and advised: several major insurance carriers in general liability and
NY Labor Law * 200, et seq. cases; a major Fortune 500 company in country-wide p
remises liability asbestos cases; a major Fortune 500 company in an environmenta
l toxic tort case; one of the large US heavy-construction companies in a commerc
ial action for an accounting of joint venture/partnership profits; and a major U
S chain of day care centers in a NY administrative action brought under NYCRR to
revoke licensure of one of its facilities.
DOMENICK VITA
-2-
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, New York, New York June 2001 - April 2003
Paralegal
Assisted in-house employment counsel in answering complaints and discovery reque
sts in actions against the company for discrimination, compensation, benefits, a
nd wrongful termination.
LEXIS PUBLISHING, New York, New York April 2000 - May 2001
Editorial Associate
Edited Collier on Bankruptcy via legal research, cite checking, tracking and upd
ating of primary and secondary source material. Summarized bankruptcy related le
gislation for serial publication.
LESTER, SCHWAB, KATZ & DWYER, New York, New York June 1999 - March 2000
Paralegal
Drafted discovery, dispositive and non-dispositive motions, pleadings, notices,
and subpoenas. Prepared files for discovery court conferences and ensured the t
rial readiness of over 80 case files.
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, New York, New York May 1998 - May 1999
Paralegal
Produced discovery, coded and indexed trial exhibits, researched and cite-checke
d briefs, and digested depositions in major U.S. tobacco litigations.
RHEINGOLD, VALET & RHEINGOLD, New York, New York February 1997 - April 1998
Paralegal
Assisted with plaintiffs' civil rights, mass tort and toxic tort cases. Coordin
ated intake, performed discovery, drafted pleadings, conducted client interviews
, and supervised paralegals.
EDUCATION
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, Brooklyn, New York J.D., 2003
Honors: CALI Awards for Appellate Advocacy and Alternative Dispute Resolution
ONEONTA STATE COLLEGE, Oneonta, New York B.A., Sociology, 1994
Honors: Dean's List
ADMISSIONS AND LICENSES
Connecticut, 2003; New York, 2004; S.D.N.Y., 2004; E.D.N.Y., 2004
Notary Public in New York
PUBLICATIONS
Contributing Author, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
Volunteered to author chapters of the following treatise supplements:
* Fair Labor Standards Act 2001 Cumulative Supplement, BNA Books
* Employee Benefits Law, 2002 Cumulative Supplement, BNA Books
* Family Medical Leave Act, 2003 Midwinter Report
* Equal Pay Act, 2005 - 2011 Cumulative Supplements, BNA Books