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​Education
J.D., St. John's University School of Law
Honors:

  • summa cum laude
  • Valedictorian
  • Graduated 1st in class, earning highest GPA since school's inception
  • Law Review Editor and Staff member
  • Dean's List all years
  • Concurrently awarded two different merit-based full scholarships for all years
  • More than 20 additional awards and honors for excellence


B.S., Economics and Business, St. John’s University Business School
Honors:

  • cum laude

  • Awarded full merit-based scholarships for all years

  • Numerous additional honors for excellence


Previous Law Firm Affiliations
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Previous Government Affiliations

Assistant Corporation Counsel, Office of the NYC Corporation Counsel


Languages

Italian & Spanish


Law Office


Anthony J. Rotondi


Mr. Rotondi’s practice focuses on securities litigation, government enforcement and regulatory actions, complex commercial disputes, labor, employment and civil rights disputes, and international arbitrations.  Mr. Rotondi has represented clients successfully in disputes involving securities, mutual funds, insurance-based financial products, corporate governance, joint ventures, merger transactions, labor and employment, civil rights violations, constitutional rights violations, "Key Executive" compensation, recovery of priceless art stolen by Nazis during WWII, anti-terrorism protocols, unfair trade practices, protection of trade secrets, financial restructurings, and banking.  He has substantial federal trial experience in both bench and jury trials as well as substantial experience litigating cross-border international arbitrations before arbitral tribunals in various fora.

Mr. Rotondi enjoys a diverse client base.  His has represented foreign and domestic governments, some of the world’s largest corporations, individuals on Forbes List of Richest People in America, corporate directors and officers, and "Key Executives," as well as indigent pro bono clients – all with equal vigor.  He has counseled the Board of Directors of corporations as well as the Board of Directors of Self-Regulatory Organizations regarding cutting-edge issues, including issues of first impression.  He counsels leaders in industries such as financial services, financial products, insurance, energy, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products, and banking, among others.

In representing his clients, Mr. Rotondi often supervises, manages and directs the work of attorneys in international and regional law firms, including "Wall Street Law Firms."  In that regard, Mr. Rotondi successfully has handled directly or supervised the representation of clients in federal and state courts, before federal and state regulatory agencies, before Self-Regulatory Organizations, and international and domestic arbitrations and mediations.  He frequently works with, supervises or manages some of the nation’s most well-known and well-respected economists, economic consulting firms, and accounting firms.  He has extensive experience with multifaceted legal and economic issues, including complex damage analysis related to financial products, creating and managing settlement distribution funds, and creating, managing and maintaining global remediation programs. 

Prior to opening his firm, Mr. Rotondi gained extensive experience while affiliated with well-established global NYC Wall Street and Washington D.C. law firms.  Most recently, Mr. Rotondi was a partner in a 750-attorney firm with more than 35 international offices.  With his clients increasingly requesting that he personally attend to their matters and realizing the inefficiencies inherent in large firm practice, Mr. Rotondi decided to open his own practice.  With this structure, Mr. Rotondi effectively has represented clients with consistently positive results while simultaneously streamlining client costs and maintaining availability of additional legal and administrative support, if necessary.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Rotondi served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department, where he represented NYC and its agencies and employees in matters involving employment labor and policy issues, civil rights violations and constitutional law issues.  He successfully tried Federal Court cases involving allegations against government officials of civil rights violations, employment discrimination, false arrest, and restricting freedom of speech in violation of constitutional rights.

Mr. Rotondi earned a Juris Doctorate degree, summa cum laude, from St. John's University School of Law while he was employed full-time.  He was valedictorian, graduating first in his class of 375 with the highest GPA ever awarded in the law school, resulting in the law school implementing a new grading system the following semester.  He concurrently was awarded two different merit-based full scholarships for all years.  He was also a member and Editor of the Law Review, on the Dean's List all years, and received more than 20 additional awards and honors for excellence.

Mr. Rotondi attended St. John’s University Business School full-time also while employed full-time, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Business, cum laude.  He was awarded full merit-based scholarships for all years and received numerous honors for excellence.


Mr. Rotondi speaks Italian and Spanish, which has been instrumental in his representation of government, quasi-government and private entities in Spain, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Canada, among others countries.