RANDALL LAUREL RASEY
BARTON BARTON & PLOTKIN LLP
420 Lexington Avenue, 18' Floor, New York, NY 10170
office: 212 885-8822 mobile: 917 478-7814 email: rrasey@bartonesq.com
www.bartonesq.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERlENCE:
BARTON BARTON &, PLOTKIN LLP, New York, NY Litigation Associate, January 2003 to present
•Conduct commercial litigation on behalf of international client base, including trial and appellate practice, in New York and New Jersey courts.
•Substantive areas include advatising law, banking law, commercial contracts, copyright and trademark infringement and licensing, employment contracts, international transactions, and shareholder litigation.
FISCHBEIN BADILLO WAGNER HARDING (now COZEN O’CONNOR), New York, NY Litigation Associate, June 1999 to August 2002
•Conducted commercial litigation, including complex litigation and class actions in New York and New Jersey courts.
McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP, Newark, NJ Litigation Associate, May 1997 to May 1999
• Conducted and managed discovery for federal class action, related federal and state actions, and federal and state regulatory investigations; researched and drafted factual and legal memoranda and briefs; and prepared cases for trial.
EDUCATION:
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, May 1996
Honors: Dean's List; Member, Fordham Urban Law Journal.
• Intern, Hon. John E. Sprizzo, United States District Judge (S.D.N.Y.)
•Law Clerk, New York Stste Department of Law, Civil Rights Bureau, New York, NY
HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Master of Arts in Economies, June 1996
Thesis topic: Relationship between the government budgef deficit and the current account in Brazil. Bachelor of Arts in Economics, January 1993
Honors: Dean's List, Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society).
Undergraduate topic: Establishing unitary income elasticity of money demand in Brazil.
BAR ADMISSIONS:
State Bar of New York, 1997; Federal Bars in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1999 State Bar of New Jersey, Federal Bar in the District of New Jersey, 1996
PROFESSIONAL AND PRO BONO ACTIVITlES:
Legal Advisor, MantraMarketing LLC (www.rnantramarketing.com), 2005 to present
Small Claims Arbitrator, Civil Court of the City of New York, 2005 to present
Pro bono attorney for refugees seeking political asylum in the United States, ] 999 to present.
Member, Copyright and Literary Property Committee, New York City Bar Association, 2001 to 2003
Member, Foreign and Comparative Law Committee, New York City Bar Association, 2007
LANGUAGES:
English; Reading knowledge of French, German, and Spanish