Michael Pinnisi

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Pinnisi & Anderson

Experience: 38 years

Honorary Inductee for exemplary ethics in practice of law, Harrop Freeman Prize for advancement of civil rights in practice and 3 others

Awards 5

Experience 38y

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Mr. Pinnisi provides dispute resolution and contract negotiation services for clients across the country. His clients most often are established businesses, including high technology companies. He is a "lawyer's lawyer," having advised and represented attorneys listed in "Best Lawyers in America" and "Super Lawyers." His legal experience includes service as an Honor Program Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and Washington, D.C., as an associate with Shearman & Sterling and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, as in-house General Counsel of Kionix, Inc. and Cognitive Science LLC, and as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He regularly handles high-stakes litigation with diverse commercial and technical subject matters. He structures and negotiates a wide range of complex business deals, he has supervised the transfer of companies valued into hundreds of millions of dollars, and he has handled sensitive internal corporate investigations. He is an honor graduate of Cornell University and Cornell Law School, a frequent speaker to bar and business groups, and a recipient of awards for upholding high ethical standards in practice.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

New York

Since 1986

Professional Experience

2003 - Current

Pinnisi & Anderson

Partner

1999 - 2003

Kionix, Inc.

General Counsel

1992 - 2000

Cornell Law School

Adjunct Professor

Trial practice, appellate practice, and negotiations

1992 - 1999

Brown Pinnisi & Michaels, PC

Partner

1991 - 1992

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Associate

Litigation, including products liability

1988 - 1991

US Attorney, Southern District of NY

Assistant US Attorney

Assigned to criminal and civil divisions of the office, with assignments including international financial crimes and major civil cases

1987 - 1988

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Associate

Litigation, including bankruptcy litigation

1985 - 1987

US Department of Justice

Honor Program Trial Attorney

Civil Rights Division

Education

1982 - 1985

Cornell University

J.D. (1985)

Honors: Freeman Civil Rights Prize

Awards

Michael Pinnisi

Honorary Inductee for exemplary ethics in practice of law

Phi Delta Phi

Harrop Freeman Prize for advancement of civil rights in practice

Harrop Freeman

AV-Preeminent, Judicial Edition

Martindale-Hubbell

Business Litigation - Upstate New York

Super Lawyers

Superb Rating

Avvo

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520 Cayuga Heights Road Suite 100 Ithaca NY 14850 Telephone: (607) 257-8000

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Michael Pinnisi Pinnisi & Anderson

Experience: 38 years

Website: Open

Phone: (607) 257-8000

Location: USA

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