EDITORIAL REVIEW
If the sale of auction rate securities (a $330B market) is ever found to
be riddled with fraud, we may have this fearsome lawyer’s bold work on
behalf of Plug Power against UBS to thank.
—2008 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Submit your evaluation of this attorney.
Contact Lawdragon about the information in this review.
George Carpinello's main practice area is civil litigation.
Mr. Carpinello is involved in all aspects of civil litigation, including: business litigation; antitrust; securities;
intellectual property; civil rights; corporate dissolution; environmental law and land use. Currently, Mr. Carpinello
represents a national telecommunications company, a major nurses' association, a national entertainment company, and a
multi-national chemical company, among many other clients.
Before joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Carpinello was a partner in the law firm of Barrett Gravante Carpinello &
Stern LLP. Mr. Carpinello was formerly a Professor of Law and Director of the Government Law Center of the Albany Law
School. He was also a partner in the law firm of McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams P.C. and an associate in the Washington
office of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.
Mr. Carpinello is the Chair of the New York State Advisory Committee on Civil Practice and a former member of the Chief
Judge's Commission on the Appointment of Fiduciaries in New York Courts and the Chief Judge's Commission on Alternative
Dispute Resolution, the past Chair of the New York Physician Discipline Evaluation Review Panel, the past Chair of the
Judicial Administration Committee of the New York State Bar Association and Past President of the Legal Aid Society of
Northeastern New York.
Areas of Practice
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1975; Editor, Yale Law Journal; Thurman Arnold Moot Court Prize
- Princeton University, A.B., magna cum laude, International Affairs, 1972; Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships
- Hon. Newell Edenfield, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1975-1977
Admissions
- New York and the District of Columbia
- United States Courts of Appeals: Second Circuit
- United States District Courts: Northern and Southern Districts of New York
See Library Tab for articles, publications and presentations
by George Carpinello
