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Profile Title: Partner Location: New York Telephone: 212.946.9372 Fax: 212.273.4390 Admitted: New York, 1987 Education: B.A., State University of New York, 1983 J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1987 cum laude Practice Areas Accountants' Liability Litigation Shareholder Corporate LitigationSecurities Litigation After graduating cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, Mr. Vinik clerked for Magistrate (now Judge) Carol B. Amon of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Vinik's practice focuses primarily on class actions on behalf of defrauded investors, as well as complex commercial litigation, including accountants' liability actions and derivative actions. Mr. Vinik's extensive litigation efforts on behalf of aggrieved investors includes many actions which have led to significant recoveries for investors, including In re Baan Securities Litigation (D.D.C.); Lasky v. Brown (United Companies Financial Securities Litigation) (M.D. La.), Kaufman v. Motorola, Inc. (N.D. Ill.) and In re Salomon Inc. Shareholders Derivative Litigation (S.D.N.Y.).Mr. Vinik is a member of the American Bar Association, The New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. | 