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Michael Tomaino has been a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell s Litigation Group since 1998. He has been involved in a wide variety of litigation matters, with a focus on securities and commodities litigation. Mr. Tomaino has represented corporations, financial institutions and officers and directors in securities and commodities class and individual actions in federal and state courts around the country including, most recently, class actions involving Enron and Wall Street research analysts. Selected Cases Mr. Tomaino's clients in such matters have included: Barclays Goldman Sachs Hibernia National Bank Inco Limited Merrill Lynch Sandler O'Neill Sensormatic Electronics Corp. UBS Mr. Tomaino has also represented individuals and financial services clients in a number of major SEC and CFTC investigations and has handled a number of regulatory enforcement proceedings involving allegations of fraud and manipulation in connection with trading on various New York, Chicago and London exchanges. He has participated in bench and jury trials and arbitrations in securities, commodities, antitrust and intellectual property cases. Mr. Tomaino's trial experience includes representing: Microsoft in a seven-week jury trial in its successful defense of antitrust claims asserted by Bristol Technologies; Labatt Brewing Company as plaintiff in a multi-week patent infringement bench trial; Cablevision in a multi-week AAA arbitration against the YES Network; a NYMEX futures trader in an administrative enforcement proceeding before a CFTC ALJ; and various clients in preliminary injunction hearings. Rankings and Recognition New York Super Lawyers Recognized as a leading lawyer in Securities Litigation (2007, 2006) Practices Antitrust Commodities, Futures and Derivatives Commodities, Futures and Derivatives Litigation Criminal Defense and Investigations Financial Institutions Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions Securities Securities Litigation Education 1989, Cornell Law School, J.D. 1986, Duke University, B.A. Bar Admissions New York Country of Origin USA. | 