Andrew D.

Attorney - Pending Bar Admission

New York, United States

Experience

Jan 2025 - May 2025
5 months

Legal Intern

Sterling Analytics

  • Worked alongside the chief operating officer and general counsel of a legal consultancy, helping to create policies and procedures around billing transparency; strong exposure to ELM and LPM software
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
3 months

Legal Research Consultant

Canotera AI

  • Worked alongside chief product officer of seed-stage LegalTech startup in the litigation prediction space; analyzed legal data for statistical analysis purposes in litigation outcome predication; identified pattern recognition gaps and documented edge cases to enhance model performance through targeted refinements; translated complex legal concepts into functional AI parameters
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025
5 months

Dean’s Fellowship

Bioscience-Business Innovation Program

  • Worked alongside interdisciplinary teams of Cold Spring Harbor Labs and Zarb School of Business students to provide comprehensive legal due diligence for a start-up biotech company; areas of focus include intellectual property rights and protection strategies, data privacy and corporate governance considerations

  • Ideated on all business aspects including sales, marketing, and finance to provide strategic recommendations for go-to-market strategies while accounting for and mitigating regulatory and adoption hurdles

  • Prepared pitch materials and delivered presentation to potential investors; helped effectively translate complex legal concepts for scientists, business professionals, and venture capitalists

May 2024 - Aug 2024
4 months

Graduate Intern, Supply Chain- Sourcing-Procurement

AT&T

  • Assisted in contract negotiations for FCC initiatives in excess of $25 MM annual; helped manage end-to-end strategic sourcing process for purchase of AT&T products and services utilizing competitive bidding process through contract negotiation; honed experience drafting and negotiating contractual terms and conditions, managing the RFP process and developing strategy with clients and various stakeholders
Jan 2024 - May 2024
5 months

Legal Extern, Commercial-Technology Transactions

Shipt Inc. (Target Corp.)

  • Supported in-house counsel on deal-focused transactions within a growing RetailTech organization; gained contract drafting and negotiations skills with a variety of SaaS-related commercial agreements; worked cross-functionally with teams to support legal-business-technology goals; conducted ongoing risk assessment of current-pending state legislation related to data privacy and AI regulations which impact business operations
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
4 months

Program Associate

Starta Ventures

  • Supported an international start-up incubator working alongside a data-analytics portfolio company looking to raise capital and scale domestically; directly assisted CEO and co-founder, conducted market research and customer outreach, helped establish internal policies and procedures; developed a strong understanding of the global startup-venture ecosystem
Aug 2023 - Present
2 years 4 months

Dean’s Fellowship – Student Clinician

Law, Logic & Technology Research Lab

  • Collaborated with engineers and the Northwell Health system to develop an AI-driven chat agent for Social Security Disability eligibility; extensively researched qualifying SSDI conditions to prompt-engineered user inputs for model training data; developed prototype and pilot program for realization

  • Partnered with the Georgia Innocence Project to pilot Relativity software, helping to develop an eDiscovery use-case for expediting review of criminal casefiles; identified and developed new risk factors pertaining to known false-conviction methods; co-authored lab publication report and presented findings

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
3 months

Legal Intern

Angel Funds

  • Worked directly with founder-general partner of seed-stage venture capital firm; conducted legal research and document support alongside experienced attorneys; developed inputs for developing AI model project
May 2023 - Aug 2023
4 months

Judicial Extern

Hon. Suzanne Adams, New York Supreme Court, Civil Branch

  • Supported the court attorney and judge throughout trials, oral arguments, and motions; reviewed motion papers and drafted bench memos to summarize facts and arguments
Jan 2023 - May 2023
5 months

Graduate Intern, AI for Good

Nittany AI Alliance

  • Conducted research on artificial intelligence projects benefitting non-profit and public interest clients; synthesized actionable framework for future projects and research deliverables pertaining to regulatory, ethical and policy-related project issues
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
10 months

Chief of Staff, Office of Chief Operating Officer

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

  • Served as delegate for senior meetings, prepared committee-specific material, managed business continuity and outsourcing process, prepared regulatory exams, and other ad hoc projects requiring cross-functional exposure

  • Responsible for overseeing transition for firm-wide supplier-vendor governance tool; engaged directly with senior leadership and heads of business through ad hoc projects on behalf of the chief executive officer

Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 11 months

Co-Founder

CheckPlz LLC

  • Cofounded a B2C technology platform designed to help restaurants optimize front-of-house operations through enabled customer feedback and dashboard metrics on the quality of service for their establishment

  • Engaged with all aspects of a SaaS startup including engineering, product design and development, finance, sales and marketing, and operations; organically grown and solicited business among pilot restaurants through extensive grass-roots marketing and canvassing

Aug 2018 - Aug 2020
2 years 1 month

Senior Associate, Business Consulting - Financial Transformation

Grant Thornton LLP

  • Worked with Russell 2000 clients across a variety of industries; supported various sized engagements in project management capacities in the execution of planning and fieldwork to align deliverables, deadlines, and costs; managed competing priorities and simultaneous projects

  • Developed metrics, dashboards and designs in business intelligence systems to monitor performance against goals and targets and to uncover insights and areas for improvement; delivered insights to various heads of business

Jul 2016 - Jul 2018
2 years 1 month

Associate, Operations Assurance - Financial Services

PwC LLP

  • Worked with F500 clients in the insurance, asset management, and banking space on non-financial risk reporting for annual disclosures; helped to identify risk management and process optimization

Languages

English
Native
Italian
Intermediate

Education

Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University

Juris Doctor · Law · United States

The Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business

Bachelor of Science · Supply Chain & Information Systems Management · State College, United States

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