Cynthia L. Thompson
EXPERIENCE
Ms. Thompson has recently joined the Commercial Litigation and Insurance Coverage teams at Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak. Previously an associate with Phillips Lytle LLP in Buffalo, Cindy also had the opportunity to work for The Hon. William M. Skretny, Western District of New York, as a volunteer law student clerk while a law student. Cindy’s background also includes her previous career in the business and financial sectors, including work as an investment broker with A.G. Edwards and Sons in Buffalo, editor for the Equity Research Department of UBS Securities, Inc., in New York City, and strategic consultant to Cose Fini, European import retailers in East Aurora, NY.
EDUCATION
- B.A., French, Indiana University Bloomington
- M.A., Applied Economics, State University of New York College at Buffalo
- J.D., cum laude, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Coauthor with Professor Douglas Koritz, State University of New York College at Buffalo, “The Da Silva Code: Brazil and Hegemony in the Doha Development Round of the WTO”
- Coauthor with Professor Victor Kasper, State University of New York College at Buffalo, “The European Union EMU Stability and Growth Pact: Primarily An Economic or Political Document?” Presented at the 2004 Eastern Economic Association National Meeting
- Dean’s Scholarship and Moot Court, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
- Former editor, “East Aurora Advertiser”
- Graduate Student of the Year, Economics Department, State University of New York College at Buffalo
- Presenter, “Future Innovation: The Importance of Not Internalizing All Externalities of Past and Current Innovation,” 2005 Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting
- Volunteer Law Student Clerk for The Hon. William M. Skretny, Western District of New York
AFFILIATIONS
- American Bar Association
- Buffalo Prep Celebration Committee
- Caroling Counselors
- Construction Exchange of Buffalo and Western New York
- Erie County Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Town of Aurora Zoning Board of Appeals
ADMISSIONS
- United States District Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court, Northern District of New York
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- United States District Court, Western District of New York