May 12, 2021 at 3:29 PM
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“Eric is a graduate of the New York University School of Law and following that 15 years of work experience with corporate and patent law,” read the profile of Eric Pope, principal at Pope & Dunn. “Through this background Eric has stretched across many states, countries and different fields of expertise. He is sought after for his experience with financial and corporate matters due to his ability to mitigate legal scenarios while keeping the growth of his clients business a focal point.”
And it was all true! Except that Eric Pope never went to NYU, had no experience with corporate or patent law, and did not exist.
Dr Filippo Fontanelli read Law at the University of Pisa (Law Degree and Advanced Law Degree, in 2004 and 2006) and at the Sant Anna School (Diploma di Licenza and PhD 2008 and 2012). He worked at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton LLP (Rome office) from 2007 to 2009. He passed the bar exam in Italy (Rome). He holds an LLM degree from the New York University School of Law, where he served as Hauser Global LLM Fellow and was awarded the Jerome Lipper Prize. He worked as university trainee at the International Court of Justice (The Hague), assisting H.E. Judge Cançado Trindade and H.E. Keith (2010/2011).
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