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James G. Cavoli is a partner in the Litigation Department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. He joined the firm in November 2005, and is resident in Milbank’s New York office. Mr. Cavoli began his career in 1992 as an associate in the Litigation Department of Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance LLP), where he worked for over five years, focusing on antitrust and general commercial litigation matters. In February 1998, Mr. Cavoli became an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Southern District of New York. During his tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Cavoli participated in a wide variety of criminal investigations and successful prosecutions, focusing primarily on complex, white-collar matters. As a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit, he handled investigations and prosecutions involving accounting fraud, insider trading, and hedge-fund manager bribery, and worked closely with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with parallel SEC investigations. As a member of the Major Crimes Unit, Mr. Cavoli prosecuted health care fraud, bank, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, and obstruction of justice offenses, among others, and served as Health Care Fraud Coordinator. In addition, Mr. Cavoli served as Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, one of six supervisors in charge of overseeing briefing and argument of all appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Cavoli handled numerous jury trials and arguments before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Cavoli’s practice at Milbank focuses on a full range of complex litigation, including private civil litigation, criminal enforcement of the securities and antitrust laws, and international commercial arbitration. Mr. Cavoli has represented institutions in grand jury, SEC, NYAG, and self-regulatory organization investigations, served as an independent monitor for a large New York hospital in connection with a settlement agreement with the NYAG, and conducted internal corporate investigations. His work has included the representation of a major broker-dealer in connection with the industry-wide auction rate securities investigation by state and federal regulators, representation of one of the world’s largest commercial banks in major civil litigation stemming from the Adelphia bankruptcy, defending allegations of bid-rigging by the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, with respect to certain financial products, including guaranteed investment contracts, and representation of some of the world’s largest energy producers in commercial arbitrations, including price-reopener disputes involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Cavoli received his B.S. degree magna cum laude from Siena College. He received his J.D. degree from Albany Law School of Union University, magna cum laude, where he was Lead Articles Editor for the Albany Law Review.
James G. Cavoli is a partner in the Litigation Department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. He joined the firm in November 2005, and is resident in Milbank’s New York office.
Mr. Cavoli began his career in 1992 as an associate in the Litigation Department of Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance LLP), where he worked for over five years, focusing on antitrust and general commercial litigation matters.
In February 1998, Mr. Cavoli became an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Southern District of New York. During his tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Cavoli participated in a wide variety of criminal investigations and successful prosecutions, focusing primarily on complex, white-collar matters. As a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit, he handled investigations and prosecutions involving accounting fraud, insider trading, and hedge-fund manager bribery, and worked closely with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with parallel SEC investigations. As a member of the Major Crimes Unit, Mr. Cavoli prosecuted health care fraud, bank, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, and obstruction of justice offenses, among others, and served as Health Care Fraud Coordinator. In addition, Mr. Cavoli served as Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, one of six supervisors in charge of overseeing briefing and argument of all appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Cavoli handled numerous jury trials and arguments before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Cavoli’s practice at Milbank focuses on a full range of complex litigation, including private civil litigation, criminal enforcement of the securities and antitrust laws, and international commercial arbitration. Mr. Cavoli has represented institutions in grand jury, SEC, NYAG, and self-regulatory organization investigations, served as an independent monitor for a large New York hospital in connection with a settlement agreement with the NYAG, and conducted internal corporate investigations. His work has included the representation of a major broker-dealer in connection with the industry-wide auction rate securities investigation by state and federal regulators, representation of one of the world’s largest commercial banks in major civil litigation stemming from the Adelphia bankruptcy, defending allegations of bid-rigging by the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, with respect to certain financial products, including guaranteed investment contracts, and representation of some of the world’s largest energy producers in commercial arbitrations, including price-reopener disputes involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mr. Cavoli received his B.S. degree magna cum laude from Siena College. He received his J.D. degree from Albany Law School of Union University, magna cum laude, where he was Lead Articles Editor for the Albany Law Review.
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