Alexandre A. Montagu, PC: New York, NY
Attorney, August 2004 -- Present

Associate of small 4-attorney law firm. Serve as legal counsel for an international financial information provider, one of the firm’s clients, Lipper, Inc. and as a contract attorney for various in-house legal departments of a multi-national news and publication company, Thomson Reuters. Regular involvement with drafting, reviewing, revising and negotiating commercial data, technology and software license and distribution agreements, consultant services agreements, advertising, sponsorship agreements, NDAs, and other commercial agreements for Lipper and Thomson Reuters; organized and maintain the firm’s domains management department and manage over one thousand domains globally on behalf of firm’s clients; and assist with various trademark and domain matters including searching and clearing marks, filing trademark registrations and responding to office actions, corresponding with foreign counsel, obtaining domain registrations in global markets, drafting cease & desist letters, and filing UDRP complaints to acquire domains from internet cyber squatters.

Abbey Gardy, LLP: New York, NY
Summer Associate, May -- August 2004

Analyzed complex structured finance transactions during discovery phase of a class action litigation against banking institutions involved in the Enron scandal; worked with Concordance software during electronic document review process; participated in meetings with senior partners to develop strategic questioning tactics for depositions of high-level financial executives.

United States District Court - S.D.N.Y:
Honorable Harold Baer, Jr., New York, NY
Judicial Intern, January -- May 2004

Attended various court proceedings and mediations; performed legal research; proofread and reviewed clerks’ legal opinions; drafted bench memos and legal opinions on motions to dismiss and habeas corpus writs.

NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications: New York, NY
Legal Intern, May -- August 2003

Researched and wrote memoranda on corporate history and legal activities affecting communication franchisees doing business in the City of New York since the mid-19th century; participated in public policy meetings with Commissioner, General Counsel, and other City agency officials; attended weekly brainstorming sessions with legal and executive staff regarding department matters including franchise violations, agency litigation, and NYC charter revisions; evaluated and responded to Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) requests in accordance with NY State statute.

New York Law School:  Prof. Beth Noveck: New York , NY  
Research Assistant, March -- May 2003

Researched topics relating to comparative e-government / e-democracy strategies among developing countries; prepared materials for a conference hosted by New York Law School’s Institute for Information Law and Policy:  The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds.

Research Paper: 
Machinima & the Law - available upon request.

Graphic and web design, Salt and fresh water fish, Ice Hockey, Traveling, Computer and Internet Technology

Web Design Projects:
-  Montaglaw Website:  www.montagulaw.com
-  The Bag House:  www.thebaghouse.com

Additional
Skills:

Advanced Lexis/Nexis training, Advanced Westlaw Certification, Concordance Dataflight Electronic Document Management 

Windows '95 - Vista, Proficient in MS Office + Front Page, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, Java Script, FTP, Web, Email server administration, UBB Virtual bulletin board maintenance, LAN administration experience

Fluent in French
Conversational Spanish