Gabriel G. Galletti

Gabriel G. Galletti received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1998, graduating cum laude, and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2004, where he served as an articles editor for the Virginia Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law and on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Journal of International Law.  During law school, Mr. Galletti was active in the school’s peer advisor program and tutored disadvantaged children in the local community.

Following law school, Mr. Galletti worked from 2004 to 2008 as a litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (“Simpson Thacher”) in its New York and London offices, where he represented defendants in several antitrust litigations; conducted internal investigations for corporate clients, such as a price-fixing investigation of a major airline in response to inquiries by the United States Department of Justice and the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading; and assisted in numerous securities matters, including representing the world’s fifth-largest gold producer in an $8 billion hostile tender offer.  Mr. Galletti is committed to pro bono practice; during his tenure at Simpson Thacher, Mr. Galletti was substantially involved in pro bono cases brought by the firm.

From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Galletti clerked for the Honorable Peter G. Sheridan in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Since joining the Firm, Mr. Galletti concentrates his practice on complex and class action litigation.  In addition to working on individual matters, Mr. Galletti is a member of the Firm’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group.  Recently, Mr. Galletti was part of the team that obtained a landmark ruling from New York’s highest court, on behalf of a class of tenants from New York City’s largest residential apartment complex.  The ruling overturned a state regulation and held that the plaintiffs’ landlords were not permitted to deregulate rent stabilized apartments while simultaneously receiving certain New York City tax benefits.  Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., 13 N.Y.3d 270 (2009).

Mr. Galletti recently co-authored “Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Matrixx, Concerning Materiality & Adverse Events,” Securities Litigation Report (with Partner Christian Siebott), July/August 2010.

Mr. Galletti is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

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Email:      ggalletti@bernlieb.com