Carey R. D'Avino

Carey R. D'Avino

From 2001: "Carey R. D'Avino, an attorney from New York City who served as lead negotiator for Holocaust victims in German and Austrian settlement negotiations and participated as a principal lawyer in several Holocaust class action lawsuits, will present "Holocaust Class Action Litigation in the New Millennium: Legal and Ethical Perspectives on International Justice" at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 14, in Coxe Hall, Room 8, at Hobart and William Smith Colleges...

"D'Avino plans to continue his work in the human rights class action field. He recently was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Anti-Slavery Group, a Boston-based, not-for-profit organization, dedicated to eradicating slavery throughout the world.

"He was first admitted to practice law in 1980. He received a bachelor's degree with honors, from Colgate University and his J.D., with honors, from Emory University Law School, where he was awarded first place in the legal writing competition and served as an editor of Emory Law Journal. He was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands for tax enforcement after sitting as a member of the Governor of the U.S. Tax Task Force for three years. He is a member of the Bar in New York State and in the United States Virgin Islands. He is admitted to practice law in the Eastern District of New York, the Southern District of New York, the Virgin Islands District Court, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit."

In 2001 "Human Rights lawyer, Carey R. D'Avino and representatives of Falun Gong will hold a press conference outside Zhao Zhifei's hotel in Manhattan this afternoon to discuss the details of the case being brought against Mr. Zhao."

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