MR. RAMPILLA, NARAYANA RAO

310 East 44th Street, Suite 504
New York, NY 10017
(212) 286-8013 (Tel)
rampilla@erols.com

EMPLOYMENT

**Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN**
*Special Counsel*
New York, NY
Dec. 99 - present

**Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue**
*Contract Attorney*
New York, NY & Washington, D.C.
Nov. - Dec. 99

Worked on the CBS/VIACOM merger responding to the Department of Justice's second request on antitrust related matters. Interviewed CBS executives in connection with an antitrust second request related to the CBS/VIACOM merger.

**Greenberg, Traurig**
*Contract Attorney*
New York, NY
Oct. - Nov. 99

Researched intellectual property law involving internet commerce for Disney's subsidiary *Infoseek*. Researched auction sales and licensing laws of all fifty states and drafted letters addressed to all fifty states attorneys general advocating that cyberspace transactions are beyond the state's geographical jurisdiction. This position was accepted by some states. Also worked on a domain dispute involving *shop.sportsline.com*.

**Freelance International Legal Consultant**
1999

Lobbied at the Capitol Hill and White House. Drafted the constitution and by-laws for the Indo-American Democratic Committee NY. Negotiated with NY State Democratic Committee. Drafted the constitution and by-laws for the Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia. Featured in an industrial movie by Pfizer Inc.

**Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations (UN) and UN subsidiary agencies**
*Senior Legal Adviser*
New York, NY
Sept. 95 - 98

Drafted, negotiated and prepared Peace and Friendship Agreements between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Arab League and the UNDP and other countries. Project financing to India and other countries. In-house corporate litigation. Arbitration. Intellectual property - copyright law. Prosecuted high-profile cases of fraud. Litigated before the UN Administrative Tribunal. Drafted affirmative action legislation for women in Latin America.

**Healy & Baillie**
*Contract Attorney*
New York, NY
Sept. 95

Worked on an insurance and maritime law case with Lloyd's of London.

**Seneca Nation of Indians**
*Lead Attorney*
Cattaragus, NY
May 94 - March 95

Lead attorney for the Seneca constituency in casino gambling litigation. Obtained a restraining order against the President and Council of the Seneca Nation of Indians represented by a Buffalo-based major law firm, Block & Colucci. Also filed a complaint for declaratory judgement. Acted on advisory role on issues of constitutional law and treaties. Lobbied on the Capitol Hill. Mobilized media support. On television for two weeks in May, 1994.

**Schreiber, Simmons, MacKnight & Tweedy. Merged with Greenberg, Traurig**
*Attorney*
New York, NY
Jan. 94 - Dec. 94

Hired on a long-term international litigation case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York representing German beer companies against a New York dealer represented by Kelley, Drye & Warren.

**University of Georgia School of Law**
*Fellow*
Athens, GA
Spring & Summer 93

Researched and drafted legal memoranda on international law and the UN for **Professor Robert Rosenstock**, US Member of the International Law Commission & US Legal Adviser to the US Permanent Mission to the UN. Updated Professor Gabriel M. Wilner's book: **Domke On Commercial Arbitration** & authored *Court Annexed Arbitration*.

**Law Offices of Larry E. Blount**
*Associate*
Athens, GA
March 91 - Dec. 92

Trial practice, real estate, business law, criminal tax & civil rights. Conducted jury trials - took depositions. Wrote a book titled: **Closely-held Businesses** - to be published by Clark & Boardman, New York.

Law Offices of Scott McLarty

Athens, GA

Legal Consultant

Jan. 87 - March 91

Litigation. Motion practice. Federal trial and appellate practice. Researched, drafted and filed briefs in several federal district courts and federal circuit courts all over the country. Focus on criminal tax (26 U.S.C. 7201-7206) and constitutional law with an emphasis on the first amendment to the US Constitution.

University of Georgia School of Law Legal Aid & Defender Society

Athens, GA

Legal Analyst

Jan. 86 - Jan. 87

Interviewed indigent clients and reviewed prisoners records for appeal for violation of their constitutional rights.

Bar Council of India Trust

New Delhi, India

Attorney

Jan. - Jan. 87

Equivalent of ABA. Conducted field-trips, interviewed attorneys and prepared reports on the legal profession in India.

Admitted to practice law in India - High Court of Madras (1978); High Court of Delhi (1982)

Attorney

April 78-Sept. 83

In 1982, appeared before the Supreme Court of India before a three judge bench presided by then Chief Justice Chandrachud in a major civil rights case.

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to practice law in the *State of Georgia* (1991), the *District of Columbia* (1998) and the *Bar in India* (1978).

Admitted to practice law in the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Georgia and Northern District of Georgia; Supreme Court of Georgia; Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia; United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; The Court of International Trade (1992); Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Courts (1994).

EDUCATION

Athens, GA

LL.M. (LL.M. combined with J.D. Program 81 credits)

1983 - 87

Thesis: GLOBAL CORPORATIONS: INCOMPATIBILITY WITH INTERNATIONAL TRADE REALITIES

Honors: Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Graduate Research Editor

Government of India Scholar abroad for post-doctoral studies in law

Vrije Universitat Brussels

Brussels, Belgium

Certificate Seminar on European Economic Community Law

July 1984

Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi, India

Research Scholar and a doctoral candidate in International Law, International Legal Studies Division,

1981-83

Center for Diplomacy, International Law & Economics, School of International Studies

Honors: State of Andhra Pradesh Scholar

University of Madras

Madras, India

LL.M. (International Law and Comparative Constitutional Law)

1978-80

Thesis: LEGAL REGIME OF FISHERIES

S.V. University

Nellore, India

J.D. (Bachelor of Laws)

1974-77

Honors: Gold Medalist, Oratory Contest

Institute of UN Studies

New Delhi, India

Diploma on UN

1974

(Issued by H.E. Late Dr. Nagendra Singh, former Justice, International Court of Justice)

Andhra University

Vijayawada, India

B.S. (in Chemistry with minors in Botany and Zoology)

1971-74