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Law offices of Olga Zalomiy, Los Angeles, CA

Principal, November 2007-present

Counsel small businesses on IP, corporate and business laws and litigate cases on their behalf.

§       As a Defendant’s attorney researched, drafted pleadings, motions, discovery documents in a federal trademark infringement case.

§       Advised U.S. small businesses on cross-border investments to Russia and Russian small businesses on investments to the USA (incorporation of companies, tax consequences, IP registration and enforcement).

§       Advised on Laws of members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, California and New York laws.

Olga Zalomiy Legal Consulting, Los Angeles, California

Sole Founder and Consultant, Sept. 2003–Sept. 2007

Responsible for the startup and success of a private firm engaged in the protection of legal entities’ property from confiscation by the Russian Government before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), France.

§       Created and utilized a new approach to defending investors’ rights violated in Europe.

§       Researched, drafted, filed US and Russian companies’ pleadings and represented companies against the Russian Government before the ECtHR re: copyrights expropriation, violation of right for fair trial.

§       Consulted with company executives. Liaised and collaborated with counsel in the U.K. and Russia. 

Andreas Neocleous & Co., Advocates & Legal Consultants (Cyprus), Moscow, Russia

Attorney at Law, Nov. 2002–July 2003

Practiced commerce and investment law at one of the largest firms in southeast Europe and the Middle East.

§      Managed research on Russian and Cypriot cross-border investments and business laws.  

§       Saved a foreign investor client from substantial losses as a result of its planned multi-million dollar investments into a building construction project. 

§       Negotiated/drafted a contract for Huawei Technologies (China) regarding the construction supply of the longest national backbone network in the world.  

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia), Novosibirsk, Russia

Attorney at Law, Sept. 1996–Sept. 2002

Counseled the central bank of the country (closest U.S. analogy is U.S. Federal Reserve system).

§       Developed and implemented litigation and trial strategies for the BOR in the Courts of the RF at the trial, appellate, cassation and Supreme Court levels.

§       Handled complex claims research.

§       Obtained a reverse and remand judgment from the Supreme Arbitrazh Court of the RF that restored the Bank’s title rights to a commercial building

§       Evaluated, advised, and implemented formal supervisory actions against banks and financial institutions regulated by the Bank of Russia (BOR). 

§       Investigated banks and government-owned companies for legal violations,   including unsafe or unsound banking practices. 

§       Advised BOR on key legal aspects of financing operations and monitored policy compliance.

§       Set up the legal framework for the bank’s financing operations and ensured their legal monitoring.

§       Analyzed various corporate transactional and financing issues for a range of projects, including building construction, fiber-optic communication systems, and high-end real estate deals. 

§       Provided overall legal support of bank activities.