Jonathan Cuneo | |
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Born |
New York, NY |
September 10, 1952
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater |
Columbia University Cornell Law School |
Occupation | Attorney |
Employer | Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP |
Spouse(s) | Mara Liasson |
Jonathan W. Cuneo (born September 10, 1952) is an American lawyer who has represented clients in state and federal litigation and in government relations in the fields of antitrust, civil and human rights, consumer protection, corporate governance and securities for over three decades.
He is a partner of the law firm Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, a government servant, an affiliate of national legal oversight institutions, and a contributor to many legal publications. He has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV.
After receiving his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his law degree from Cornell Law School, Cuneo clerked for Judge Edward Tamm of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit until 1978. After completing his clerkship, he worked as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission until 1981.
Subsequent to his tenure at the FTC, Cuneo served as assistant counsel and then counsel to the Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary. There, Cuneo counseled Congressman and Committee Chairman Peter W. Rodino (D-NJ) regarding many antitrust issues. He also assisted in the Committee's consideration of potential budget-balancing amendments to the United States Constitution in 1982. He conducted a large-scale committee investigation and successfully advocated for oversight of the insurance industry.
Since 1986, Cuneo has served as General Counsel and Legislative Representative to the Committee to Support Antitrust Laws ("COSAL"). He also co-founded the National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys ("NASCAT") in 1988, and served as its general counsel from 1988 until 2004.