Founder's Profile

Born, raised and educated in Italy and Europe, I have been practicing Italian and International Law since 1996 at law firms located in Bergamo and Milan, Italy, as well as Paris, France, at first as a legal trainee, and since 2000 as an Italian attorney.

Immediately after my graduation, I worked as a European Union Law and International Law research fellow both at my alma mater, the Universita’ degli Studi di Pavia, Italy (1996-2000), and later at the Universita’ degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy (2000-2003).

A resident of the U.S. since 2004 and an Italian-American (dual) citizen, I maintain my law office in Italy, and in 2009 I founded Gentili Purcell International Law Firm P.L.L.C. based in Prescott, Arizona.

Education

• Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A.
  Post Degree in Paralegal Studies (2007)
• Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy
  L.L.M. in E.U. Laws and Economics (1999)
• Chambre de Commerce et de l’Industrie, Paris, France
  Certificat de Français Juridique (1997)
• Universita' degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
  J.D. (1995)

Bar admissions & affiliations:

• Arizona State Bar, as Foreign Legal Consultant, since 2009 (member # 330023)
  • International Law Section (Member of the Executive Council since 2012)
• Ordine degli Avvocati di Bergamo, Italy, as an Italian attorney, since 2000 (member # 786)

Professional memberships and affiliations:

• National Italian American Bar Association (NIABA), since 2015
• Arizona Court Interpreter Registry c/o the Arizona Supreme Court, since 2015
• American Bar Association (ABA), since 2012
  • Section of International Law
• American Society of International Law (ASIL), since 2010
• National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), since 2010
• Arizona Notary Public, since 2009
• American Translators Association (ATA), since 2009
• Attorney listed on the professionals known to the Italian Consulate in Los Angeles (California, U.S.A.), since 2009

Languages:

• Italian (native)
• English (bilingual)
• French (bilingual)
• Spanish (capable)

Honors and awards:

• Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy (1997-1999)
  One of the 2 recipients of a full scholarship (awarded upon admission exam) to attend the 2-year L.L.M. in E.U. Laws and Economics
• Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne I, Paris, France (1997)
  Post-Degree Research Project funded by a scholarship awarded by the Universita' degli Studi di Pavia, Italy.
• Katholieke Universiteit - Leuven, Belgium (1994)
  Erasmus Scholarship awarded by the Universita' degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
• Escuela Salmantina des Estudios Internacionales “Salminter” - Salamanca, Spain (1993)
  Certificado de idioma Español

Publications:

“La legge Prodi all’esame della Corte di Giustizia delle Comunita’ europee”, a comment to the European Court of Justice decision of December 1st, 1998, case C-200/97, Ecotrade s.r.l. c. Altiforni e Ferrerie di Servola, in Rivista di Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo, 1999, pag. 313 e ss..