Mr. Povolny is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, where he was a member and director of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition team, a participant in the law school tax clinic, and served as a judicial extern at the Minnesota Tax Court. He received his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Boston College. Mr. Povolny has experience in products liability defense, complex commercial litigation and contract disputes, securities arbitration and class action litigation. He was named one of New York's Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Business Litigation in 2012.