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Posted: April 18, 2008
Stephen Del Percio Associate Attorney Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
Name: Stephen Del Percio
Title: Associate Attorney
Company: Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
Location: New York, N.Y.
Birthplace and year: New York, N.Y., 1978
Family: Girlfriend, Allison; brother, Matt; parents, Lorraine and Ken
College: Columbia
First job outside of real estate: I was an associate with a large New Jersey law firm immediately after law school, where I practiced general commercial litigation.
First job in real estate or allied field: Assistant project manager with Morse Diesel/AMEC on the 5 Times Square (Ernst & Young Headquarters) project.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I am currently an attorney at Zetlin & De Chiara, a Manhattan-based law firm that exclusively services the design, construction and real estate industries. I look forward to growing my practice to serve a broader range of industry stakeholders.
Hobbies: Travel, running and the Yankees, Rangers and football Giants
Favorite book: "Atlas Shrugged"
Favorite movie: The Godfather"
Persons you admire most (outside of real estate): George Steinbrenner, John Paul II, Luciano Pavarotti
Keys to success: Discipline, attention to detail and dedication to always learning new things
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Physicist or something similarly math-related
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