Consero is honored to announce that Evan Slavitt has joined the faculty for Consero's Corporate Counsel Forum 2012.
Evan Slavitt is the Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for AVX Corporation, a NYSE-listed global manufacturer of electronic components and connectors. In that capacity, he is the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer for the company and its subsidiaries.
Mr. Slavitt began his legal career in the United States Department of Justice, first in the Antitrust Division, and then as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. In private practice, Mr. Slavitt worked in several large partnerships before becoming a founding member of Bodoff & Slavitt, LLP. In private practice, Mr. Slavitt concentrated on complex commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and corporate investigation.
Mr. Slavitt has been an active member of a variety of bar associations, including helping to establish and acting as the first co-chair of the Bankruptcy Litigation Committee for the American Bankruptcy Institute, serving as the Chair of the Environmental Crimes Committee of the ABA’s Section on Environmental Law, and participating in the educational committees of the Boston Bar Association and the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Foundation. He is a frequent lecturer on legal topics and has written or co-authored numerous articles and books. Currently, Mr. Slavitt chairs the Publications Committee for the ACC’s Compliance and Ethics Committee. Mr. Slavitt also was the General Counsel for the Massachusetts Republican Party and its 2004 candidate for Attorney General.
Mr. Slavitt has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
