Annalise Leonelli - New York, NY
Attorney at Pitta LLP
Labor & Employment Lawyers in New York, NY
120 Broadway 28th Floor New York, NY 10271
New York Labor & Employment Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Labor & Employment
Attorney Information
Overview
Annalise Leonelli earned her Juris Doctor from St. John's School of Law, where she attended on a full tuition Dean's scholarship. While in law school, Annalise earned a Peggy Browning Fellowship and worked as an intern at Pitta LLP, fostering her developing interest in Labor Law. She also interned for the Directors Guild of America, where she had an opportunity to apply experience from her former career in the film and television industry to trade union practice. Additionally, Annalise served as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development (JCRED). Her student Note, A Business Doing Pleasure: Combatting Sex Trafficking by Decriminalizing Sex Work, which advocates for labor and employment rights in the sex industry, was published in JCRED’s Volume 36, Winter 2023, Issue 3. While in law school Annalise also competed as a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, winning Best Oral Advocate at the Reardon Moot Court Competition and finishing as a quarterfinalist in the New York University Immigration Law Moot Court Competition.
Prior to law school, Annalise spent three years in Singapore earning a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Asia before freelancing in various capacities in the film and television industry in New York and Los Angeles. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Rutgers University summa cum laude.
Education
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Legal Education
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St. John's University School of Law, 2022
J.D.
Honors: Dean’s Scholarship (Full Tuition)
Honors: Dean’s Award, Employment Law, Spring 2021
Honors: Dean’s Award, Labor and Employment Arbitration Spring 2022
Honors: Dean’s List, Spring 2022
Honors: Moot Court Honor Society
Law Journal: Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development , Editor-in-Chief
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St. John's University School of Law, 2022
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Non Legal Education
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New York University, Tisch School of the Arts,
New York,
New York, 2015
M.F.A. (Film Production) -
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick,
New Jersey, 2009
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Dean’s List (eight of eight semesters)
Honors: Douglass Scholar
Honors: American Studies Honors
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society
Honors: Institute for Women’s Leadership Certificate Scholar
Major: American Studies
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New York University, Tisch School of the Arts,
New York,
New York, 2015
Current Employment Position(s)
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Associate
Past Positions
- Directors Guild of America, Intern, Spring 2022
- Pitta LLP, Peggy Browning Fellow, Summer 2021
- Morris Duffy Alonso & Faley, Intern, Summer 2020
Bar Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
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Contact
120 Broadway
28th Floor
New York, NY 10271
Phone: 212-257-3973
Fax: 212-652-3891
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.pittalaw.com
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