Alberto Bufalino

• Represented an investment advisory firm in a high profile New York commercial dispute arising from a complex transaction, including opposing a motion to dismiss claims for breach of contract.
• Representing a financial institution in a federal class action involving alleged antitrust, fraud, and RICO violations.

Alberto Bufalino focuses his practice on handling complex commercial litigation, primarily within the financial services industry.

In law school, Alberto contributed to high-level appellate work including assisting UNC law professors with writing an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. He also served as a legal extern to the Hon. Judge William L. Osteen Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, drafting judicial orders and analyzing complex civil and criminal motions.

While earning his J.D., Alberto contributed to legal scholarship as the symposium editor of the North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology and has been published in the University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review. Alberto earned his J.D. from The University of North Carolina School of Law and a B.A., magna cum laude, in politics and international affairs with a minor in history from Wake Forest University.

Languages

• Spanish

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• The University of North Carolina (J.D., 2025)
• Wake Forest University (B.A., 2022)