Ms. Tondo is a partner in the law firm of Ingerman Smith, L.L.P. In addition to education law and labor law issues facing school districts, Ms. Tondo has concentrated her practice in the areas of construction, municipal, commercial, public finance and energy law. She works closely with the Firm's clients and provides workshops, guidance and support regarding preventative measures and the navigation of legal and economic challenges.

On behalf of the Firm's clients, Ms. Tondo has drafted, negotiated and structured commercial, real estate and municipal financial transactions. Ms. Tondo advises the Firm's clients regarding real property matters and budgetary impacts related to these matters. Ms. Tondo also has extensive experience in all facets of construction law, including preparation and drafting of public bidding documents, architect and construction manager agreements, contractor agreements and construction documents, claims prevention, bid protests, contractual disputes, contract defaults and termination, delay claims, surety claims, complex commercial litigation, lien foreclosure actions, prosecution of errors and omissions claims, Department of Labor and Department of Health proceedings, environmental matters, and compliance with regulations and codes, labor law and the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). She is well versed in the applicability of energy law to school districts and has assisted many of the Firm's clients in connection with energy performance contracts and energy savings initiatives. She has been invited to lecture on legal issues concerning public bidding, construction, real property, matters related to payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, procurement, energy savings and other commercial matters to varied audiences.

Ms. Tondo has litigated on behalf of the Firm's clients in state and federal court, and in alternative dispute resolution forums. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the Courts of New York and Connecticut. She is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, Nassau and Suffolk Bar Associations, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the National School Boards Association, Council of School Attorneys.