Clyde Vanel
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Clyde Vanel | |
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 33rd district | |
| Assumed office January 4, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Barbara M. Clark |
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| Born | June 19, 1974 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
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| Website | State Assembly website |
Clyde Vanel (born June 19, 1974) is an intellectual property attorney and entrepreneur serving as the assembly member for the 33rd district of the New York State Assembly. A Democrat, he is the chair of the Committee on Banks and Chair of the Subcommittee Internet and New Technology. The district includes Cambria Heights, St. Albans, Hollis, Queens Village, Bellerose and parts of Floral Park in Queens.
Vanel was born in Queens and raised in the Cambria Heights neighborhood along with nine siblings. He attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. He went on to earn an Associates in Aerospace Technology and a bachelor's degree in Aviation Administration from Farmingdale State College. He served as the student government President at Farmingdale State College. He later earned his J.D. from Boston University where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Science & Technology Law.[1]
Vanel subsequently worked as an intellectual property attorney for the-then largest intellectual property law firm in the country, Fish & Neave, which was acquired by Ropes & Gray, LLP.[2] He currently practices business law, intellectual property and trademark law at the Vanel Law Firm.
Vanel is also an entrepreneur and small business owner. Vanel was the owner of Vanel's on First, a restaurant and bar in Lower Manhattan, from 2005 to 2011. Vanel is an inventor business owner. He founded a company that manufactures and sells Clean Bee shirt collar protectors online and on Amazon. He is also a technology and internet entrepreneur; he owns and operates the trademark service website TrademarkReady.com.
On March 17, 2023, Clyde Vanel survived a plane crash on in Long Island. He was flying his single-engine airplane, Beechcraft Bonanza, when the engine quit. He made an emergency landing on Shoreham beach without any injuries.[3]
He is an aircraft owner, private pilot and the founder of the New York Metro chapter of the Black Pilots of America.
