Daniella S. Golshani
*** **** **** ******, ********* 7H
New York, NY 10028
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Education
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
J.D., June 2009 Admitted to New York Bar, March 2010
Honors: Articles and Symposia Editor, Journal of Law and Policy
Recipient of the Samuel L. Sporn Academic Achievement
Scholarship
Class Rank: Top 34% (GPA: 3.37)
Activities: President, Jewish Law Students Association
Secretary, Bankruptcy Society
Member, Real Estate Society
New York University, New York, NY
B.A. in Economics, Minor in History; Graduated May 2006
Honors: Cum Laude, Member of the Dean's Honor List
GPA: 3.77
Activities: Member, Fencing Club and Secretary, Iranian Jewish
Students Association
Experience
The Garden City Group, Inc., Lake Success, NY
October 2010 - Present
Senior Project Manager
Support Debtors' counsel in all aspects of corporate reorganizations.
Review and edit pleadings including bar date motions, case management
motions, creditor matrix motions and schedules motions. Draft key notices,
equity holder lists and top unsecured creditors lists. Assist in the
transfer of claims and the preparation of claims objections. Effectuate
the service of pleadings and notices in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code
and Bankruptcy Rules.
Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP, Garden City, NY
January 2008 - August 2010
Associate, Commercial Litigation and Commercial Foreclosure
Drafted and reviewed summary judgment motions, complaints, answers,
interrogatories, discovery demands, responses, objections, and summary
judgment motions. Conducted Westlaw and Lexis research on commercial
foreclosure and commercial litigation issues and drafted memoranda of law.
Represented various corporate clients and banks in all aspects of
commercial foreclosure, bankruptcy and restructuring.
Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY September 2008 - May 2009
Legal Intern
Researched and drafted memoranda of law on capital defense matters,
prisoners' rights, and clemency petitions.
Togut, Segal & Segal LLP, New York, NY
May - August 2008
Summer Associate
Researched and analyzed complex bankruptcy issues, drafted motions,
stipulations, notice of presentments, trustees' final reports for various
bankruptcies. Prepared memoranda of law on various litigation and
bankruptcy issues. Conducted preference and fraudulent conveyance
analyses.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., New York, NY
January - June 2008
Legal Intern
Supported the internal counsel for Global Wealth Management. Researched
federal securities, banking and broker-dealer laws, state insurance laws
and regulations. Reviewed commercial agreements and documents.
The Honorable Burton R. Lifland, Southern District of New York
August - December 2007
Judicial Intern
Drafted memoranda of law and judicial orders on various bankruptcy issues.
Performed extensive legal research on bankruptcy and corporate
reorganization issues. Observed trials and negotiations conducted in
chambers.
Thomson Reuters, Inc., New York, NY
May - August
2007
Summer Associate
Drafted and negotiated a variety of commercial agreements such as referral
agreements, Sarbanes-Oxley sign-off sheets, and master agreement term
sheets. Interpreted contractual rights and obligations in support of
Thomson Reuters' various business units. Researched securities and complex
contract issues for the Office of the General Counsel.
Other
ICHEIC Service Corps - Volunteer in a non-profit program that helps to
enhance the lives of Holocaust survivors.