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______________________________ REENA M. KAVEN

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EDUCATION

Columbia University School of Law, J.D., May 1998

Honors: 1996 Moot Court Competition, Best Brief & Best Oral

Argument

Human Rights Fellow 1997; Revson Fellow 1997; Lowenstein Fellow

1998

Activities: Journal of Gender and Law, Executive Editor

Human Rights Law Review, Production Committee

Women of Color Coalition (organized international

symposium on issues affecting Women of Color)

University of Washington, B.A. in Comparative American Ethnic

Studies, June 1995

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Activities: Ethnic Studies Students' Association, Founder and

President

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Pickholz Law Firm, LLP, New York, NY

2004 - 2005

Associate

. Represented domestic and foreign clients (both plaintiff and

defendant) in white collar and securities related matters before the

New York State Courts, U.S. Federal Courts, the SEC, NYSE, and NASD.

Researched and drafted complaints, answers, motions, discovery

documents, and collateral papers filed in both state and federal

court, the SEC and in arbitrations under SRO Rules. Prepared clients

for, and defended clients at, interviews with the SEC, self-regulatory

organizations, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and in pre-trial

depositions. Argued motions, prepared cases for trial and perfected

appeals.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY

2002 - 2004

Litigation Associate

. Represented clients in both domestic and international matters,

including class action suits; breach of contract claims; suits

involving the management and investment of mutual funds; the

repatriation of offshore stock-sale proceeds; professional malpractice

claims; and property disputes. Prepared cases for trials and

arbitrations, perfected appeals, and drafted expert opinion on

insurance law in New York. Drafted briefs, motions, complaints, and

all discovery documents filed in state and federal court. Prepared

subpoenas, reviewed documents and attended the depositions of multiple

major financial investment entities and stock rating agencies.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY

2000 - 2002 Litigation Associate

. Conducted research and drafted briefs filed in state and federal

court. Drafted discovery documents, researched and drafted memos, and

letters to clients and opposing counsel. Defended corporate client

during SEC investigations and represented corporate client in real

estate dispute. Managed the defense of international insurance market

in a two year long federal criminal investigation. Prepared witnesses

for, and defended witnesses at, interviews with U.S. Attorneys and

U.S. Postal Inspectors. Supervised production of documents and

electronic files. Represented both state and federal criminal

defendants through trial and appeals on pro bono matters in state and

federal court.

Office of the Appellate Defender, New York, NY

1998 - 2000

Staff Attorney

. Criminal Defense: Represented indigent persons convicted of crimes on

appeal to the Appellate Division, the New York Court of Appeals,

federal court, and in collateral proceedings in state trial court.

Researched and wrote main briefs, reply briefs, motions, and

applications for leave to the Court of Appeals in the state court, as

well as petitions for habeas corpus in federal district court.

Represented juvenile clients on appeal of Family Court delinquency

convictions.

. Oral Argument: Argued multiple cases before the Appellate Division,

First Department and in state trial court, including successfully

arguing, before the New York State Supreme Court, for relief in a sex

offender classification hearing under the Sex Offender Registration

Act ("SORA").

The Legal Aid Society - Criminal Defense Division, New York, NY

Spring 1999

Instructor

. Trained trial criminal defense attorneys on the Sex Offender

Registration Act, the courts' interpretations of the law, and what to

expect in representing clients in a sex offender classification

hearing.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Center For Constitutional Rights, New York, NY

Summer 1997 - Fall 1998

Ella Baker Fellow

. Researched the constitutionality of deporting immigrants based

upon undisclosed classified information and/or past criminal conduct.

Researched and drafted memoranda for a police brutality suit, an

international human rights lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort Claims

Act, and a Writ of Habeas Corpus under the Indian Civil Rights Act.

American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY

Fall 1997

Rausher Fellow

. Developed legal claims on behalf of undocumented Mexican immigrants

forced into labor in New York. Drafted extensive legislative history

research memoranda on federal peonage and involuntary servitude for a

case filed by the National Employment Law Project.

Fair Housing Clinic, New York, NY

Fall 1997

Advocate

. Represented clients in claims of racial discrimination in housing.

Researched federal, state, and city housing discrimination laws.

The Legal Aid Society - Immigration Unit, New York, NY

Fall 1996

Legal Intern

. Aided in the representation of clients in deportation hearings based

on their prior criminal convictions. Prepared case files and

interviewed clients and witnesses. Researched and wrote a habeas

corpus petition and a petition for review filed in federal court.

Center For Capital Litigation, Columbia, SC

Summer 1996

Legal Intern

. Prepared motions for discovery, interrogatories, and motions for

production of documents. Developed social histories of clients,

investigated court records, and interviewed police officers.

Researched and wrote petitions for certiorari, motions for stays of

execution, and petitions for rehearing filed with the South Carolina

Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court.

Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, Seattle, WA

1995

Investigation Assistant

. Investigated Eastern Washington agricultural labor markets and

evaluated statistical information on hiring, firing, and promotion of

employees for discrimination claims based on national origin.

Interviewed complainants and witnesses.

American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Seattle, WA

1994-1995

Intake staffer

. Researched a broad range of civil liberties/civil rights issues.

Interviewed inmates and documented reported violations of physical

abuse, denial of religious freedom, and denial of medical care for the

chapter's Prisoners' Rights Project.

OTHER INSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE

Lawrence Hospital, Nutrition Counseling Center, Bronxville, NY

2006

. Aid a team of Registered Dietitians in providing nutrition information

and counseling support in the prevention of chronic illnesses such as

cardiovascular disease and diabetes; Work with patients and RDs in

determining nutritional deficiencies and putting together a

specialized nutritional program.

PUBLICATIONS

The Trial Lawyer's Motto: Be Over-Prepared, ABA Trial Practice Newsletter,

Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2005) April 13, 2005.

Chapter, "Federal Habeas Corpus," A Jailhouse Lawyers Manual of the

Columbia Human Rights Law Review (4th ed. Supp. 1997).

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York State; Southern District of New York; Eastern District of New York

ASSOCIATION / COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

American Bar Association (Litigation Section); National Association of

Criminal Defense Lawyers; The Association of the Bar of the City of New

York (Committee on Capital Punishment 1998-2000)

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Ojibwe (native language of the Ojibwe people); German

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