Associate Attorney Staff

Experience

New York:

UnitedLex (October **** – Present)

Staff Attorney

Conduct timely reviews including providing feedback to team members, lead engagement team sessions, participating in training teams.

Optimize Document Review Processes including first pass review, quality control, and second level privilege work flows to meet production deadlines.

Generate reports related to workflow metrics on various workflows.

Create quality control searches to remediate specific coding issues.

Advise and mentor project attorneys with queries related to Relativity, project issues, and general project administration.

Achieved a speed of 50 documents per hour when reviewing complex scientific spreadsheets, medical reports, presentations, emails, and legal documents.

Skilled at quickly identifying responsive documents accurately and reliably on Relativity and Ringtail review platforms.

Barrett Lazar, LLC (November 2019 – October 2021)

Associate Attorney

Experience includes defending insurers in personal injury, premises, and product liability suits, and general commercial litigation;

Negotiated suit settlement and drafted and reviewed settlement agreements and NDAs relating to litigation settlement;

Appearance experience includes attending hearings, arguing motions, managing depositions, and attending status conferences;

Handled extensive pre-discovery fact investigation, exhibits management, and document review of construction defect and commercial litigation cases;

Advised adjusters regarding coverage, legal issues, appropriate action, case progress, and settlement ranges through oral and written reports; and

Drafted pleadings, discovery demands and responses, discovery motions, summary judgment motions, and correspondence to opposing counsel.

TransPerfect (February 2019 – May 2019)

Document Review Attorney

Second Request review of a pharmaceutical acquisition which raised FTC antitrust concerns

Performed accurate and reliable evidentiary document review and assessment of large volumes of complex litigation documents relating to medical device technology and intellectual and trademark law.

Interpreted and monitored quantitative and qualitative results of evidentiary analysis performed.

Consistently and accurately reviewed documents at a high rate of speed and skill.

Lambrou Law Firm, PC, (October 2018 – February 2019)

Associate

Practice in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, and employment discrimination suits;

Oversee all aspects of trial process by attending hearings, arguing motions, managing depositions, and attending status conferences;

Developed strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of suits at trial including summary jury trials;

Researching and drafting motions related to discovery issues, pre-answer issues, and summary judgment.

United Lex (August 2018 - September 2018)

Document Review Attorney

Privilege log review on the relativity platform; and

Reviewed and determined if the document was responsive to the issues in the case and determined if any type of privilege (attorney-client or work product) applied.

Lois Law Firm, LLC, (November 2017 - August 2018)

Associate

Developed strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases;

Attended hearings and conducted depositions upon analyzing medical records;

Wrote memoranda and legal briefs relating to Workers’ Compensation Law; and

Drafted opinions for clients’ review including settlement analyses, litigation plans and status updates.

Griffin Hamersky, LLP, New York

Commercial Litigation Associate (February 2017 – October 2017)

Drafting answers to complaint, motions to dismiss, responses to motions for summary judgment and appeals to District Court, in addition to various memoranda based on legal research;

Performing discovery functions including depositions, drafting production requests and responses; and working with electronic databases while preparing for trial;

Representing clients in court and at status conferences; and

Researching various issues under, amongst other branches of law, bankruptcy law, employment law, commercial law, and constitutional law.

FTI Consulting, New York

French Document Review Attorney (December 2016 – October 2017)

Promoted from to quality control reviewer due to high speed and accuracy while reviewing French language documents on the Ringtail platform for responsiveness, privilege, and specific issue coding in a personal injury litigation project relating to vaccine science for a major pharmaceutical company; and

Quality control tasks included reviewing previously coded documents and submitting feedback to French language reviewers.

Coalition for Debtor Education, New York.

Public Outreach Fellow (August 2016 – December 2016)

Drafted an application to the Executive Office of the United States Trustee to establish a pre-bankruptcy credit counselling platform for Chapter 11 debtors.

The Roth Law Firm, PLLC, New York.

Commercial Litigation Associate (October 2015 – March 2016)

Drafted motions for summary judgment, motions for relief from final judgment or award, opposition to motions for summary judgment and memorandum in aid of arguments; and

Performed discovery functions including depositions, drafting production requests and responses; and working with electronic databases while preparing for trial.

Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic, Fordham Law School, New York.

Spring 2015

Researched and co-authored a 100-page handbook to aid community-based paralegal programs working on sexual violence cases by providing them with a step-by-step guide on best practices for providing holistic services to survivors of sexual violence;

Conducted interviews with NGO representatives; and

Translated and interpreted statutes from French to English.

Mumbai, India

Kanga & Company, Advocates & Solicitors, Mumbai, India

Advocate (June 2011 to November 2013)

Drafted legal opinions, complaints, answer, and other documents for commercial, testamentary, and real property suits; presented arguments in the Bombay High Court; negotiated settlements in testamentary and corporate disputes; and

Edited transactional documents such as Powers of Attorney and Conveyance Deeds and Wills.

Articled Clerk (July 2010 to May 2011)

Researched and prepared legal briefs and memoranda on issues relating to debt recovery and corporate disputes; and

Developed and streamlined filing processes with the Company Department of the Bombay High Court.

Bharucha & Partners, Mumbai, India

Legal Transaction Intern (January 2009 to May 2010)

Assisted the preparation of shareholder and non-disclosure agreements; and

Complied due diligence reports.

Education

Fordham Law School, New York, NY

LL.M. (Cum Laude) in International Business and Trade Law (May 2015)

Activities: International Law Journal

Government Law College, Mumbai, India

LL.B. (J.D. Equivalent - June 2011)

University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

B.A. in Economics/International Area Studies with a minor in French (June 2007)

Bar Admissions

New York State;

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

India

Publications

International Insolvency: An Indian Perspective on Cross-Border Treatment of Cases, 39 Fordham Int’l L. J. 1045, (2016).

A Handbook for Rape and Sexual Violence Cases: Best Practices of Community-Based Paralegal Programs and Non-Governmental Organizations, Walter Leitner Human Rights Clinic, May 2015.

Languages

French (Fluent) Hindi (Fluent), Guajarati, Marathi, Spanish.

Bar Association

Board of Directors, New York Women’s Bar Association

Litigation Committee Co-Chair, New York Women’s Bar Association

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