From the Business: Ajay Kuntamukkala helps companies navigate complex national security laws that affect their international business activities. His clients look to him to anticipate and resolve cutting-edge challenges such as China-related national security developments, economic sanctions, nuclear trade, unmanned aerial vehicles, encryption, and the intersection ...
From the Business: Arjun is an Associate at Fragomen’s Washington, DC office, where he collaborates with large clients to develop and scale their immigration programs. He advises clients on all aspects of immigration law and is particularly experienced in the PERM labor certification process. He also has experience working on complex immigration matters, such as PER...
From the Business: Ronak D. Desai is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles offices and firm-wide leader of Paul Hastings’ Congressional Investigations practice. A seasoned international investigations, enforcement defense, and compliance attorney, Ronak has extensive experience in both ...
From the Business: Hassan Ahmad is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office and a member of the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group. He maintains an active pro bono practice. Prior to joining the firm, Hassan held various positions with local, state, and federal campaigns. He also served as a law clerk to Chief Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia on ...
From the Business: Kaiser H. Chowdhry advises clients on employment law issues. He focuses on a full range of employment litigation, including Title VII, Wage and Hour, and OSHA matters. Kaiser also counsels clients regarding HR practices, reductions-in-force, and litigation avoidance. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Kaiser participated in the firm’s Public Interest F...
From the Business: Karthik Kumar, Ph.D., focuses on competitor patent and trade secrets litigation, and strategic counseling related to emerging technologies. Recognized in IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 and as a Global Leader, Karthik manages the global patent portfolios of several world-renowned technology companies. He also serves as co...
From the Business: Nira Pandya is an accomplished legal advisor specializing in corporate law, employment law, and risk management. With a focus on delivering tailored legal strategies, she assists businesses and individuals in navigating complex legal challenges with clarity and confidence. Nira’s expertise spans contract negotiation, compliance oversight, workplac...
From the Business: Raj Ferber PLLC is a Washington, D.C.-based boutique law firm that helps companies prepare for, manage, and recover from cybersecurity incidents and other business compromise risks. ?Drawing on our extensive experience in government, the C-Suite, and AmLaw 50 law firms, we have a uniquely broad understanding of organizations’ risk profiles, as wel...
From the Business: Yaffa Meeran is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on complex trial litigation in federal and state courts across the country. Yaffa also maintains an active pro bono practice.I am one of the most distinguished Legal Services in Washington, DC. I specialize in Bankruptcy Attorne...
From the Business: Shruti is also active in the firm’s pro bono practice, where her work has included reproductive rights matters and assisting individuals and families who have experienced sexual or domestic violence. Additionally, Shruti writes frequently on legal developments in the fast-evolving areas of privacy, cybersecurity, and national security. Prior to la...
From the Business: Trial lawyer Vivek Chopra represents policyholder-clients in coverage litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts and domestic and foreign arbitrations, and has recovered over $1.5 billion for clients in these actions. Vivek also regularly counsels clients regarding policy language, renewal of insurance, and securing payment of clai...
From the Business: Diva Hollis is an intellectual property litigation partner and registered patent attorney in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on patent infringement litigation, trade secret litigation, and other intellectual property matters involving a wide variety of technologies, including hardware, pharmaceuticals...
From the Business: Mahaa Mahmood is a skilled legal advisor renowned for her expertise in international law, corporate governance, and dispute resolution. With a client-focused approach, she offers comprehensive legal solutions to individuals, businesses, and organizations operating across diverse industries and jurisdictions. Mahaa specializes in structuring cross-...
From the Business: Mona Patel has extensive experience representing clients in large scale federal and state investigations brought by enforcement authorities, related qui tam or follow-on consumer protection litigation, internal investigations and compliance matters. She advises clients in the life sciences, defense, technology and manufacturing industries on a wid...
From the Business: Srinivas Ayyagari has extensive electronic discovery and legal privilege experience, representing clients in the litigation preparation, research and discovery phases of complex multidistrict litigation, congressional investigations and antitrust investigations. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ayyagari worked on a wide range of eDiscovery matters ...
From the Business: When you come to our law office, you come to a place that cares about the client and every facet of the client's case. We are able to ascertain the needs and goals of our client's thanks to the time and attention we spend on listening to our clients. The lawyer-client relationship is at the center of our problem-solving approach. Every issue is sc...
From the Business: Sonal Majmudar is a partner in Mayer Brown's Washington DC office and a member of the Tax practice. Prior to joining Mayer Brown she was former international tax counsel with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sonal provides comprehensive representation and counseling on transfer pricing matters, including negotiating advance pricing agreements (...
From the Business: Raj Paul has demonstrated expertise representing clients in patent disputes involving various complex technologies, including mobile communications, data storage technologies, application software, and mechanical devices, before the International Trade Commission, in federal courts and in post-grant Patent Office proceedings. Having participated o...
From the Business: Nikita S. Bhojani focuses her practice primarily on US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, compliance, enforcement, and promotion matters related to foods, cosmetics, dietary supplements, and medical devices. She also helps with research and drafting responses to support healthcare litigation. Nikita assists clients on labeling, marketing...
From the Business: Darshan Chulani joined Caplin & Drysdale’s Washington, D.C. office in 2023 as an Associate in the Private Client practice. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Senior Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service in the Office of Chief Counsel. Mr. Chulani provides comprehensive and personalized tax and estate planning advice to high-net-worth in...
From the Business: Priya earned her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an Editor for the American Criminal Law Review. Priya also served as a Student Attorney in Georgetown’s Appellate Litigation Clinic, through which she argued on behalf of an incarcerated client in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, securing a...
From the Business: Samriti Madan focuses her practice on complex securities enforcement and litigation matters. She was a summer associate at WilmerHale in 2016. Prior to rejoining the firm, Ms. Madan clerked for the Honorable J. Frederick Motz of the US District Court for the District of Maryland. She was also a student mediator for the University of Maryland Franc...
From the Business: Ravi routinely helps clients navigate high-stakes, crisis situations that garner the attention of multiple regulators, enforcement authorities, private litigants, and the media. These matters often involve internal and external investigations. He represents companies, boards, and senior executives in federal and state government investigations, li...
From the Business: Anita M. Singh serves as Associate Director of the law school's Legal Research and Writing Program. Prior to joining the GW Law faculty, Professor Singh was Chief of Staff and Counselor of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice, where she oversaw the operations of nearly 400 attorneys and other professionals responsible for pr...
From the Business: Pooja Shah Kothari is a member of the Tax Practice and Election and Political Law Groups. She has experience counseling clients on tax controversy matters at the Federal and state level. In addition, Pooja advises various tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations on a wide range of issues, such as federal tax exemption, unrelated business income tax,...