From the Business: Vijaya "Jaya" S. Surampudi is a Washington, D.C., litigation attorney who focuses her practice on government contracts. Ms. Surampudi represents government contractors in bid protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and litigates contract disputes on behalf of clients at the Boards of Co...
From the Business: Pranav gained experience working as an associate in the alternative entities and structured finance departments of a law firm in Wilmington, Del. Before becoming an attorney, Pranav was an accountant at a management services firm. While in law school, Pranav was an associate editor of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Jo...
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: Naresh Kilaru leads the firm’s trademark, copyright, advertising, and privacy group. He counsels clients on brand protection and enforcement strategies in the United States and around the world. His extensive experience in all aspects of trademark, copyright, and unfair competition litigation includes cases involving computer source code, traditio...
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...
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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: Pratibha Agarwal is the principal shareholder at Agarwal Law Group and advises institutional and individual clients in all areas of business and family-based immigration.Pratibha’s business immigration practice includes visas and corporate immigration services for employers, nonimmigrant visas for professionals, I-9 compliance, visas for athletes ...
From the Business: Dhara Satija has nearly 15 years of consulting experience serving healthcare and life sciences clients across an array of issues, including projects ranging from strategy and operations to regulatory and corporate compliance, risk management, and investigation and litigation support. In particular, Dhara has led projects related to: development an...
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: Anna Aryankalayil offers a unique insight into the antitrust agencies’ enforcement priorities for the tech, life sciences, and energy sectors following her recent service as Attorney Advisor to former Commissioner Noah Philips at the Federal Trade Commission. Having returned to private practice, Anna focuses on merger clearance and litigation, gov...
From the Business: Sonia Baldia brings business and technology savvy to her global practice, which encompasses U.S. and international commercial, transactional, and intellectual property (IP) expertise across multiple industries including life sciences, banking and finance, healthcare, energy, information technology (IT), manufacturing, and software. She advises on ...
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: The Syed Law Firm assisted me in successfully obtaining my Green Card through the EB1 category (for aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics). My accomplishments include swimming for India at the Olympics and working for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. The EB1 category has very stringent standards and i...
From the Business: Indranil (“Indy”) Mukerji is Chair of Willkie's Technology Patent Litigation Practice Group, and a partner in both the Litigation and Intellectual Property Departments. With experience spanning more than two decades and 100+ patent cases, he is a trial lawyer who handles complex technical litigation in federal courts and tribunals around the count...
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: Kim Phan counsels clients on privacy and data security laws, assists with data breach prevention and response, and provides guidance to clients on regulatory compliance matters. Her practice and experience spans industries including consumer financial services, retail, hospitality, higher education and utilities.Ms. Phan has provided extensive cou...
From the Business: The Royal Law Firm PLLC is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City and Philadelphia, The founder, Priya Prakash Royal, Esq., LL.M. founded the firm initially as a tax and business law firm after significant experience with larger law firms representing high net-worth individuals and multinational corporations on complex corpo...
From the Business: Anjali Patel is an associate in Skadden’s Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Patel advises clients on a broad spectrum of antitrust issues related to mergers and acquisitions, litigation, counseling and compliance. Ms. Patel has experience representing clients in all aspects of Hart-Scott-Rodino practice and has represented clients in mergers and acquis...
From the Business: Indranil Mukerji is a seasoned legal advisor with extensive experience in providing strategic counsel to individuals, businesses, and organizations. Specializing in corporate law, regulatory compliance, and contract negotiations, he offers tailored solutions designed to navigate complex legal challenges and foster growth. Known for his analytical ...
From the Business: Shayan Karbassi is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office. He assists clients with a broad range of cybersecurity and national security matters, including national security related government investigations, antiterrorism claims, cyber and data security incident response, pre-incident cybersecurity preparedness, and cybersecurity and dat...
From the Business: Karthik Ravishankar is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He has significant experience facilitating cases through discovery and bringing cases to trial, particularly at the U.S. International Trade Commission, where he has worked on over a dozen investigations. His practice is focused on patent litigation, and ...
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: Tejaswini received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as the Executive Editor on the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and Law after also serving as the Articles Editor. During law school, Tejaswini served as a Judicial Extern in the Minnesota Judiciary. She also volunteered with the Virginia Innocence P...
From the Business: Sanjay Shirodkar is an Of Counsel in the Washington, DC office. Before joining the firm, he was a Special Counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.Sanjay's practice includes advising clients with respect to SEC periodic reports, proxy statements, committee charters, board ...