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: 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: 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: Moushmi routinely advises clients on the most complex regulatory challenges relating to the public procurement process. Her experience include litigating bid protests before the Court of Federal Claims and the Government Accountability Office, coordinating regulatory due diligence processes for large scale M&A transactions, and negotiating wit...
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: Priya Sundaresan is a dedicated legal advisor specializing in providing expert guidance on corporate law, intellectual property, and business strategy. With a strong focus on helping startups, entrepreneurs, and established businesses navigate legal complexities, she is known for her ability to deliver practical and innovative solutions. Priya’s e...
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: Apurva Dharia focuses on health information technology, privacy and security. He helps clients such as pharmacies, hospitals and health systems develop organizational privacy programs, policies and procedures, and provides privacy risk assessments and mitigation strategies for initiatives and incidents that involve the collection, creation, use or...
From the Business: Annapreet Virk is a corporate associate in O’Melveny’s San Francisco office. Anna’s experience includes advising a semiconductor company in its convertible senior notes offering, securing a new credit agreement for a soft service provider, and reviewing cloud service agreements for a leading consumer technology company. Anna also devotes time to...
From the Business: Kalyani Joshi is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Her practice focuses on patent prosecution, post-grant proceedings, and patent counseling. Kalyani’s technical experience covers a wide variety of technologies, and is centered on the growing intersection of life sciences and technology industries. She uses her chemical eng...
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: 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: Atul Jain is a seasoned attorney advising clients around the world - ranging from early-stage startups to leading global companies - on executive compensation matters. He has extensive experience advising on the design and implementation of compensation programs that help clients attract and retain key talent and incentivize their workforce. Mr. J...
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: 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: Keval Patel assists clients with a wide array of federal government relations, advocacy and regulatory services including tax, business, federal funding, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence issues. He is a seasoned government relations and public affairs strategist with experience in political, campaign, legislative, and federal and st...
From the Business: AMIT BHATLA focuses his practice on high-stakes patent litigation. Amit received his law degree from the George Washington University Law School, graduating with highest honors and Order of the Coif. Amit earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas, where he also worked as a research assistant at the Center for Environmen...
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: Khushboo Agarwal is an associate in the Energy and Infrastructure practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Agarwal's practice focuses on the financing and development of infrastructure assets, primarily in the power, renewables and sustainable development sectors in the U.S. and Latin America. Ms. Agarwal h...
From the Business: A co-chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Entertainment & Media practices, Neema Sahni litigates complex disputes across the sports, media, technology, and entertainment industries, and serves as go-to counsel for some of the industry’s biggest names. Through her work at the firm, and her prior experience in-house at The Walt Disney C...
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: 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: Sunita Paknikar is a senior counsel and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice and the Energy Industry Team. Sunita focuses her practice on energy, project finance, project development, and tax equity finance. Sunita has helped to finance numerous community solar and other distributed generatio...
From the Business: Soumya Dayananda is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department, where she is a member of the Investigations & Enforcement Practice. She is based in Willkie’s Washington, DC office. Soumya has over 20 years of public service experience, including handling complex government investigations, crisis management and congressional oversight. She re...
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...
