Represented Fortune 500 companies in connection with major maritime and shipping claims.

Represented international firms and financial services institutions in Federal and state putative class actions involving securities fraud, antitrust, contract, commercial tort, real estate, and foreign law claims.

Represented international banking clients in adversarial bankruptcy proceedings related to the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

Represented foreign sovereign states and instrumentalities in defending claims brought under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Represented Fortune 500 companies, including a large U.S. port operator, in responding to 28 U.S. Code Section 1782 requests for discovery for use in proceedings in foreign or international tribunals.

Represented as pro bono counsel consortium of New York immigration legal service providers in challenging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy of conducting civil arrests in and around New York State courthouses.

Drafted research memoranda on fostering state capacity and democratic constitutional institutions and mechanisms in developing countries.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Litigation Associate

The Honorable Jane Restani, U.S. Court of International Trade, Extern

U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Office of General Counsel, Intern

State: New York
Federal: S.D.N.Y.; E.D.N.Y.; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; S.D.TX; W.D. Mich.