O’Melveny Worldwide
  • Representing financial institution in breach of fiduciary duty and contract claims challenging sweep feature of brokerage and advisory financial products
  • Representing private equity fund and former directors in fraudulent transfer and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought by litigation trustee for Tops Markets
  • Representing financial institutions in breach of contract claim challenging features of self-directed IRA products
  • Representing syndicates of major banks defending against securities class action claims in federal court arising out of public share offerings
  • Represented pension plan trust in fraudulent transfer claims in bankruptcy court
  • Represented outside director in fraudulent transfer and fiduciary duty claims brought by Sears estate
  • Represented trust company in litigation over alleged breaches of financing documents and breach of trustee’s duties to pass through trust certificate holders
  • Defended financial-services entities in multiple actions alleging breaches of representations and warranties in the issuance and securitization of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities in New York state court
  • Represented funds in debtor-in-possession financing litigation in bankruptcy court
  • Represented major bank in fraud and conspiracy claims in Florida state court
  • Represented major bank in ECOA regulatory compliance class action litigation in federal court
  • Represented major bank against fraudulent transfer claims in bankruptcy court

Pro Bono Experience

  • First-chaired and won a two-day trial on behalf of pro bono client facing assault claims after she defended herself from an attack
  • Obtained US asylum for a woman refugee who escaped Afghanistan
  • Achieved dismissal of an immigration removal case for a survivor of domestic abuse
  • Represented clients seeking name-change petitions, including survivors of domestic abuse and transgender individuals
  • Served as co-counsel with the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood in challenging the constitutionality of a Virginia statute that restricts women’s access to healthcare services
  • Assisted in representing abandoned child brought to the United States for lifesaving medical treatment in his application for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

Languages

  • Hebrew

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Court Admissions

  • Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department
  • US District Court, Southern District of New York

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2015: cum laude; Archibald Murray Public Service Award 2015 Recipient
  • Barnard College - Columbia University, B.A., History, 2012: cum laude

Professional Activities

Clerkships

  • US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Hon. Martin Glenn (2017-2018)

Externships

  • US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division (Spring 2014)

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