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I’m looking to add new in-house roles - if you know of a role or are the hiring manager, hit reply to add your role.
Referrals for Matters
It’s been a while since we’ve added legal matters for referral in Pani Cooler. It’s a great way to leverage this national network of South Asian lawyers.
If you have a legal matter for referral, let me know and I’ll match you up with a member lawyer that’s a fit.
Pani Cooler Office Hours
Mentorships programs can be formal and difficult to coordinate. And people wear more than one hat - mentor and mentee.
So we’re doing something different: Office Hours. An hour-long zoom session where lawyers looking to mentor or for mentorship. In a low-commitment, clearly-defined periodic format.
52 members have already signed up as mentors and mentees. So the first Office Hours session will be June 16, 3-4pm ET.
Mentors and mentees: add your expertise or request here.
Khurram’s List
Law Firm:
If you are a corporate lawyer or an IP litigator with life science experience, reach out about three top tech transactions practices looking for your expertise.
One of the premier antitrust practices in the nation is looking for 3rd - 5th year litigators. This is a destination practice.
If you want to level up or reposition your practice to a cutting-edge national IP practice and you’re a 3rd-6th year patent litigation associate with life sciences and EE experience, let me know.
If you’re a patent litigation partner in SF, NYC, Boston, or DC looking for a growing, collaborative platform, we should talk.
The Jobs
The mission of Pani Cooler is to build direct connections between South Asian lawyers. A key part of that is getting South Asian lawyers hired and promoted. The below roles include contact information for your colleagues. Reach out to these lawyers in a manner consistent with the goals of building community on this platform. Apply for any roles listed on the website, as available.
In-House
NEW Devang Shah: Devang is General Counsel at Pivot Bio. Pivot is looking for a Senior Director, Intellectual Property.
Sheetal R. Shah-Jani: Sheetal is Corporate Counsel at Continental Finance Company. Sheetal’s team is looking for the following roles:
Government
Rahul Rao: Rahul is Deputy Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition. The FTC is hiring antitrust attorneys for several positions throughout the entire Bureau of Competition.
Madiha Zuberi: Madiha is Enforcement Attorney at SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office, Division of Enforcement. The SEC is looking for a General Attorney.
Hiral Mehta: Hiral is Deputy Chief at U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York. The U.S. Attorney's Office is looking for an Assistant U. S. Attorney.
Not-for-Profit
NEW Anjali Waikar: Anjali is Senior Director of Legal Operations at Natural Resources Defense Counsel. Natural Resources Defense Counsel is looking for a Senior Litigating Counsel.
Law Firm
Suja Vathyam: Suja is partner at Botos Churchill IP Law LLP. Suja’s team is looking for an attorney with 2-7 years of experience in patent drafting and prosecution. Experience with medical devices, AI, semiconductor manufacturing, or FTOs is a plus.
Harsh Parikh: Harsh is a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP. Harsh's team is looking for a Senior Health Care Transactions Associate.
Ajay Mago: Ajay is managing partner at Edwards Maxson Mago & Macaulay, LLP. Ajay's team is looking for attorneys with 6+ years of substantive experience in the relevant area of practice to join the firm’s Bankruptcy, Technology Transactions, Commercial Contracts, Corporate – Private Equity and M&A, Corporate – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies, and Banking and Finance practice groups. The positions can be remote anywhere in the U.S. or hybrid in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, and New York.
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