Puja Parikh Email & Phone Number

California, United States

My practice includes a broad range of litigation matters, including patent litigation, complex commercial disputes, and trade secret and copyright matters. KVP is one of the nation's leading full-service litigation and trial boutiques specializing in high-stakes trials.Recently, I served as trial counsel for Dexcom in a complex patent dispute, trial counsel for Meta in a patent infringement suit, and I obtained a permanent injunction on behalf of Instacart in a plaintiff-side copyright lawsuit. On the verge of trial, I also secured a settlement on behalf of a pre-trial detainee for an excessive force violation by staff at the San Francisco County Jails as part of my pro bono work. At trial, I direct-examined key fact witnesses and cross-examined an inventor. I have deposed over a dozen fact, expert, and 30(b)(6) witnesses and I have argued discovery and pre-trial motions in court. I have prepared summary judgment, discovery, pre-trial, and post-trial motions and expert reports.While at KVP I participated in LCLD as a pathfinder, I attended the CCWC conference, and I continue to be a member of the South Asian Bar Association of North America and the Asian American Bar Association.

New York

My practice included a broad range of litigation matters, including securities litigation, white collar defense and investigations, complex commercial litigation, insurance litigation, and employment law.While at Latham, I served on a trial team during my representation of Virgin Media, Inc., a media and telecommunications company, in a civil suit filed in New Jersey Superior Court by a former board member. The team and I obtained summary judgment disposing of $1 billion in claims for lost profits under an indemnity agreement. The remaining equitable claims were settled on favorable terms during trial. I also served as one of two main associates on a multimillion dollar complex commercial litigation in defense of a Fortune 500 company. I participated substantially in trial preparation, including drafting cross examination outlines and motions in limine, assisting with the order of proof, participating in litigation strategy sessions, and coordinating with local counsel. I also drafted a portion of our summary judgment brief, created demonstratives for the summary judgment hearing, second chaired depositions, drafted fact witness and expert witness deposition outlines, prepared exhibits for depositions, drafted portions of the mediation brief, participated in the mediation, and oversaw voluminous document productions. Additionally, I have assisted with DOJ investigations and other pre-indictment work and SEC subpoenas.I represented a pro bono client by drafting the complete submission to the immigration court, preparing the witnesses, and conducting my client's individual merits hearing in immigration court. I also drafted my client's appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Finally, I assisted pro bono clients with various visa applications, including U-Visa and Violence Against Women (VAWA) applications.

I conducted non-jury traffic ticket and penal law trials in Ithaca City Court (including harassment and disorderly conduct), plea-bargained with defendants, and prepared police witnesses for suppression hearings in driving while intoxicated cases.

I prosecuted non-jury traffic ticket (including speeding) and city code violations in Ithaca City Court (via an Appellate Division trial order) and plea-bargained with defendants. This was part of the Prosecution Trial Clinic at Cornell Law School.

I analyzed expert witness deposition transcripts in preparation for a motion to exclude, assisted with drafting deposition outlines, and researched corporate waste, entire fairness, and other corporate law doctrines.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

I drafted memoranda, motions, and articles on topics including employment and product liability litigation, whistleblowing statutes, arbitration programs, emotional distress damage awards, trademark infringement, and both employment and commercial non-competition agreements.I returned in August 2013 for one month as part of my 2L summer.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I attended meetings with federal legislators, policy analysts, and state and local advocates, and I conducted research and analyzed literature to assist with the development of policy and publications regarding issues affecting individuals with mental disabilities.

Fort Wayne Metro is a Fair Employment Practices Agency on a work-share agreement with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Commission works to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, various other federal statues, and Fort Wayne Ordinance G-21-78. I assisted complainants who sought to file a charge of discrimination against their place of employment, public accommodation, or school by explaining the investigation, mediation, and public hearing phases of the administrative process. My primary role was to assist complainants by sorting through their idea of wrongful termination and applying it to the context of the law during the intake session. In order to do so, I questioned complainants about similarly situated employees, statements that were made by their employer during the course of their employment, adverse employment actions taken against them, and their protect class status. I then used information to formulate the Charge of Discrimination.Note that I did not work for a continuous period of time but during breaks from school

Greater Chicago Area

I worked with the AMA Ethics Department and Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs as an assistant to the staff attorney. I conducted research on palliative care and newborn screening ethics in order to assist the AMA in devising recommended national standards for these medical issues. The policy has become part of the American Medical Association's Code of Ethics. I also worked with the International Medicine Department to draft a report on the medical crisis in Sri Lanka and Darfur by examining the role of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court and analyzing the degree of social responsibility towards public health demanded of physicians in the context of their role as healers. Finally, I examined avenues of petition with the World Medical Association, World Health Organization, and US State Department regarding the detention without trial for physicians in Sri Lanka.

Jd

Activities and Societies: Journal of Law & Public Policy (Senior Notes Editor), Cornell Law Mock Trial Team (President, Executive Bench.

Ba, Political Science, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Notre Dame Mock Trial Team Co-Captain, Indian Association of Notre Dame Co-President, The Observer (Campus.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Debate team, Speech team (President), Mock Trial Team (President)