Simran Mahal Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

• Provide verbal analysis of California case law, statues, and regulations to supervisors and clients• Draft and review agreements and protective orders regarding the non-disclosure of confidential materials, joint defense agreements, and settlement agreements • Defend clients in all aspects of litigation, including drafting and responding to pleadings and discovery, meeting and conferring with opposing counsel to resolve discovery disputes, taking depositions, drafting and arguing dispositive motions, and drafting settlement and trial briefs • Successfully drafted and argued motion to strike claims for punitive damages, potentially saving client millions in recent products liability matter

San Francisco Bay Area

• Defended clients in various aspects of pretrial litigation by drafting and responding to discovery, meeting and conferring with opposing counsel, taking depositions , and drafting and arguing dispositive motions

San Francisco Bay Area

• Personally settled civil penalty cases against entities and individuals who violated District regulations. Represented the District in small claims court in cases where a settlement could not be reached• Prepared and drafted necessary documents to represent the District in abatement order actions and variance proceedings before the District Hearing Board• Conducted legal research and drafted legal memoranda and appellate briefs concerning meaning and application of District Regulations, scope of GHG impacts, procedure in quasi-legislative vs. quasi-judicial proceedings, First Amendment vs. environmental interests, force majeure, and successor liability

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked on enforcement matters regarding permitting, improper land use around the San Francisco Bay, public access violations, non-conforming uses, and dredging violations • Researched and drafted legal memorandum concerning the Public Trust Doctrine, the interpretation and application of BCDC laws and policies, Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) guidelines, and other legal issues surrounding development along the Bay• Reviewed the sufficiency of public access, view corridor, and open space agreements. Assisted applicants in filing adequate and complete legal instruments. Responded to Public Records Act requests and reviewed permit files for privileged attorney-client materials

San Francisco Bay Area

• Researched and drafted legal memoranda regarding the California Environmental Quality Act, Environmental Justice, Title VI, and the enforceability of BART contract clauses • Identified legal issues, prepared PowerPoints, and provided verbal legal analysis and recommendations concerning Title VI compliance and BART advertising content guidelines to clients

San Francisco

• Created Declarations for Utility or Design Patent Applications, Information Disclosure Statements by Applicant, Application Data Sheets, Fee Transmittals, and Power of Attorney forms to prosecute applications before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and uploaded them to the to the U.S.P.T.O website on behalf of the patent attorneys as a part of the patent application prosecution process• Drafted and edited reporting letters and letters of correspondence to clients on behalf of patent attorneys• Compiled patent applications and files to be sent abroad to foreign associates who are simultaneously working on filing patents within their respective countries for Morrison & Foerster clients

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Environmental Law, 3L

Activities and Societies: Energy & Environmental Law Society

B.A., International Relations And Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations Club

Western And Spanish History

Activities and Societies: Intercambio