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SARAH MALIK

Los Angeles

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate

Keesal, Young & Logan
10.2021 - Current
  • Represent securities and employment clients in civil litigation, arbitrations, mediation, regulatory forums (FINRA and JAMS), in matters involving contract disputes, partnership disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, and business torts.
  • Represent employers in matters involving discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, and wrongful termination.
  • Defending trade secret misappropriation case in state court; attended 15+ hearings with discovery referee relating to discovery disputes, managed 14,000-page document review, draft pre-trial motions, objections to subpoenas and discovery responses, and prepare witnesses for deposition.
  • Handled over 70 early dispute resolution matters by responding to customers, SEC, and FINRA for customer complaints against financial advisors.
  • Second-chaired 5-day JAMS arbitration involving partnership dispute resulting in favorable outcome of our cross-claim; participated in 2 successful settlement conferences and drafted settlement agreements.
  • Drafted successful demurrer against former employee's claims for wrongful termination and disability discrimination resulting in a dismissal of the entire complaint without leave to amend.
  • Drafted successful motion for summary judgment that resulted in dismissal of complaint in federal court against defendant-insurer.

Summer Associate

Keesal, Young & Logan
05.2020 - 07.2020
  • Performed legal research memoranda on civil defenses, complex employment and securities matters, and discovery issues; presented 1-hour MCLE presentation to firm on California's privacy law, CCPA.

Legal Extern

Giese and Partner
06.2019 - 08.2019
  • Drafted and revised English-language commercial lease agreements, bankruptcy and restructuring contracts for German and European investment banks; Performed legal research and drafted memoranda on product compliance issues governed by EU law.

Paralegal and Data Protection Officer

iHerb.com
04.2018 - 08.2018
  • Drafted and negotiated data protection agreements for 45 vendors in compliance with GDPR.
  • Supervised and certified company application for EU-US and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield certification that was successfully obtained.
  • Edited Privacy Policy and Data Retention Policy.
  • Managed compliance efforts for GDPR, working cross-functionally with IT Ops and product design teams to execute data erasure and data access processes.

Paralegal

Alston & Bird LLP
07.2015 - 07.2017
  • Drafted master repurchase loan agreements and amendments for residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities for investment banks and financial institutions; Managed closing checklists; filed UCC statements for lenders.
  • Chaired Paralegal Pro-Bono Committee and raised $1,000 for NYU student-founded charity.

Education

J.D. -

University of San Francisco School Law
San Francisco
05.2021

Bachelor of Science - Communications and Social Influence

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
05.2015

Skills

  • Interests: Museums, Tennis, Hosting Dinner Parties
  • Language: Urdu

Publications

Daily Journal, Non-Party Discovery: 20 Commonly Asked Questions, Part 1 & 2 (Jan 24, 2022)

Timeline

Associate

Keesal, Young & Logan
10.2021 - Current

Summer Associate

Keesal, Young & Logan
05.2020 - 07.2020

Legal Extern

Giese and Partner
06.2019 - 08.2019

Paralegal and Data Protection Officer

iHerb.com
04.2018 - 08.2018

Paralegal

Alston & Bird LLP
07.2015 - 07.2017

J.D. -

University of San Francisco School Law

Bachelor of Science - Communications and Social Influence

Cornell University

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