Priya
Swaminathan

• U.S. District Courts, Northern District of California
• State Bar of California
• U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York
• Supreme Court of State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department

• J.D., Cornell Law School
• B.A., cum laude, Economics and English, Franklin & Marshall College

• Hindi
• Tamil

Representative Matters

• Successfully briefed and argued an appellate brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for a transgender inmate seeking sex reassignment surgery.
• Successfully defended a motion for summary disposition in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Mediated a case for an immigrant resulting in cancellation of his deportation order.
• Successfully settled a real estate dispute on terms favorable to client.
• Represented a major bank in consumer fraud action, resulting in dismissal of all charges.
• Represented an author in a dispute with a publisher, settling all claims favorably before the filing of suit.
• Was part of a team which successfully secured an eight-figure judgment for client in precedent setting case before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Member, select panel of attorneys on the Ninth Circuit Pro Bono Program, representing pro se defendants in their appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
• Excellence in Commercial Brief Writing Award, New York State Bar.

Articles

• Co-author, Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Chapter on Enforcement of Forum Selection Clauses

• Member, Federal Bar Association, Professional Development Committee
• Member, Asian American Bar Association
• Member, South Asian Bar Association
• Articles Editor, The Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
• Submissions and Articles Editor, The Legal Information Institute (LII)