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Biography
Kira is an associate who represents businesses and individuals in commercial cases, class-action lawsuits, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrations. Kira has extensive experience representing firm clients in contract disputes (including breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, and non-compete agreement claims), cases involving alleged violations of the TCPA, and personal injury and property claims.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.M, Duke University School of Law, 2020
JD, Duke University School of Law, 2020
BA, cum laude, Political Science; Psychology, UCLA, 2017
- North Carolina State Bar
- Texas State Bar
Representative Experience:
- Helped secure complete defense verdict in FINRA arbitration for large financial institution, including against a claim of $11m in attorneys’ fees.
- Represented three financial institution entities against claims of DTPA violations that were initially filed in state court, resulting in a zero dollar award at arbitration based on a $1.5m demand.
- Oversaw large-scale document review and productions for major intellectual property litigation. Management of multiple review teams accessing multiple active databases containing 40 million records.
- Helped obtain expungement for two brokers in FINRA arbitration involving claims of unauthorized selling.
- Co-Author, "Four-Day Workweek Proposed in California Bill," Global Workplace Insider, 2022
- Author, "Proposed Revision to Independent Contractor Classification Rules under the FLSA," Global Workplace Insider, 2022
- North Carolina Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association