
Legal Ethics & Law Firm Practice
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dkewalramani@mosessinger.com
T: (212) 554-7832 F: (917) 206-4332
Devika Kewalramani is a partner and co-chair of Moses & Singer's Legal Ethics & Law Firm Practice which advises law firms, lawyers and legal departments on ethical, legal and business aspects of law practice. She focuses her practice on a variety of legal ethics, professional responsibility and risk management matters, including, conflicts of interest, disqualification, and screening procedures; letter of engagement rules; lateral attorney arrangements; client confidentiality; duties of supervisory and subordinate lawyers; professional liability and loss prevention; attorney advertising and solicitation rules; and ethical issues involving metadata, email and inadvertent disclosure.
Ms. Kewalramani is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and past chair of its subcommittee on engagement letters. She is a frequent speaker on legal ethics at the Practising Law Institute, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the National Business Institute.
Previously, Ms. Kewalramani was general counsel to Moses & Singer. Prior to that she was an associate in Moses & Singer's Banking and Finance practice where she focused on secured and unsecured financings representing major financial institutions.
Ms. Kewalramani grew up in Kolkata, India and is fluent in Hindi and Bengali.
EDUCATION
- The City University of New York, School of Law at Queens College, J.D., 1995
- St. Xavier's College (Kolkata, India), B.A., 1988
ARTICLES PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Past Chair, Subcommittee on Engagement Letters, Professional Responsibility Committee, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Member, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1998
- New York, 1996
- Connecticut, 1995
PRESENTATIONS
- "How to Comply with New York's Letter of Engagement Rules," Asian American Bar Association of New York, December 2008
- "Ethics and Risk Prevention for Real Estate Attorneys," Practising Law Institute 10th Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute, December 2008 (New York) and November 2008 (Chicago)
- "Ethical Duties of Supervisory and Subordinate Lawyers," Moses & Singer CLE Program, October 2008
- "Legal Ethics: Solutions to the Most Common Challenges," National Business Institute, September 2008
- "Ethics in Commercial Mortgage Practice," Practising Law Institute, March 2008 (Chicago) and February 2008 (New York)
- "Law Firm Blogs: Legal and Ethical Concerns," Moses & Singer CLE Program, November 2007
- "Ethical Responsibilities of Supervisory and Subordinate Lawyers," New York City Bar, October 2007
- "Conflicts of Interest, Engagement Letters and Attorney Advertising Rules," National Business Institute, September 2007
- "How to Comply with New York's Letter of Engagement Rules," New York City Bar, May 2007
- "What You Need to Know About Legal Opinions," Moses & Singer CLE Program, January 2007
- "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Conflicts of Interest," New York City Bar, June 2006
- "New York Rules on Engagement Letters and Retainer Agreements," Moses & Singer CLE Program, March 2006
- "Law Firm Conflicts Management," Moses & Singer CLE Program, December 2004
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