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Business Litigation |
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White Collar Criminal Defense |
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Appellate Practice |
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New Jersey, 1996 |
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U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1996 |
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New York, 1997 |
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1997 |
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1997 |
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Rutgers University School of Law—Newark, J.D., 1995 |
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Cornell University, B.A., 1990 |
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Email: sgawande@greenbergdauber.com
Phone: 973.643.3700, Ext. 41
| "In our Firm, the client and the attorneys act as a team. Communication is key and understanding the needs of the client is paramount. We combine our understanding of the client’s needs with aggressive advocacy, creative thinking and an overall strategic vision of the case in order to achieve a successful outcome. The successful results obtained by the Firm for over three decades are testament to the Firm's approach to litigation.” |
Sumeeta Gawande is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department. She has been in practice for more than ten years, specializing in business litigation in the federal and state courts. She represents business litigants in both civil and criminal matters, including but not limited to complex contractual disputes (disputes related to goods and services provided, joint business ventures, shareholder/partnership disagreements, securities, property leasing and purchasing, secured and unsecured loans, building construction, environmental contamination, among others), white collar criminal defense (securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud, structuring, etc.), a wide range of medical practice issues, and a variety of other matters. Her clients include individual entrepreneurs, professionals and businesses, as well as publicly-traded companies.
Before joining Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker, Ms. Gawande clerked for the Honorable Ronald J. Ellis, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and prior to that for the Honorable Naomi G. Eichen, in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. Her clerkships provide intimate familiarity with both federal and state practice, as well as issues and procedures involving trial and appellate advocacy. In 2006 and 2007, she was named a “Rising Star” by New Jersey Monthly Magazine, which awards that designation to the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state who are 40 or under or who have been practicing for ten years or less.
Ms. Gawande's approach to litigation is strategic, creative and interactive. After gaining a thorough command of the facts of the case, Ms. Gawande works closely with her clients to fashion a litigation strategy that achieves the best result. Ms. Gawande believes that the client's input is an integral part of preparing the case, and she therefore maintains regular contact with her clients about the development of the case and its issues. Creativity is often a key to success in Ms. Gawande's cases; crafting innovative strategies is a hallmark of her approach. Combining that creativity with preparation, diligence and thoroughness has led to success in many of her cases.
Ms. Gawande was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Athens, Ohio. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Cornell University and her juris doctorate from Rutgers Law School-Newark, where she was an Arthur Kinoy Fellow, a recipient of the Judge Skelley Wright Award, and the Co-Editor in Chief of the Women's Rights Law Journal. She is currently a Board Member of the Rutgers Law School-Newark Alumni Association and an active member of the Executive Committee of the Law Vertical of the South Asian Women’s Leadership Forum, the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association, and the New Jersey State Bar Association.
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