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  • Selected every year from 2019-2023 to "Super Lawyers - Rising Stars". This designation identifies her as a top-rated attorney as recognized by peers. It is a distinction that only 2.5% of attorneys working in the state receive.
  • Recognized as one of the top 1% of most qualified and distinguished USA attorneys
  • Top 100 immigration lawyers for New York state by the Association of American Trial Lawyers in 2019 & 2018
  • Awarded the ranking of one of the 10 Best Immigration Legal Counsel for Client Satisfaction in 2019 & 2018 by the American Institute Of Legal Counsel, recognizing her exceptional performance.
  • Ranked 10/10 on AVVO
  • Won AVVO client choice awards for immigration client satisfaction in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
  • Won 5 elite postdoctoral awards for her legal research-based work (ESRC, BA, Columbia University/LSE).
  • A published legal scholar of numerous legal articles
  • Author of books, Clients' Perceptions in Litigation and Mediation (Cambridge University Press 2009, 2011), which focuses on how lawyers and the legal system must improve to meet clients' needs, and The Purchase of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
  • Has been a Postdoctoral Legal Researcher (Columbia University Law School & LSE Law Faculty & South Asia Centre) 2005-2018
  • U.S. law professor of Evidence, of Conflict Resolution, and of Human Rights 2009-14
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science (Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Fellow, 2005-2018)
  • Columbia University Law School, New York (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2005-2009)
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science (Ph.D., 2005)
  • University of Toronto Law School (Ph.D researcher & Visiting Fellow 2000-01)
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M., 1998)
  • University of Law, Postgraduate Legal Practice Course (1996)
  • University of London (LL.B. Hons., 1995)
  • Co-Founder, RelisLaw (2016-present)
  • Legal Research Fellow, London School of Economics 2009-2018
  • U.S. Law Professor-Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (2009-2014)
  • Barrister at Law- Plowden Buildings Barristers Chambers (2003-2004)
  • Visiting Junior Fellow -University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2000-2001)
  • Articled Solicitor- GSC Solicitors, London, UK (1996-1998)
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York City Bar
  • General Council of the Bar of England and Wales (barrister / trial lawyer)
  • Law Society of England and Wales (solicitor / attorney)
  • The Purchase of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
  • Clients’ Perceptions in Litigation and Mediation (Cambridge University Press 2009, 2011)
  • Human Rights and Southern Realities, 33(2) HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY 509 (May, 2011)
  • “It’s Not About The Money!”: A Theory On Misconceptions Of Plaintiffs’ Litigation Aims, 68(3) PITTSBURGH LAW REVIEW 701 (2007)
  • Consequences Of Power, 12 HARVARD NEGOTIATION LAW REVIEW 445-501 (SPRING 2007)
  • Civil Litigation from Litigants’ Perspectives: What We Know and What We Don’t Know About the Litigation Experience of Individual Litigants, in 25 STUDIES IN LAW, POLITICS AND SOCIETY 151-212 (Austin Sarat and Patricia Ewick eds., 2002)
  • Lawyers and Clients: Disparate Conceptions of Dispute Resolution in Litigation-Linked Mediation, in SOCIOLOGY OF LAW, JAPAN, ASSOCIATION OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF LAW (JASL) UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 24-41, October (2004)
  • Disparate Lay and Legal Actor Perceptions of the Meaning and Function of Mediation (translated to Japanese), KYOTO UNIVERSITYLAW SCHOOL PUBLICATION, March (2004)