• Veena A. Iyer

    Associate

    Practice Areas
    Labor & Employment, Product Liability/Mass Tort

Education: Harvard Law School
Degree: JD
Year: 2005
Honors: cum laude

Key Practice Experience

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Natalie E. Hudson, Minnesota Court of Appeals (2010-2011)
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan N. Burke, Hennepin County District Court (2009-2010)
  • Equal Justice Works Fellow and Staff Attorney, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (2006-2009)
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2005-2006)

Representative Cases/Transactions

  • Represented low-income clients in immigration, family, housing, and unemployment matters.

Professional Recognitions/Honors

  • Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Training Director (2004-2005), Student Attorney (2003-2005)
  • Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Senior Editor (2004-2005), Member (2002-2004)
  • South Asian Law Students Association, Co-President (2004-2005), Member (2002-2004)

Selected Publications/Presentations

  • Recent Development:  Cuno v. Daimler Chrysler:  Dormant Commerce Clause Limits State Location Tax Incentives, 386 F.3d 738 (6th Cir. 2004), 40 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 523 (2005)
  • Book Review:  A Problem From Hell:  America in the Age of Genocide, 16 HARV. HUM. RTS. J. 295 (2003)

Professional Associations

  • Minnesota Women Lawyers, Community Action Committee (Co-Chair, 2011 to present; Member, 2010-2011
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter (Representative to the Minnesota Bar Association Assembly, 2011 to present; Member, 2009-present)

Community Involvement

  • Minnesota Urban Debate League, Advisory Board Member (2010-present)
  • University of Chicago Alumni Association, Twin Cities Chapter, Committee Chair (2010-present)

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota
  • Illinois

Other Education

  • B.A., History, University of Chicago, 2000

Contact Information

Veena A. Iyer
Phone 612.305.7695

Assistant Contact

Brenda DeRemer
Phone 612.305.7593

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