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Rukhsanah L. Lighari is an associate in the firm's
Business Litigation and Intellectual Property
practice groups. She focuses her practice on
complex commercial, intellectual property, and
antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining Connell Foley in 2008, Ms. Lighari
served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable
Roberto A. Rivera-Soto, Associate Justice, in the
Supreme
Court of New Jersey, and the Honorable Joel A.
Pisano, U.S.D.J., in the United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey. She graduated
cum laude
from Seton Hall University School of Law, where she
was a member of the editorial staff of the
Seton Hall Law
Review and the Interscholastic Moot
Court Board. During law school, Ms. Lighari also
participated in the Center for Social Justice's
Impact Litigation Clinic, through which she
successfully argued an appeal
before the United States Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit.
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Admitted to Practice:
State of New Jersey
State of New York
United States District Court for the
District
of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern
District of New York
United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York
United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit
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Education
Davidson College (B.A., French, 2003)
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D.,
cum laude, 2006)
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Affiliations:
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association |
News:
Marc Haefner and Rukhsanah
Lighari Obtain Dismissal of Virtual
Studios' Claims
(February 2011)
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Published
Decisions |
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In re
Tarragon Corp.,
2010 WL 3928496 (Bankr. D.N.J.
October 1, 2010) |
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In re
Tarragon Corp.,
2010 WL 3921996 (Bankr. D.N.J.
September 27, 2010) |
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Fritzky v. Aetna Health,
Inc., 2010 WL 1186226
(D.N.J. March 24, 2010) |
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Salahuddin v. Goord,
467 F.3d 263 (2d Cir. 2006) |
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Professional Activities |
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Member, Committee on Women in
the Law, New York State Bar
Association |
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Member, John C. Lifland American Inn of
Court |
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