Amanda Chuzi is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Public Client practice. She represents state attorneys general and other public-sector clients in investigations and lawsuits involving false claims and fraudulent and deceptive trade practices.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Amanda was an attorney-adviser at the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where she advised the White House, DOJ leadership, and other Executive Branch agencies on issues related to constitutional law and statutory interpretation. Before that, she was a Trial Attorney at the Federal Programs Branch at DOJ, where she defended the federal government in cases that raised complex questions of constitutional, statutory, and administrative law. Among other things, Amanda defended more than sixty federal defendants in a high-profile First Amendment suit that ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court victory for the government.
Before joining DOJ, Amanda was a law clerk for the Hon. Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Hon. Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
While attending Columbia Law School, Amanda was an articles editor for the Columbia Law Review. She received the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize, which is awarded to students who receive the highest honors for all three years.
Before pursuing a law degree, Amanda spent nearly five years as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Tim Kaine.
Publications
- Defense Lawmaking, 120 Colum. L. Rev. 995 (2020)
- Can Congress’s “Most Successful Bill” Fix the Legislative Branch? War on the Rocks (June 5, 2020)
- Migrants Are the Victims, Guardian (Jan. 14, 2019)
Alex Bodaken is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, where he represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Alex was a law clerk for the Honorable Jane Stranch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, as well as the Honorable Gregory Woods of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Before his judicial clerkships, Alex was a litigation fellow at Americans United for the Separation of Church & State.
While attending Georgetown University Law Center, Alex was an executive editor of American Criminal Law Review.
Publications
- Beating Qualified Immunity on Appeal, 57. 4, GULC, Amer. Criminal Law Rev. (2020)
Before pursuing a career in law, Alex was a fourth-grade schoolteacher at Holabird Academy in Baltimore, Maryland.
Laura Follansbee is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, where she represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Laura was a law clerk for the Honorable Algenon L. Marbley of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Before her district court clerkship, Laura was a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, and before that, a law clerk for the Honorable Joshua Deahl of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
While attending Harvard Law School, Laura was a co-executive director of the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project and an executive editor for online content for Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
Claire Marsden is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, where she represents investors in shareholder derivative lawsuits and securities class actions.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Claire was a law clerk for the Honorable Ann M. Donnelly of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Before her judicial clerkship, Claire was an associate at a highly regarded global defense firm, where she focused on securities, antitrust, RICO, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and other white collar-related issues. She was also involved in a variety of pro bono matters related to prisoner’s rights and fair sentencing, and she spent six months as a full-time secondee with the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Virginia.
While attending Columbia Law School, Claire was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and executive articles editor of A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual, a handbook of legal rights and procedures designed for use by currently incarcerated people. She also served as a law clerk at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Silvie Saltzman, an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Silvie was a law clerk for the Honorable Carol Bagley Amon of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
While attending Stanford Law School, Silvie was a development editor for the Stanford Law Review.
Publications
- Nora Freeman Engstrom, Todd Venook, David Freeman Engstrom & Silvie Saltzman, Plaintiffs and Attorneys in Multidistrict Litigation: Strengths, Deficits, and Paths Forward, DEBORAH L. RHODE CENTER ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION (May 15, 2023).
Jennifer Mowat is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Public Client practice, where she focuses on the representation of state attorneys general and other public-sector clients in investigations and lawsuits involving false claims and fraudulent and deceptive trade practices.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Jennifer was a law clerk for the Honorable Corinne A. Beckwith of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
While attending Berkeley Law, Jennifer served as co-president of the Plaintiffs’ Law Association and a submissions and solicitations editor for the Berkeley Journal of African American Law and Policy.
Mary Brown is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, where she represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Mary was a law clerk for the Honorable Pamela Harris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Before her judicial clerkship, Mary was a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
While attending Harvard Law School, Mary was the articles, book reviews and commentaries chair of the Harvard Law Review.
Publications
- Recent Case, Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP, 134 HARV. L. REV. 2582 (2021)
Jenna Waldman is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Consumer Protection practice, where she litigates class actions on behalf of consumers who have been misled, deceived, or harmed by large corporations.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Jenna was a law clerk for the Honorable Florence Y. Pan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before that, she was a law clerk for the Honorable Paul L. Friedman of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
While at Berkeley Law, Jenna served as an articles and essays editor for the California Law Review and was a member of Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic.
Prior to attending law school, Jenna worked as a Human Rights paralegal at Cohen Milstein.
Diane Kee is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Public Client practice, where she focuses on the representation of state attorneys general and other public-sector clients in investigations and lawsuits involving false claims and fraudulent and deceptive trade practices.
Diane re-joins the firm after clerking for the Honorable Lara E. Montecalvo of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and for the Honorable Terrence G. Berg of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Before her judicial clerkships, Diane was a fellow at Cohen Milstein, where she worked on litigation matters spanning the firm’s practices.
Prior to law school, Diane was an aide to the Chambers of Justice Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court of the United States for two years. Diane is fluent in Mandarin.
Publications
Reclaiming Access to Truth in Reproductive Healthcare After National Institute of Family & Life Advocates v. Becerra, 119 MICH. L. REV. 175 (2020).
Alisa Tiwari is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice. Alisa represents individuals in class action litigation challenging discrimination in employment and housing.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Alisa was an associate at a nationally renowned plaintiffs-side firm that specializes in Supreme Court and appellate law. There, Alisa represented clients before federal and state appellate courts on a range of legal issues, such as police misconduct, administrative law, and forced arbitration. She served as lead counsel in multiple cases and argued appeals in the Seventh Circuit and the Second Circuit. In the U.S. Supreme Court, Alisa drafted both petition- and merits-stage briefs, including an amicus brief and two successful briefs in opposition.
Before entering private practice, Alisa clerked for the Honorable Michelle Friedland of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before that, she clerked for the Honorable Vince Chhabria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Alisa also has the distinction of being named a Princeton Scholar in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) Fellow. In this role, she earned a Master in Public Affairs and worked at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division, where she received the Assistant Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award and a Certificate of Commendation.
Publications
- Disparate-Impact Liability for Policing, 129 YALE L.J. 252 (2019)
- Finality, Guidance Documents, and San Francisco’s Challenge to a Guidance Repeal, 36 YALE J. ON REG.: NOTICE & COMMENT (May 21, 2018) (with Ryan Yeh and Christine Kwon)
- Protests, Policing, and Crime: An Analysis of Evidence Regarding the Ferguson Effect, 27 J. PUB. & INT’L AFF. 115 (2016)