Nimish R. Desai
Associate
San Francisco
Practice Areas Include: Defective Products, Mass Torts
Bar Information
Admitted to practice in California,
2006; US District Court, Northern District of California, 2007; US District Court, Central District of California, 2008; US District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2009.
Education
Boalt Hall School of Law, University
of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2006); University of Texas, Austin,
Texas (B.S. & B.A., High Honors, 2002).
Prior Employment
Extern, Sierra Club Environmental
Law Program, 2004; Researcher, Public Citizen, 2003; Center for Energy
and Environmental Resources, 2001-2002.
Publications & Presentations
“American Chemistry Council
v. Johnson: Community Right to Know, But About What? D.C. Circuit Takes Restrictive
View of EPCRA,” 33 Ecology L.Q. 583 , (Winter 2006); “Lessons
Learned and Unlearned: A Case Study of Medical Malpractice Award Caps in
Texas,” The Subcontinental, (Winter 2004, Vol. 1, Issue 4,
pp. 81-87); “Separation of Fine Particulate Matter Emitted from Gasoline
and Diesel Vehicles Using Chemical Mass Balancing Techniques”, Environmental
Science Technology, (2003; 37(17) p.3904-3909); "Analysis of Motor
Vehicle Emissions in a Houston Tunnel during Texas Air Quality Study 2000," Atmospheric
Environment, 38, 3363-3372 (2004).
Member
State Bar of California; Bar
Association of San Francisco; Consumer Attorneys of California; American
Bar Association; American Constitution Society; South Asian Bar Association.
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