Attorney Details

Southern and Eastern district court of Texas

English

Law Office of Leena Bhasin

03/10 – Present

 Primary focus is general Civil litigation, Family, Immigration Probate and Criminal

 Civil Litigation: Handle all types of civil litigation cases including debt collections lawsuits. Try cases from inception to trial and beyond including judgment enforcement

 Family: Handle all types of family cases including custody, adoption, child support enforcement/defense and paternity adjudications.

 Immigration: Handle all types of Immigration cases including family based and employment based green cards, Non-immigrant visas including H-1B, L-1s, Asylum and Deportation cases, Naturalization applications and waivers.

 Probate: Probate wills and defend contests to wills in court

 Criminal: Handle misdemeanors, and class C felonies

 Draft and negotiate contracts and wills

Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard and amp; Smith (formerly Adams and amp; Heald, P.C.) – Houston, Texas

 Primary focus is general insurance defense, civil litigation, and corporate transactions

 Insurance Defense: Defend severe on-job accident claims, death cases, and automobile personal injury cases.

 Second chair trial for an insurance coverage dispute matter

Conduct extensive research on various state and federal issues including insurance coverage opinions and construction defect cases.

 Review and analyze insurance policies for coverage opinions

 Litigation responsibilities include: Take and defend depositions of parties involved in civil litigations, propounding and responding to discovery requests, drafting and arguing dispositive motions in various courts in Texas.

 Attend and assist with trial and participate in Jury voire dire

 Attend mediations and settlement negotiations.

 Corporate transaction responsibilities include: draft and review employment and business contracts including Information Technology contracts for software professionals and sub-contractors.

 Assist clients in setting up various forms of business entities including Limited Liability Companies, and Partnerships.

 Assist and guide clients in filing Franchise taxes, corporate compliance and other related work.

 Assist clients with re-structuring corporate entities, protection and licensing of technology and intellectual property (internationally).

 Assist clients with negotiation and drafting commercial contracts.

 Draft wills and trusts and consult with clients regarding estate planning. Prepare family and employment based immigration petitions and represent clients in asylum cases.

Sharif and amp; Associates – Houston, Texas

 Represented clients in civil, family, probate, personal injury and immigration matters.

 Drafted motions and petitions for civil, family, personal injury, and DTPA cases.

 Assisted clients in setting up Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships and filing Franchise taxes and other related work.

 Assist clients with getting permits for setting up gas station business.

 Propounded and responded to all aspects of discovery requests.

 Drafted motions and appeal briefs for asylum and deportation cases to the Board of Immigration Appeals and Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Harris County District Attorney’s Office – Houston, Texas

 Assisted Prosecutors in the courtroom with trials and plea negotiations.

 Spoke to crime victims to determine injuries sustained and what punishment they felt would be appropriate.

 Drafted motions and performed all tasks to prepare dockets for trials.