Mehernaz Patel

-Assist in Advising international students on various issues impacting them, including federal regulations that impact international students.
-Assist the Designated School Official (DSO) and Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO).
-Assist in processing student applications and requests including but not limited to CPT, OPT, Economic Hardship, I-20 extension, part-time permission, F-2 dependent, reinstatement and transfer-in/out.
-Assist with maintenance and supervision of international student records and database.
Assist inter-office committees/teams in collaborative efforts and continuous improvement.
-Train volunteers on immigration policies and record maintenance
-Promote International Center events to student body using social media including Facebook and Instagram
-Coordinate and execute events to promote cross-cultural understanding

• Appeared in various proceeding in the court of Law;
• Advised companies and individual clients on civil law, international and property laws
• Conducted due diligence
• Analyzed policies and procedures for compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements for companies.
• Drafted of legal opinions, petitions, replies, and suits

• Worked in the domain of Commercial litigation pertaining to oppression and mismanagement, winding up petitions. Appeared in the Company Law Board and High Courts regarding the same
• Advised international embassy clients on the aspects of International Law
• Drafting of legal opinions, petitions, replies, and suits
• Analyzed policies and procedures for compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements for companies.

Worked in the domain of Civil Law; Assisted in numerous cases before the Supreme Court and other High Courts in India. A few cases have been reported in the Indian legal journals
Landmark judgments: -
• Bharat Aluminum Co. vs. Kaiser Aluminum Technical Services Inc., (2012) 9 SCC 552
• Sahara India Real Estate Corp. Ltd. & Ors. vs. Securities & Exchange Board of India & Anr (2012) 10 SCC 603
• Natural Resources Allocation, In Re, Special Reference No. 1 of 2012, (2012) 10 SCC 352
• Shreya Singhal vs. Union of India. JT 2015 (3) SC 225
Other judgements: -
• Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Vs. Hindustan National Glass & Industries Ltd., (2013) 7 SCC 369;
• State of Gujarat & Anr. vs. Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.A. Mehta (Retd) & Ors. (2013) 3 SCC 1;
• State of Gujarat v. Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji Jadeja, (2013) 2 SCC 300;
• Usha Stud & Agricultural Farms (P) Ltd. v. State of Haryana, (2013) 4 SCC 210;
• Prabhudas Damodar Kotecha & Ors. vs. Manhabala Jeram Damodar & Anr. JT 2013 (11) SC 208.
• State of Tamil Nadu by Ins. of Police Vigilance and anti corruption vs. N. Suresh Ranjan and Ors (2014) 2 SCC (LS) 721.
• Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha & Ors. vs. UOI (2015) 3 SCC 1.