DORA STRAUS

 

After graduating from New York University School of Law in 1999, Dora Straus worked as a litigator for a prestigious New York City law firm.  For over fourteen years, her areas of practice included complex commercial litigation; international arbitration and litigation; white collar criminal defense; and government regulatory investigations.  Her substantive areas of expertise include contract law; securities fraud and federal securities law; trademark law; insurance defense; civil foreiture; federal RICO laws; federal habeas corpus; constitutional law; international anti-terrorism treaties and legislation; the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act; the Alien Tort Claims Act; and the Federal Arbitration Act.

 

In her practice, Ms. Straus handled all aspects of litigation practice and procedure in federal and state courts, ranging from discovery and depositions to pre-trial motion practice, trial and appeal.  Ms. Straus routinely drafted motion papers and memoranda of law, as well as appellate briefs.  Throughout her tenure as a practicing attorney, Ms. Straus conducted her own legal research and analysis, always with the understanding that leaving no stone unturned, either in case law or statutory interpretation, is at the core of all winning legal argument.  Recognized for her unparalleled legal research skills, Ms. Straus was assigned each year to train all incoming associates in the art of legal research and analysis.

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Ms. Straus left the practice of law in January of 2014.  She now heads Straus Legal Research and Analysis, providing legal research and analytical support to small firms and solo practitioners in need of assistance with this critical aspect of practice.  (In this role, Ms. Straus does not serve as counsel or as co-counsel to any firm, nor does she act as an attorney for any represented client.)

 

Ms. Straus is admitted to practice in New York State.

 

EDUCATION

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D. 1999

• Journal of International Law and Politics (Articles & Note Editor)

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INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, M.A. (Art History) 1995

• Recipient of Vassar College Townsend Fellowship for Graduate Study

• Recipient of Leon and Shelby Levy Fellowship

• Recipient of Institute of Fine Arts Fellowship for Graduate Study, NYU

 

VASSAR COLLEGE, B.A. 1992

• Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

• Graduated with Highest Honors in Major (art history)

• Recipient of Gertrude B. Prins Prize for Study in the History of Art (Departmental award)

• Recipient of Chubb Foundation Scholarship for College Study