Moiz Bharmal works in the firm's commercial litigation group. Before joining DWT as an associate, Moiz assisted the litigation team with legal drafting, research, and analysis on issues such as sexual harassment and wrongful discharge claims, FLSA and other labor matters, personal injury cases, "battle of the forms" contract disputes, and public records request issues. Moiz previously was a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio, where he drafted briefs on criminal cases involving child exploitation and compassionate release issues.
Moiz shares DWT's commitment to making a difference in the local and legal communities. While at Cornell Law, Moiz represented clients applying for asylum and DACA. Before law school, he reviewed grant proposals and other work for a Chicago-based immigrant rights organization and worked as an academic consultant in China, where he advised high school students on their U.S. college applications.
Admitted to Practice
- Oregon, 2023
Education
- J.D., Cornell Law School, 2023
- Dean's List
- M.A., Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2018
- B.A., Political Science and Chinese, Vassar College, 2016
- Honors, Department of Political Science
- Man-Sheng Chen Scholarly Award
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member at Large, South Asian Bar Association of Oregon
Professional Recognition
- CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Asian Americans and the Law; Anticorruption Laws: Rule of Law, Practice, and Public Policy; Ethical Issues in Criminal Investigation, Prosecution & Policy; Racism and the Law; Lawyering (2020, 2021)
Background
- Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine, Portland, Ore., 2022
- Summer Law Clerk, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, 2021
- Student Attorney, 1L Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., 2021
- Executive Assistant, The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights, Chicago, 2018-2020
- Academic Consultant, AIC Education, Nanjing/Shanghai, China, 2016-2017