Students are invited to meet and have lunch with Karla G. Sanchez, Executive Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice for the State of New York, as part of the Bickel & Brewer Latino Institute for Human Rights lunchtime speaker series.
Date: Monday, October 6, 2014
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: NYU School of Law | Faculty Club, D’Agostino Hall (108 West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10012)
Click here to register. This event is open to all students and faculty, but you must RSVP by October 2, 2014.
Karla G. Sanchez was appointed Executive Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice in January 2011. Ms. Sanchez oversees the Economic Justice Division’s five affirmative litigation Bureaus, including Antitrust, Consumer Frauds and Protection, Internet, Investor Protection and Real Estate Finance. Matters that she has handled include investigations into price gouging during and after Hurricane Sandy; litigation against predatory “payday loan” operations; litigation against “Trump University” for fraudulent and deceptive conduct; and recent cases against companies such as Lyft and AirBnb seeking to bypass local business regulations. Immediately prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, Ms. Sanchez was the first Hispanic partner at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. Ms. Sanchez served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Deborah A. Batts, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law cum laude and Order of the Coif, and an A.B. from Columbia College, Columbia University. She is the former Vice Chair of the Board for LatinoJustice: PRLDEF.