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Devjani H. Mishra draws on more than 25 years of in-house and outside counsel experience to partner with management in creating scalable and efficient solutions to complex workplace challenges. She is a leader of Littler’s COVID-19 Task Force and Vaccination Working Group, as well as a member of Littler's Leave of Absence and Disability Accommodation Core Group.

Prior to joining Littler, Devjani spent almost seven years as the primary in-house employment counsel for a global biotechnology company serving patients in more than 50 countries. Devjani brings this client-centered perspective to her work with companies of all sizes, from startups to multinational corporations, including:

  • Planning and performing transactional due diligence, workforce integration and business restructuring
  • Building corporate compliance and ethics programs, performing employment practices audits and managing internal investigations
  • Supporting stakeholders in capturing best practices for recruiting, contingent workforce and alternative staffing, performance management, and discipline
  • Addressing requests for hybrid and flexible work, accommodation and military, medical and family leaves of absence

Devjani is also an experienced litigator, and has successfully handled employment complaints from inception through trial in federal and state courts and agencies. She works closely with clients to set cost-effective defense strategy and to alleviate the business disruption that litigation can cause.

Devjani is a regular presenter on employment law topics before the American Bar Association, the Practising Law Institute and other professional forums.

Affiliazioni professionali e istituzionali

Member

American Employment Law Council

Membership Co-Chair

Labor and Employment Law Section, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee

American Bar Association

Member

South Asian Bar Association of New York

Member

BioCT

Riconoscimenti

Fellow

College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

News, Analysis & Press

Are employers doing enough about employee mental health?

Human Resource Executive

May 10, 2024

Speaking Engagements

New York Retail Roundtable

New York, NY

February 25, 2025

Member-Only Webinar: Playbook for 2025

American City Business Journals

January 14, 2025

Advanced Discovery Issues in Employment Litigation

ABA Labor and Employment Law Annual Conference

November 15, 2024

Leaves of Absence and Workplace Accommodation: Your 2024 Questions Answered

Practising Law Institute

October 16, 2024

2024 Tri-State Regional Employer Conference

New York, NY

September 19, 2024

New Frontiers of Harassment and Employment Discrimination

Practising Law Institute

June 10, 2024

Employment Law Update

Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 9, 2024

What to Expect When Employees Are Expecting - New PWFA Accommodation Challenges

Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 9, 2024

Formazione

  • J.D., Columbia University School of LawHarlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • B.A., Yale Universitywith distinction

Foro di appartenenza

New York
Connecticut
Pennsylvania

Abilitazioni

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, District of Vermont