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Jasmine Sharma is a member of the Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Washington, D.C., office. She represents individuals and corporate clients in all facets of litigation, including complex civil litigation, appeals, white-collar defense, and government investigations. She is experienced in virtually all phases of litigation, including pre-suit negotiations and investigations, pretrial critical motion practice and pleadings, fact and expert discovery, trials, and appeals.

Prior to joining the firm, she served as a judicial law clerk in both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Prior to her two federal clerkships, Jasmine was a litigation associate at an international law firm where she served as the Concordance Legal Fellow. In that role, she spent half her time as a litigation associate working on commercial, appellate, white collar, and securities litigation matters, and with the remainder of her time she led the legal services arm of a nonprofit reentry program for recently released prisoners.

Concentrations

  • Complex civil and criminal litigation
  • Trial and appellate courts
  • Investigations, settlement, mediation, and pretrial matters

Capacidades

Experiencia

  • Represented a large bank in a civil tax penalty case in federal court.°
  • Represented a large trust and fiduciary company regarding claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act in federal court.°
  • Part of small team assigned to be special assistant prosecuting attorney with grand jury powers to investigate violence at city jail.°
  • Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of a public sector client regarding alleged employee misconduct.°
  • Provided direct legal services to hundreds of formerly and currently incarcerated clients on criminal misdemeanor, municipal, traffic, child support, and other matters with goal of reducing repeat criminal offenses.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Sharma prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

  • Teacher of Law, Gender & Justice Undergraduate Class, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 2019
  • Student Attorney, St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, 2018
  • Habeas Corpus Legal Intern, California Appellate Project, 2017

Reconocimientos y Liderazgo

  • Member, The South Asian Bar Association of Washington D.C., Nov. 2024-Present
  • Member, The Southern Illinois American Inn of Court, 2021-2023
  • Member, Theodore McMillian Inn of Court, 2021-2022

Credenciales

Educación
  • J.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
    • Executive Articles Editor, Journal of Law & Policy
  • B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Clerkships
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2023-2024
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 2021-2023
Con licencia para ejercer en
  • Illinois
  • Missouri
Admitted in Illinois and Missouri. Not admitted in the District of Columbia. Practice in D.C. supervised by Shareholders admitted to practice in D.C.
Idiomas
  • Inglés, Nativo
  • Hindi, Fluido
  • Urdu, Fluido

Related Capabilities

Litigio Investigaciones Gubernamentales Appeals & Legal Issues