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Kuckes, Niki was born on October 28, 1959 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
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Niki Kuckes
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Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1981). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Career
Spann v. Colonial Village, 899 F.2d 24 (District of Columbia Circuit 1990); Grossbaum v. Indianapolis-Marion County Building Authority, 63 F.3d 581 (7th Circuit 1995).Worked at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Limited liability partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Civil and Criminal Practice before all Federal Courts and Agencies. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Pennsylvania. 1988, District of Columbia.
Editor and Senior Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1983-1985.
Law Clerk to Judge Antonin Scalia, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1985-1986.
Chair and Company-Chair, District of Columbia Bar Section on Criminal Law and Individual Rights (1994). Chair, American Bar Association Guilty Plea Standards Updating Subcommittee (1996).
Reporter, American Bar Association Criminal Law Discovery Standards (1993-1995).
General Counsel, Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington, Incorporated. (1989-1991). Company-Author: "An Introduction to Jurisdiction in the American Federal System," (Mitchie Company 1985). Member: American Bar Association.
Women"s Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Limited liability partnership was founded in 1965 and is a firm of approximately 40 lawyers specializing in complex civil and criminal matters. Most of the firm"s litigation is in federal courts throughout the United States, but the firm also presents cases in state courts and before administrative agencies and arbitration panels.
In the firm"s criminal practice, it counsels and defends individuals and corporations faced with potential compliance problems, investigations or charges of misconduct in the general category popularly referred to as "White Collar Crime." This includes the increasingly broad range of commercial, industrial and financial activities which now generate compliance obligations and exposure for both United States. and foreign entities, including government contracting rules, antitrust laws, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Acting, United States. Trade Laws, environmental, health care and other statutes governing domestic and foreign corporate operations.
The firm"s civil litigation includes representation of corporations and individuals, both plaintiffs and defendants.
Recently litigated matters include legal and accountant malpractice, insurance coverage disputes, banking, government procurement, antitrust, securities, defamation and employment discrimination matters. The firm has an active practice in appellate and constitutional litigation, and is often retained to brief and argue appeals, or to file petitions for review, in the United States Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate courts.
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Member: American Bar Association. Women"s Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
