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Rayan Anwar Quddus

Allentown,USA

Summary

Licensed attorney in PA and NJ with extensive litigation experience across both states. Expertise in managing high-volume caseloads from pre-litigation to trial phases. Demonstrated success in conducting bench trials, arbitrations, and settlement negotiations. Proficient in legal research and drafting pleadings, ensuring thorough preparation and effective representation.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Litigation Associate Attorney

Cohen Marraccini, LLP
Philadelphia, USA
10.2023 - Current
  • Represent landlords in a wide range of landlord-tenant matters in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including cases involving nonpayment of rent, breach of lease, property damage, security deposit disputes, and complex habitability claims.
  • Responsible for managing cases from inception through resolution, including legal research, drafting pleadings, filing complaints, conducting discovery, and preparing for hearings and trials.
  • Initiate lawsuits on behalf of landlords and defend against claims brought by tenants, including Fair Housing Act and consumer protection violations.
  • Conduct bench trials before Magisterial District Courts in Pennsylvania and participate in both arbitration and trial proceedings in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas.
  • Handle trials, motion practice, and settlement conferences in New Jersey Superior Court, Special Civil Part, across multiple counties.
  • Negotiate and draft settlement agreements, payment arrangements, consent judgments, and move-out stipulations.
  • Collaborate directly with clients including property management companies and individual landlords, providing case strategy, status updates, and legal advice.
  • Work efficiently in a high-volume litigation practice, maintaining deadlines, compliance, and case quality across multiple jurisdictions.

Student Lawyer

Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (ELC)
Philadelphia, USA
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • The ELC provides legal advice for Philadelphia start-ups to bring innovative ideas from conception to raising outside funding.

Law Clerk

Kaminsky Law
Southampton, USA
09.2022 - 01.2023
  • Provide legal support to business litigation and transaction practice group.
  • Provide litigation support including drafting answers to the complaint, preparing Dragonetti letters, and organizing discovery requests.

Co-op Intern

GT USA
Wilmington, USA
09.2022 - 12.2022
  • Supported in-house counsel with contract review, arbitration preparation, M&A due diligence, and executive meetings.

Summer Legal Intern

New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Law
Trenton, USA
05.2021 - 08.2022
  • Conducted legal research and writing across the Health and Human Services and Tort Litigation & Judiciary Sections.
  • Assisted in SVP cases, observed administrative hearings and depositions, drafted motions, summarized discovery, and analyzed legal and jurisdictional issues.

Education

Juris Doctor -

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
05.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
12.2018

Skills

  • Legal research and analysis
  • Case management
  • Litigation strategy
  • Contract negotiation
  • Trial preparation
  • Discovery oversight
  • Court representation
  • Motion drafting

Languages

  • Fluent in Hindi
  • Fluent in Urdu

Timeline

Litigation Associate Attorney

Cohen Marraccini, LLP
10.2023 - Current

Student Lawyer

Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (ELC)
01.2023 - 05.2023

Law Clerk

Kaminsky Law
09.2022 - 01.2023

Co-op Intern

GT USA
09.2022 - 12.2022

Summer Legal Intern

New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Law
05.2021 - 08.2022

Juris Doctor -

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Temple University

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