Samyuktha Sankar
Summary
Dual-qualified Attorney licensed in the United States and India, with cross-border legal experience in immigration, intellectual property, and family law. Recently admitted to the U.S. Bar after serving as a Paralegal at an immigration and family law firm, where I supported complex case preparation, client advocacy, and procedural compliance. Previously practiced in India, representing clients in trademark and patent matters. Educated across three jurisdictions, India, the UK, and the USA, offering a strong comparative legal foundation and cross-border advisory capability. Brings a global legal perspective, strong research and drafting skills, and hands-on litigation and case management experience across multiple jurisdictions.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Paralegal
Law Office of Thomas V. Allen, PLLC
08.2021 - Current
- Draft briefs and gather supporting documents for appeal before the department of labor officer to request for reconsideration of decision while preparing forms and supporting clients in the NVC (National Visa Center) processing.
- Enlist response and collect supporting documents in response to the evidence request for various petitions submitted for non-immigrant workers, immigrant petitions submitted for alien workers, and adjustment of status petitions.
- Execute on the complete processing of filing a permanent labor certification on behalf of an employer with the department of labor for an alien worker.
- Generate immigration forms and compilation of supporting documents for cases, such as adjustment of status (Employment based), immigration petition for alien workers, and petition for work authorization & travel document.
- Conscript the briefs for appeal before the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) accurately.
- Prepare briefs and responses for complicated employment based immigration cases, such as showing company's ability to pay, beneficiary's qualification, establishing bona fide job offer, and other complicated scenarios to get approved.
Paralegal
Dalal & Mehta, LLC
09.2018 - 11.2019
- Created immigration forms and assembled supporting documents for cases, such as petition for alien relative, travel document, and work authorization, adjustment of status, affirmative and defensive asylum, freedom of information act application, and naturalization application.
- Disputed and undisputed divorce document preparation and drafting, including complaint for divorce, counterclaim, answer and counterclaim, motion for pendente lite, and dual judgment order.
- Drafted the briefs for cases requesting further evidence, notice of intend to deny, and notice of intend to revoke.
- Assisted the attorney with motion and document preparation for special immigrant juvenile cases.
- Supported attorney in preparing response for further evidence request to prove specialty occupation for H1B candidates.
Associate Litigation
MaxVal IP Services
12.2016 - 11.2017
- Carried out various tasks, such as US patent proofreading, maintaining litigation database, and filing trademark applications & prosecution.
- Formulated foreign litigation database complete process and performed database maintenance efficiently.
Legal Associate
I-Win IP Services
09.2015 - 11.2016
- Executed in a firm that offered wide array of services related to Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Design and presented both filing and prosecution services to clients in various fields of intellectual property law.
- Appeared before the Trademark Registry examiner, presenting the argument and getting Trademark approvals for at least 50+ clients.
- Filed Patent and Trademark applications, enabling individuals or businesses to protect their intellectual property rights.
- Drafted arguments and collected relevant data from the clients appropriately and in an effective manner.
Legal Associate
Thiru & Thiru Associates
09.2015 - 11.2016
- Appeared before the Trademark Examiner for show cause notice and objections raised regarding the client’s trademark.
- Maintained day-to-day updates on various cases and application processes that assisted in assigning tasks to team members, setting deadlines, and monitoring the status of each case or application.
Education
Master of Laws - American Law
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ05-2025
Masters in Intellectual Property Law (LLM) - undefined
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK01.2015
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law (B.A., B.L. (Hons)) - undefined
Saveetha School of Law
Chennai, India01.2014
Skills
- Legal Research & Law Administration
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Filing & Legal Documentation
- Team Building & Leadership
- Case management
- Legal research expertise
- Strong analytical skills
- Document preparation
- Immigration law specialization
- Appeals and motions
- Employment-based immigration
- Immigration case file strategies
- Problem-solving
- Critical thinking
- Family-based petitions
Certification
- Licensed to Practise as an Attorney in The United States and India
LANGUAGES
English – Fluent
Tamil – Native
Hindi – Beginner
Timeline
Paralegal
Law Office of Thomas V. Allen, PLLC
08.2021 - Current
Paralegal
Dalal & Mehta, LLC
09.2018 - 11.2019
Associate Litigation
MaxVal IP Services
12.2016 - 11.2017
Legal Associate
I-Win IP Services
09.2015 - 11.2016
Legal Associate
Thiru & Thiru Associates
09.2015 - 11.2016
Masters in Intellectual Property Law (LLM) - undefined
University of Leeds
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law (B.A., B.L. (Hons)) - undefined
Saveetha School of Law
Master of Laws - American Law
Seton Hall University
MOOT COURT
Runner up in the XXXV All India Moot Court Competition (Mar 2014) held at Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College Pondicherry | Participated in the Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition (17th Feb 2013) held at JSS Law College, Mysore | Participated in the 1st K.R.Ramanami Memorial National Taxation Moot Court Competition (Oct 2010) held at The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law Uni., School of Excellence in Law, Chennai | Instrumental to the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Jan 2010) held at Dept. of Legal Studies, Uni. of Madras, Chennai
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
- Research Intern at Sri Ranga – R.Parthasarathy (May 2014 – Aug 2014)
- Research Intern at Madras Attorneys (May 2013 – Jun 2013)
- Research Intern at State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu, India (Nov 2012 – Dec 2012)
WORKSHOPS
Participated in the “Course on International Trademark Law and Practice” conducted by the International Trademark Association on May 2015 | Participated in the workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Era” conducted by Department of Management Studies& Network of Saveetha Techpreneurs on Sep 2013 | Participated in the workshop conducted by the Academy Of Arbitration Avences-Intl on Apr 2013 | Participated and presented paper on “Environmental Impact of Disasters” in the National Seminar conducted by Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law Uni., Chennai on Oct 2011
HONORS & AWARDS
Awarded the Best Student Coordination Award by the college for outstanding assistance in conducting various programs | Played a key role in organizing the “National Seminar On New Dimensions of Judicial Activism”, Feb 2012 by Saveetha School of Law, Saveetha University | Executive Committee Member of college Moot Court Forum and played vital role in organizing the “1st Jus Amicus All India Moot Court Competition”, Apr 2012