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Natalie
Hiott Levine
Natalie Hiott-Levine is the Assistant Director of the Project
for Attorney Retention. Hiott-Levine is licensed to practice law
in New York and New Jersey and has practiced in both federal and
state courts. In 1995, she received her J.D. from New York University
("NYU") School of Law and became an associate at Wilentz,
Goldman & Spitzer, P.C., in Woodbridge, New Jersey. At Wilentz,
Hiott-Levine first practiced as a school board attorney, and later
in the areas of commercial litigation and employment discrimination.
In September 1997, Hiott-Levine joined the litigation department
of the New York office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP-then
Mayer, Brown & Platt-as an associate. After the birth of her
first son in 2001, she returned to Mayer Brown on a 60% schedule
and began a telecommuting arrangement in 2004. During her eight
years with Mayer Brown, Hiott-Levine represented clients-including
accounting and consulting firms, pharmaceutical and medical device
manufacturers, engineering and construction companies, commercial
and industrial property owners, hotels, banks, a health insurer,
and a foreign government-in complex commercial litigations. Representative
matters involved allegations of breach of contract, breach of
fiduciary duty, professional malpractice, fraud, misrepresentation,
negligence, product liability, patent infringement, environmental
contamination, and antitrust violations.
Hiott-Levine is very active in women's and diversity initiatives
in New York and New Jersey. In February 2004, she was appointed
to the New York State Bar Association's ("NYSBA") Committee
on Women in the Law, where she is Co-Chair of the Programming
Subcommittee and sits on the Legislative and Best Practices Subcommittees.
She also served as Chair of the Committee's Annual Program in
2005, entitled The Value of Diversity: Creating a Win-Win Environment
for Women and Minority Attorneys AND Their Employers. Also in
2004, Hiott-Levine was elected to the Executive Board of NYU School
of Law's Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association
("BLAPA") and serves as co-chair of its Membership &
Outreach Committee. She has been a member of Flex-Time Lawyers
LLC since 2002 and the New York County Lawyers Association ("NYCLA")
Women's Rights Committee since 2005. In early 2006, Hiott-Levine
accepted an invitation to join the Executive Board of the New
Jersey Women Lawyers Association. She is married and has two sons.
She can be reached by e-mail at NHiottLevine@pardc.org.
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