Sharon’s practice includes corporate transactional law and aviation litigation matters.

Sharon advises corporations, foreign and domestic financial institutions, and small businesses on a broad range of transactional matters. These matters include mergers and acquisitions, commercial loan and real estate transactions, the negotiation and preparation of non-compete, employment and service agreements, as well as corporate governance. Working with businesses and entrepreneurs to structure deals, Sharon advises the firm’s clients on furthering their strategic objectives while minimizing legal risks.

In addition to Sharon’s transactional work, she assists foreign and domestic air carriers, logistic aviation companies, charter brokers, other aviation industry clients and their insurers in complex litigation matters in state and federal courts. Sharon also represents clients in disputes concerning product liability, torts, cargo damage and loss, labor and employment issues, class actions, and the application of aviation regulations and multi-national treaties, such as the Montreal Convention.

Prior to joining the firm, Sharon represented consumers and hourly workers in nationwide class actions to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud, wage theft, and civil rights violations. She also advised financial institutions and corporations in commercial disputes involving business torts, non-competition claims, fair lending practices, and banking regulations.

After graduating New York University School of Law, Sharon started her legal career as a Masiyiwa-Bernstein Fellow at Humans Rights First, where she conducted policy analysis of consumer law, securities law, and international human rights law as a member of HRF’s Anti-Trafficking Team. Sharon has worked on many human rights and social justice issues, including working with local and international not-for-profit organizations on projects addressing gender-based violence and child advocacy.

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