2020-2021 Executive Board

2020-2021 EXECUTIVE BOARD

  • Zachary Becker is one of CBLA's VPs of Programming.

    Zach graduated from Columbia University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. At CLS, he is also President of the Jewish Law Students Association and a Staff Member on the Columbia Business Law Review. Zach spent his 1L summer at the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     

  • Viktoryia H. Bick is CBLA's VP of Finance.

    Viktoryia was born and raised in Belarus, where she majored in Japanese and English before emigrating to the U.S. Prior to law school, she worked for a state government, a corporate services firm, and an in-house legal department of a large international company. After spending last summer with the Investor Protection Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office, Viktoryia am looking forward to joining a transactional practice at a big law firm next summer.

  • Sue (Yifan) Su is VP of Membership of CBLA.  She serves as a staff editor on the Human Rights Law Review and is Co-President of Columbia Society of International Law.

    During her 1L summer, Sue worked as a Summer Clerk at the Institute for Justice in Texas, a national libertarian litigation firm.

    Sue grew up in DC and Shanghai.  She graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2019 with a B.A. in Government and Philosophy.

  • Sami Kattan is one of the VPs of Programming of CBLA. He serves on the staff of the Columbia Business Law Review and will spend his 2L year in residence at Columbia Business School as part of the 3-year JD/MBA Program.

    During his 1L summer, Sami worked for the Office of Credit Ratings of the Securities and Exchange Commission in New York. He also served as a Research Assistant to Professor Eric Talley at Columbia Law School.

    Sami grew up in London, England and graduated from McGill University in 2018 with a BCom. in International Management.

  • Sabrina Feng is CBLA's VP of Mentorship.

    Sabrina is originally from San Diego, CA and graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. At CLS, she is a Staff Member on the Columbia Business Law Review and Co-President of the California Society. Sabrina spent her 1L summer at Latham & Watkins, where she will be returning next year.

     

  • Ryan Zang is one of CBLA's VPs of Programming.

    Ryan is an international student from China. He graduated from Brown in 2021 and spent a gap year traveling and doing volunteer work before coming to law school. In college, Ryan majored in History and Japanese Studies. He is a big fan of Japanese history and culture, and is also Co-President of the Japanese Legal Studies Association (NHK) at CLS. At Columbia, Ryan am interested in the intersection between law and entrepreneurship. Last summer, he worked as a judicial intern for magistrate judge Peggy Kuo in the U.S. District Court for the EDNY.

  • Pushkar Chaubal is one of CBLA's Co-Presidents.

    After graduating from the University of Minnesota as a finance major, Pushkar spent 4 years in the strategy consulting and M&A space at Deloitte Consulting. He spent his 1L summer at Faegre Drinker in New York City. Next summer, Pushkar will be at Paul, Weiss New York in their private and public M&A practice.

     

     

  • Moliang Jiang is one of the VPs of Programming of CBLA. She serves as a staff editor on the Columbia Business Law Review and International Refugee Assistance Project Co-Chair of Society for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

    During her 1L summer, Moliang worked (remotely) as a Summer Law Clerk at Fried Frank’s New York Office. Prior to attending law school, Moliang worked at a multinational food company and a venture capital firm.

    Moliang grew up in Beijing, China. She graduated from Carleton College in 2018 with a B.A. in Political Science.

  • Michael Brunetti is Co-President of CBLA. He is also a staff editor on the Columbia Law Review, President of the Columbia Law Texas Society, and Alumni Chair of the Federalist Society at Columbia Law School. During his 1L summer, Michael worked as a judicial intern for Hon. Richard J. Sullivan on the U.S. Second Circuit.

    Michael is from Long Island, NY. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in History from Duke University in 2019.

  • Mary Zhu is one of the VPs of Programming of CBLA. She also serves as a staff member on the Columbia Business Law Review.

    During her 1L summer, Mary interned at the NYC Department of Social Services in the Health and Community Services Litigation and Program Counselling Unit. 

    Mary grew up in Toronto, Canada and graduated from McGill University in 2018 with a degree in History and Economics. She worked in software product management before attending law school.

     

  • Luke Porcari is one of the VPs of Programming of CBLA. He is a staff editor on the Columbia Business Law Review. During his 1L summer, Luke was a research assistant for Professors Joshua Mitts and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci. 

    Luke is from Long Island, NY. He earned a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from Baruch College, CUNY in 2019.

  • Lina Huang is one of CBLA's VPs of Programming.

    Lina is from Shanghai, China. She graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where she studied Communication and Finance. Afterwards, she attended the University of Virginia with a M.S. in Finance. She worked in private equity prior to law school and as a summer associate at Paul, Weiss during her 1L summer in New York.

  • Lily Zhou is a Programming VP of CBLA. She serves as a staff editor on the Columbia Business Law Review.

    During her 1L summer, Lily worked as a Summer Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and interned at Comcast in Philadelphia (virtually). 

    Lily grew up in Ningbo, China. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2019 with a B.A. in Economics and in History.

  • Leana Ter-Martirosyan is CBLA's VP of Communications.

    Leana is originally from Los Angeles, CA and graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. At CLS, she is a Staff Member on the Columbia Business Law Review, VP of Programming of the Commercial Real Estate Law Society, and Fundraising Chair of the Columbia Law Women's Association. Leana spent her 1L summer at real estate firm Cox, Castle & Nicholson, and will be joining Gibson Dunn Los Angeles next year.

     

  • John George is one of CBLA's VPs of Programming.

    John is a 2L at CLS from upstate New York. He finished undergrad at Columbia in 2022, majoring in American Studies and Political Science. He is interested in transactional law, including M&A, financial institutions, and private equity work.
     

  • Jiyoon Kim is one of the VPs of Communications. During her 1L summer, she worked as a summer associate at Simpson Thacher. Before Columbia Law School, she was a paralegal at Davis Polk in their Structured Products group. She will spend her 2L year in residence at Columbia Business School as part of the 3-Year JD/MBA Program.

    Jiyoon was born in New York City but grew up in Tokyo, where she attended international schools. She graduated from Princeton University in 2017 with an A.B. in East Asian Studies and a Certificate in Translation and Intercultural Communication.

  • Jenny Zhou a 2L from Cupertino, California. She has also lived abroad in Shanghai, China for 6 years, attending an international school in middle and high school before moving to Atlanta, Georgia where she attended Emory University. She graduated undergrad in 2017 with a joint degree in English & Creative Writing, and then spent two years working in the law and tech industry in Atlanta before moving to New York to pursue a 3-year JD/MBA joint degree at Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School. Jenny spent her 1L (remote) summer at Baker McKenzie as a Summer Associate, working on a Covid-19 EvictionLab.org pro bono project with Professor Benfer, and case prepping for MBB recruiting. When she is not working or studying, she loves to karaoke, ice skate, enjoy omakase, watch Grey’s Anatomy and SVU, and window shop for real estate she cannot yet afford.

  • Jenna Shin is a VP of Communications for CBLA. She also serves as a staff member of the Columbia Business Law Review and VP of Communications for the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. During her 1L summer, Jenna worked as a summer associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston. Before law school, she was a legal assistant at Davis Polk in New York.

    Jenna grew up in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2018 with a B.A. in History.

     

  • Isamar Vaquero is one of CBLA's Co-Presidents. 

    Isamar is a Washington, D.C. native who holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree from Pepperdine University. She spent her 1L summer at Cooley LLP in Washington D.C., where she worked with both the litigation and corporate groups. On the corporate side, she primarily focused on financial services. During her 1L summer, Isamar also did a secondment at Meta, where she gained insights into in-house counsel work. Outside of her legal pursuits, Isamar enjoys exploring new coffee shops in NYC.

  • Isamar Vaquero is one of CBLA's Co-Presidents.

    Isamar is a Washington, D.C. native who holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree from Pepperdine University. Isamar spent her 1L summer at Cooley LLP in Washington D.C., where she worked with both the litigation and corporate groups. On the corporate side, she primarily focused on financial services. During her 1L summer, she also did a secondment at Meta, where she gained insights into in-house counsel work. Outside of her legal pursuits, Isamar enjoys exploring new coffee shops in NYC.

     

  • Isamar Vaquero is one of CBLA's Co-Presidents.

    Isamar is a Washington, D.C. native who holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree from Pepperdine University. She spent her 1L summer at Cooley LLP in Washington D.C., where she worked with both the litigation and corporate groups. On the corporate side, she primarily focused on financial services. During her 1L summer, Isamar also did a secondment at Meta, where she gained insights into in-house counsel work. Outside of her legal pursuits, she enjoys exploring new coffee shops in NYC.

  • Isamar Vaquero is one of CBLA's Co-Presidents.

    Isamar is a Washington, D.C. native who holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree from Pepperdine University. Isamar spent her 1L summer at Cooley LLP in Washington D.C., where she worked with both the litigation and corporate groups. On the corporate side, she primarily focused on financial services. During her 1L summer, she also did a secondment at Meta, where she gained insights into in-house counsel work. Outside of her legal pursuits, Isamar enjoys exploring new coffee shops in NYC.

  • Iris Zhang is CBLA's VP of Membership.

    Iris was born and raised in Beijing, China. She graduated from Nanjing University with a B.A. in Economics and from the London School of Economics with an M.Sc. in Management and Strategy. Prior to law school, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Beijing. Iris also serves as a staff member on the Columbia Journal of Tax Law. During her 1L summer, she worked as a legal service intern at the American Friends Service Committee's Immigrant Rights Program.

     

  • Ingrid Li is Co-President of CBLA. She is also a Moot Court Student Editor and Member of Devinimus. During her 1L summer, Ingrid worked as a Summer Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and did her corporate in-house externship at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. 

    Ingrid earned a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Economics and a secondary in Psychology from Harvard University.

     

  • Eli Shmidman is one of CBLA's VPs of Programming.

    Eli is from Queens, NY and graduated from Touro University with a Bachelor's in Business Administration. He worked at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during his 1L summer, and is broadly interested in M&A, funds, and tax.

  • Dan Daskal is VP of Finance of CBLA. He also serves as a staff member on the Columbia Business Law Review.

    During his 1L summer, Dan worked as a legal intern at the Volunteers of Legal Service Microenterprise Project.

    Dan grew up in California’s Bay Area. He graduated from the University of California, Davis in 2019 with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.

  • Claire Addinquy is one of CBLA's VPs of Programming.

    Claire is originally from Paris, France. She graduated from Panthéon-Sorbonne with a Master's Degree in Philosophy of Sciences as well as in Business Law. At CLS, Claire is a Staff Member on the Columbia Business Law Review and Secretary General of the Columbia Francophone Society. During her 1L, she interned for Justice Wainer Apter at the New Jersey Supreme Court.

     

  • Charlene (Zheyan) Ni is a VP of Mentorship of CBLA. She is also a staff editor on the Columbia Business Law Review, Co-chair of CSIL's Friedmann Conference Committee, and Moot Court Student Editor. During her 1L summer, Charlene worked at SDNY as a judicial intern for Hon. Ona T. Wang. Prior to attending law school, she also worked as a legal assistant at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Hong Kong office on Princeton in Asia Fellowship.

    Charlene grew up in Ningbo, China. She earned a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 2015 (College of Social Studies) and an M.A. in history from the University of Chicago in 2017. She is also a part-time podcast host and producer.

  • Angad Maan is one of CBLA's VPs of Programming.

    Angad originally from Vancouver, Canada, where he attended the University of British Columbia and studied business. His main business law interests lie in the M&A and Private Equity practice areas. This past summer,, Angad worked at the New York City Department of Social Services, where he helped recipients of public assistance resolve disputes and receive the benefits to which they are entitled.

     

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