Tina Lapsia is an experienced litigator and trial attorney with a deep aptitude and passion for written advocacy and finding creative solutions for legal disputes. She advises public and private companies, as well as individual clients, in high-stakes commercial and employment litigation and investigations.
Tina represents both plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving employment matters, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, unfair business practices, and malicious prosecution, in state and federal courts across the country.
Tina serves a volunteer for the South Asian American Justice Collaborative (SAAJCO). She has also represented pro bono clients in matters which include writing amicus briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court, representing individuals seeking affirmative asylum, and advocating for inmates seeking compassionate release.
In 2022, she was named to the Lawyers of Color’s Hot List for her litigation work across numerous industries.
Before joining Harris St. Laurent LLP, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Vernon D. Oliver of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and was an associate at two Am Law ranked firms.
Tina has been a lifelong dancer and during law school, she was a member of the PENNaach dance team, the oldest surviving Indian fusion dance team in the country.
Notable Matters
- Representing a Minnesota-based technology company in its antitrust lawsuit against a global technology corporation in the Eastern District of Texas.
- Winning a motion to dismiss and defeating a motion for preliminary injunction in the New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division for a publicly traded development-stage electric vehicle manufacturer.
- Advising clients on compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
- Representing clients in DOJ, SEC, Title IX, and FINRA investigations.
- Obtaining dismissal with prejudice for an agricultural cooperative in defense of a putative class action filed in the Southern District of New York that asserted violations of consumer protection statutes related to allegations of improper vanilla labeling.
- Defending a putative nationwide class action in the Eastern District of New York against allegations that improper labeling of anti-dandruff shampoo as “natural.”
* These matters include cases handled at Tina’s prior firms.
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