As an associate in the Estates & Trusts Group, Ms. Phatak concentrates her practice in the areas of estate and trust planning.  She is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and was a summer associate at Cohen & Grigsby. 

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

• J.D., (cum laude, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Executive Editor; LeRach Scholarship, Pittsburgh Foundation Truxall Fund Scholarship, Gerald L. Gibson Memorial Award for Excellence in Bankruptcy, Allegheny County Bar Association Scholarship), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2006
• B.A. Political Science and International Studies Minor (summa cum laude, Schreyer Scholar, Behrend Honors Program – Student Coordinator, Evan Pugh Scholar, Hammermill Scholarship, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, AT&T Student Leadership Eclipse Award), Pennsylvania State University, the Behrend College, Erie, PA, 2003

Publications

Dr. John Gamble, Nicole Dirling (Phatak) and Emily Allen, "International Law and Globalization: Allies, Antagonists, or Irrelevance?" Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce, Winter 2003

Dr. John Gamble and Nicole Dirling (Phatak), "Mass Media & International Law," Florida Journal of International Law. Vol. 18 2006 (in pre-publication)

Prior Experience

Summer Associate/Fellowship Recipient, Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Summer 2004 and 2005

Research Assistant, Dr. John Gamble, Professor of Political Science and International Law, Spring 2000-2003