Celesq® Presenters

Devika Kewalramani is a Partner and Leader of Moses Singer's Law Firm Industry practice which advises law firms, lawyers and legal departments on ethical and legal aspects of law practice. She also currently serves as the Firm's general counsel. Devika represents law firms and attorneys in legal ethics, professional responsibility, law firm risk management, lawyer licensing and admissions matters, including escrow issues, conflicts of interest, structuring arrangements with non-lawyers, multijurisdictional practice, disqualification, lateral transition, law firm mergers and break-ups, partner disputes, ethics in alternate dispute resolution, reporting/disclosure issues, attorney advertising, law firm cyber security issues, social media use, legal fee disputes, and other professional ethics issues.  She conducts ethics and risk management audits for law firm clients.

Devika has been appointed by the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, as a member of the Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department.

She currently serves as a Vice President of the New York City Bar Association, and she previously chaired the Board of Directors of the New York City Bar Association from 2022 to 2023.

Devika served as a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Restarting the Economy Work Group in 2020 which worked to develop guidance for re-opening law firms in New York State.

She was appointed a member of the New York Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline in 2015 and served as a Co-Chair of its Subcommittee on Transparency and Access.

A frequent lecturer, panelist and author on legal ethics, Devika speaks to law firms, corporate legal departments, bar associations and professional groups on a variety of legal ethics matters. She has served as a faculty member of the Practising Law Institute and of Lawline.com.

From 2014-2022 Devika achieved Super Lawyer status in the Metro Edition of New York Super Lawyers®.