Lecturers in Law

Mona R. Shah is an adjunct professor teaching Academic & Professional Skills For U.S. Law Studies I. Shah previously worked as a litigation attorney at the law firm of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP where she specialized in employment and real estate. In addition, she has a wide range of experience in other practice areas including personal injury, construction defect, business & commercial litigation, and complex & class action litigation. Shah maintained an active trial practice, appearing in both state and federal court, as well as, before various administrative bodies. She also provided day to day counsel to a number of corporate and individual clients, providing them advice on legal and business issues. Shah also served as a mentor to junior attorneys within the firm. Most currently she also serves as a board member of the Asian Pacific Community Fund. She has been involved in numerous California Bar and minority bar associations, including serving as past president of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California, and the Board of the South Asian Bar Association of North America.

In addition to her current practice, Shah also maintains an active mediation practice. Shah received her BA in Political Science from UC Irvine, and her JD from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. She is a member of the California State Bar.
 

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

The Undefeated
April 19, 2018
Re: USC Gould School of Law

Thomas Lenz was quoted on how the NFL's refusal to hire quarterback Colin Kaepernick, as well as safety Eric Reid may bolster Kaepernick's case against the NFL for conspiring to keep him out of the league because of his political views. “To the extent that someone else has some parallel activity, some similar involvement, it certainly cast suspicion [on what’s occurring in the NFL]," said Lenz. “It’s the sort of thing that, as the facts bear out, you have to wonder if there’s some sort of pattern going on. … It definitely warrants some inquiry.”

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"The Right Tax at the Right Time," Florida Tax Review 21 (2017): 208.

Edward Kleinbard
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“The Perversion of the Tax Policy Process,” Keynote Address at the USC Tax Institute, Los Angeles, CA.