Vishal Shah

Experience

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  Rosen Harwood, PA

  May 2011 - Jun 2012

  Summer Associate

  • Drafted complaints, answers, interrogatories, and motions for summary judgment.• Drafted memoranda concerning evidentiary, procedural, and substantive tort and insurance issues.• Attended a jury trial and depositions.

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  Hon. Karon O. Bowdre, United States District Court Judge (N.D. Alabama)

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Judicial Extern

  • Researched and drafted judicial opinions concerning contract interpretation.• Researched and drafted memoranda regarding appellate issues for litigation before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

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  Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Summer Associate

  • Drafted memoranda concerning evidentiary, procedural, and substantive tort and insurance issues.• Attended a jury trial, depositions, and other hearings and conferences.

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  Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  Attorney

  Vishal represented clients on property and casualty insurance matters, accounting malpractice, and medical malpractice, at both the trial and appellate levels.

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  Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2017

  Litigation Associate

  At Drinker Biddle & Reath, Vishal represented life insurers and long-term care insurers in litigation, appellate, and compliance matters. His life insurance practice focused on a wide range of legal issues, including material misrepresentations, policy lapses, fraud, stranger-originated life insurance transactions (STOLI), and the secondary market for life insurance. His long-term care practice focused on premium rate increase issues, coverage disputes, and claims administration.

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  Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2023

  Labor and Employment Litigator and Advisor

  Vishal H. Shah focuses on complex employment issues, including wage and hour class and collective actions, noncompete and trade secrets litigation, and executive/partnership disputes. Vishal litigates matters in both state and federal courts across the United States. His experience includes fact discovery, electronic discovery, taking and defending depositions, motion practice and argument, evidentiary hearings, expert discovery, trial preparation, and appellate briefing. Vishal also handles disputes through arbitration and alternative dispute mechanisms. He also regularly counsels clients on wage and hour compliance, protecting their trade secrets, and day-to-day employment issues. Vishal served in a number of leadership roles (including President) in the South Asian Bar Association of Philadelphia.PresentationsThe Ins and Outs of Managing Up, Speaker, Morgan Lewis Associate Training, April 2023The Ins and Outs of Managing Up, Speaker, Morgan Lewis Associate Training, April 2022Antitrust Enforcement in Labor Markets, Speaker, Morgan Lewis Mayrathon, February 9, 2022No Poaching Agreements and Antitrust Laws, Speaker, Morgan Lewis Mayrathon, May 1, 2019TrainingTrial Academy, Fellow, April 2022Senior Associate Academy, Participant, November 2021Midlevel Associate Academy, Participant, June 2018New Lawyer Academy, Participant, October 2017Firm Citizenship- Global Committee on Associates, 2020-2022 > Professional Skills Subcommittee > Diversity Subcommittee- Local Committee on Associates, 2018-2020- Boston Hiring Committee, 2020-2023- Philadelphia Hiring Committee, 2018-2020- Summer Associate Committee Representative (Labor & Employment) (2018-2019) Show less

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  Shah Litigation, PLLC

  Jul 2023 - now

  Founding Member

  Vishal Shah is a seasoned and fierce employment lawyer. For over a decade, Vishal represented the world’s biggest companies in some of their highest-profile matters. He leverages that experience to provide the same level of dedication and expertise, all to empower his clients to hold companies accountable for their wrongdoing.Vishal represents employees of all types in all areas of employment law—from protecting individuals’ rights in the workplace, to representing executives in negotiations, to combating systemic discrimination and wage and hour violations in class and other multi-plaintiff litigation. Show less