Yankwitt LLP in White Plains recently added Waleska Suero Garcia as counsel to its roster of former big law attorneys, prosecutors and federal law clerks.
“We are thrilled to have Waleska join our team,” said Russell Yankwitt, founder and managing partner of Yankwitt. “Her experience at Boise Schiller, as well as her focus on two of our fast-growing practice areas – criminal defense and investigations and appeals – add tremendous bench strength to the firm and the capabilities we offer our clients.”
While working at Boies Schiller, Suero Garcia represented a broad client base on complex federal and state civil and criminal matters throughout New York state.
In addition to her hands-on trial experience, Suero Garcia has an extensive appellate background, having clerked for Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and served as an assistant district attorney in the Appeals Bureau of the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office, where she argued numerous appeals in New York state courts. While at Boies Schiller, she also participated in the drafting of a certiorari petition and amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Suero Garcia also clerked for Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff, then magistrate judge and now district judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Suero Garcia earned her Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as senior notes editor on the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives and graduated cum laude from New York University. She is fluent in Spanish and conversational in Italian.
Founded in 2009, Yankwitt is Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes and bet-the-company litigation. With one of the most experienced litigation teams in the county, Yankwitt represents businesses and high-net-worth individuals across a broad range of matters. The firm also routinely handles complex cases in Westchester on behalf of national law firms and often serves as trial counsel for local law firms.
