Government Experience

  • Department of Justice: United States Attorney's Office—Legal Intern, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit—Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson, 2019 – 2020

Education

  • Brown University, B.A. biology and classics cum laude
  • Columbia University, M.A. secondary science education
  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D. (2012) magna cum laude

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

Preetha Chakrabarti

Partner
pchakrabarti@crowell.com
+1.212.895.4327

Creative problem solving is what clients need in this ever-changing technological landscape. And that’s what Preetha Chakrabarti provides. As a member of the firm’s Technology & Intellectual Property Department, a co-leader of the firm’s ESG Advisory Group, and a co-leader of the firm’s Metaverse working group, Preetha seeks to offer holistic and integrated counsel to her clients. Her practice cuts across all areas of intellectual property, consisting of litigation, counseling, licensing, and transactional due diligence as well as trademark prosecution. In particular, she advises clients in the technology, retail, and fashion industries on how best to manage risks when using and developing intellectual property.

Preetha is also well known for helping companies understand their obligations regarding the advertising of environmental, social, and governance-related claims, including claims about carbon offsets, greenwashing, bluewashing, waste reduction and recycling, woke-washing, and social issues. She leverages rich experience in counseling companies across multiple industries—including food and beverage, fashion, media and telecommunications, technology, and consumer products—to help clients understand industry-specific challenges and achieve their business objectives.

Preetha also takes pro bono work seriously, and her practice includes cases involving appellate, immigration, family, and employment law as well as IP counseling for nonprofit entities. Preetha successfully represented Sandra Avery, a woman sentenced to life in prison for a nonviolent, low-level drug crime who sought commutation of her sentence from President Barack Obama, reducing her life sentence to time served. Sandra was one of the 95 nonviolent drug offenders to whom Obama granted clemency in December 2015. Preetha was featured in the documentary film The Vanishing Trial by the Families Against Mandatory Minimums and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, released in 2020 in connection with her representation of Sandra. In recognition of her pro bono contributions, Preetha also received the firm’s 2015 George Bailey Award.

There are many experiences that form the foundation of Preetha’s interdisciplinary legal practice, but a few stand out. In 2012, during her final semester of law school, Preetha participated in LawWithoutWalls, a part-virtual collaboration that develops problem-solving and project management business skills necessary to provide effective legal services in today’s global, multidisciplinary, and cross-cultural marketplace. Her group placed first in key presentation categories, and overall, the group was one of three finalists. In 2015, Preetha was selected as a 2015 Pathfinder by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, a national organization comprised of the legal profession’s top general counsels and managing partners. And from 2019 to 2020, Preetha served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.



Recognition

  • Empire State Counsel for Pro Bono Service, 2013 – 2016
  • Legal Aid Society: Pro Bono Publico Award, 2016, 2021
  • New York State Bar Association: Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2019
  • South Asian Bar Association: Rising Star Award, 2019
  • Lawyers Alliance for New York: Cornerstone Award, 2021




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Firm News & Announcements

February 9, 2023 World Trademark Review Ranks Crowell & Moring in WTR 1000 2023 Guide
January 3, 2022 Crowell & Moring Elects 13 New Partners, Promotes Seven to Senior Counsel, and 19 to Counsel
December 21, 2021 Crowell & Moring Lawyers Honored by Legal Aid Society of New York
December 2, 2021 Lawyers Alliance for New York Awards Preetha Chakrabarti Cornerstone Award for Pro Bono Work
February 10, 2021 LITIGATION NOTE: Crowell & Moring Prevails for ScentAir in Long-Running Patent Infringement Case
January 14, 2019 Crowell & Moring’s Preetha Chakrabarti Named Outstanding Young Lawyer by New York State Bar Association
November 21, 2018 DEAL NOTE: Crowell & Moring Represents Novume Solutions in Acquisition of OpenALPR
January 4, 2018 Crowell & Moring Elects Seven New Partners and Promotes 23 Associates to Counsel
November 7, 2016 Legal Aid Society Honors Crowell & Moring Attorneys for Protecting the Rights of Low Income Workers