Dora Georgescu
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Dora is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial disputes. She has represented plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal litigation and commercial arbitration. Prior to joining Vinson & Elkins, Dora clerked for the Honorable Dora L. Irizarry of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the Honorable Steven I. Locke of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and was a litigation associate in the New York office of a global law firm.
Experience Highlights
Represented a shareholder representative in a breach of contract action related to a pharmaceutical merger
Represented a computer software company in a trade libel and defamation action
Represented an oil refinery in an arbitration arising out of fraud allegations
Represented a national aftermarket automotive parts distributor in an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into a proposed merger
Represented an individual in an appeal of a Section 1983 action before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Represented clients in child custody, visitation, and child support proceedings in Family Court and in immigration proceedings in Immigration Court
Credentials
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2015 (Associate Editor, Fordham Law Review; Member, Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center)
- The University of Colorado Boulder, B.A. magna cum laude, 2012
- Dora was on secondment to a client and returned July 3, 2023
- Judicial clerk to Judge Dora L. Irizarry; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (July 2020 – July 2021)
- Judicial clerk to Magistrate Judge Steven I. Locke; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (April 2019 – July 2020)
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Commercial Litigation (New York), 2024
- New York
- Romanian (fluent)
- French (proficient)
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2023
- InsightJune 16, 2022
- Deals & CasesApril 8, 2022
- Deals & CasesFebruary 22, 2022
- InsightJanuary 31, 2022
- Deals & CasesAugust 10, 2021
- Dora Georgescu, Two Tests Unite to Resolve the Tension Between the First Amendment and the Right of Publicity, 83 Fordham L. Rev. 907 (2014)