Biography
Devika Kewalramani is a partner at FisherBroyles, LLP in New York and the firm’s General Counsel. Devika advises law firms, lawyers and legal departments on legal ethics, professional responsibility, risk management, lawyer licensing and admissions matters. She conducts ethics and risk management audits for law firm clients. A frequent lecturer, panelist and author on legal ethics, Devika speaks to law firms, corporate legal departments, bar associations, law schools and professional groups on a variety of legal ethics matters. She has served as a faculty member of the Practising Law Institute and of Lawline.com. Devika is often quoted and interviewed in legal publications and other media regarding legal ethics and professional responsibility issues.
Devika serves as a member of the Attorney Grievance Committee of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct (COSAC). Devika is an immediate past Vice President of the New York City Bar Association, and previously chaired its Board of Directors, its Committee on Professional Discipline, and co-chaired its Council on the Profession. She served as a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Restarting the Economy Work Group in 2020 which worked to develop guidance for re-opening law firms in New York State. Devika was appointed a member of the New York Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline and served as co-chair of its Subcommittee on Transparency and Access.
From 2014-2023, Devika achieved Super Lawyer status in the Metro Edition of New York Super Lawyers®.
In May 2024, Devika was a 2024 Burton Awards recipient of the “Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Awards,” held in association with the Library of Congress, presented by lead sponsor Law360 and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association.