Good Georgia Lawyers welcomes new associate attorney Shahnaz Uddin!
Shahnaz Uddin is a civil rights Associate Attorney at the law office of Williams Oinonen LLC. She is currently licensed to practice law in Florida and is going to take the Georgia Bar Exam in February. Prior to her work at Williams Oinonen LLC, she worked as an Assistant Public Defender in Broward County, Florida and was a John Due Fellow with the Florida NAACP. At the NAACP she researched issues affecting marginalized populations in the United States including issues regarding discrimination in property taxes and juvenile justice in the education system. She also has worked as a Judicial Intern for the Southern District of Florida where she researched and presented findings on “Compassionate Release” under the First Step Act and the “Qualified Immunity” doctrine in relation to § 1983 claims.
EDUCATION
Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida J.D. May 2022
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, B.A. August 2018
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
May 2020 – May 2022 Senior Associate Editor • African Journal of Legal Studies (AJLS)
Florida Bar Member Admitted September 2022 Young Lawyers Division
FIU Law Faculty Recognition Award May 2022
Diversity & Inclusion: Foundations and Strategies Certification George Mason University March 2021
For more information on Ms. Uddin visit our website here.
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