DAVID THOMAS

• Appeared and represented cases before the Madras High Court, District Court in Chennai, Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum, National Company Law Tribunal, India etc.
• Represented the Reserve Bank of India and certain other Private Sector Bank, a Large Scale Motor Vehicle Dealer and Service provider and one of the Largest Production and Post Production Houses in Chennai, India.
• Created and finalized contracts and other legal conveyancing and licensing documents with regards to immovable property for clients.
• Analyzed legal documents and identified pertinent issues for clients and negotiated the terms of the agreement of with opposite counsels/ parties.
• Negotiated settlements with opposing counsel.
• Researched and wrote contracts, agreements and proposals.
• Counselled clients on potential outcomes of legal matters.
• Drafted Writ Petitions, Civil and Commercial Suits, Trademark Oppositions and Applications.
• Developed strategies for court proceedings and negotiations.
• Interviewed witnesses and gathered public record research relevant to each case.
• Explained available courses of action and possible repercussions of cases to clients.
• Presented key evidence and exhibits during civil trials.
• Reviewed and analyzed pertinent state and federal laws and legal precedents.
• Conducted settlement negotiations and trial for property.

● Worked on Criminal cases, which includes case of bail, cases of cancellation of bail, POCSO cases, criminal trial, other complaint cases, transfer petitions, Writ Petitions and Special Leave Petitions before the Supreme Court of India.

● Aided in criminal trial in a National Investigating Agency case, India.

● Family law cases including cases of Divorce, restitution of conjugal rights, judicial separation, and maintenance under Hindu Marriage Act, Special Marriage Act and cases of maintenance under section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

● Commercial Arbitration- including aiding in documentation, compiling of evidence and cross examination.

● Worked on applications under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act filed before the Commercial Courts in Gurgaon and Pune District Court.

● Worked on cases before the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Delhi and also Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Panchkula

● Civil Suits including recovery suits, ejectment suit, eviction suits, representative suits and suits for declaration, civil appeals.

● Drafted, filed and argued Civil Writs, Competition Complaints, Consumer Complaints and Special Leave Petitions (Civil).

● Drafted rent agreements, space sharing agreements, and Memoranda of Association.

● Drafted, filed and argued in Public Interest Litigstions in the Delhi High Court and the High Court of Punjab and Haryana with regard to notice under section 41A of the Cr.P.C, cases of violation of civil aviation rules by commercial airlines, fraud committed by educational institutions and a case challenging institution of illegal deaddiction centres in Delhi.