Vedder Price

Nitya Bhardwaj

Associate

Nitya Bhardwaj is an Associate in the Los Angeles office of Vedder Price and a member of the firm’s Litigation and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense groups.

Ms. Bhardwaj’s practice involves all stages of commercial litigation disputes, focusing on government investigations and white collar matters. She has represented clients in investigations by government agencies, such as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and other federal and state agencies. She has handled allegations of insider trading, improper stock promotion, cybersecurity reporting violations, False Claims Act violations, and other such matters, in addition to responding to agency subpoenas and supporting clients through self-reports to various agencies.

Ms. Bhardwaj also represents corporate entities and executives in litigation in federal court and state court as well as in arbitration (FINRA, JAMS, AAA and private arbitration). Her litigation experience includes matters involving complex business disputes, corporate liability, breaches of fiduciary duties, business torts, intellectual property infringement, defense against employment claims and other commercial issues.

Ms. Bhardwaj assists Public Counsel’s Center for Veterans’ Advancement, in a pro bono capacity, helping veterans advocate for discharge upgrade requests.

While in law school, Ms. Bhardwaj was a member of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team, Research Editor on the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, President of the South Asian Law Student Association and Patent Chair of the Intellectual Property and Cybersecurity Law Student Organization.  She also served on the Executive Board of Directors for the Southern California chapter of the South Asian Bar Association for two consecutive terms.

 

Nitya Bhardwaj

Associate

Education

  • Loyola Law School Los Angeles, 2021
  • University of Southern California, B.S., 2018

Nitya Bhardwaj

Associate

Bar Admissions

  • California, 2021

Affiliations

California Bar Association

South Asian Bar Association

Nitya Bhardwaj

Associate