Pooja S. Nair

Pooja S. Nair is a business litigator and problem solver with a focus on the food and beverage sector. She advises food and beverage clients, including restaurant groups, mid-market food brands, and food manufacturers on a comprehensive range of issues, including employment, trade secrets, partnership disputes, contract negotiations and intellectual property.

Ms. Nair is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of California, San Diego. She previously practiced at TroyGould, where she was the head of the Food and Beverage practice group. Ms. Nair also spent five years at Foley & Lardner focused on white collar criminal defense and internal investigations.

Ms. Nair has published extensively on business law as well as food and beverage legal issues for publications including Law360, Daily Journal, Eater, California Lawyer, Food Dive and Bloomberg BNA. She has also been quoted or referenced by The New York Times, the Motley Fool publication Millionacres, MSN Money, Los Angeles Times, Yahoo! News and Reuters. Ms. Nair also writes a bi-monthly column for Modern Restaurant Management on legal developments affecting restaurants. She is active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Music and Arts School, the Harvard Club of Southern California, and the Inner City Law Center. Ms. Nair is recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as both one of the “Most Influential Women Lawyers” and a “Minority Leader of Influence."