About

Prema is a senior associate with Fragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen & Loewy in its Matawan NJ office. She focuses her practice in the areas of global mobility, corporate immigration, related corporate compliance and advisory services. Her experience spans across various industry verticals such as Telecom, IT, Healthcare, Pharma and Entertainment. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York. Prema is actively involved and supports several non-profit organizations that benefit the South-Asian diaspora. She is dedicated to advocating for women empowerment and women's rights and serves as the Vice-President, Board of Directors for Manavi (manavi.org). She also serves as the co-chair for the TiE-NJ Women with a mission to foster women entrepreneurs (nj.tie.org). Prema is also a member of the Diversity Committee of the NJ State Bar Association.

Rippi K. Karda serves as the SABA-NJ 2024 Immediate Past President, Chair of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Commission of New Jersey, Co-Chair of the NJ Punjabi Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer of the Women of Excellence Network, and Advisory Board Member for Centerforce Conference. As an Associate General Counsel in the Public Policy, Law and Security department at Verizon Communications Inc., Rippi handles contracts for Sourcing involving Human Resources Benefits/Plans, Supplier Diversity, Advertising Agencies, Contact Centers, Contingent Workforce and Executive Recruiting.

A partner at Bailey Duquette P.C., Hozaifa Cassubhai practices civil and complex commercial litigation, overseeing the firm’s New Jersey and Washington State matters. With Big law training combined with a federal district court clerkship and in-house counsel background, Hozaifa is a versatile advocate and counselor with significant experience in state and federal courts and arbitration forums covering a broad range of business-to-business, corporate governance, employment, and other commercial disputes. He has been recognized as a Rising Star (2014-2018) and Super Lawyer (2019-2024) for business litigation.

Hozaifa received his B.A. in History from Boston College and attended the Seattle University School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude, served as the Note & Comment Editor on the Law Review, and, upon graduation, was named his class’s Faculty Scholar and Student Speaker. A product of Bergen County, Hozaifa spent nearly ten years in the Pacific Northwest before returning to New Jersey, which he is proud to call home.

Suhani Patel is an Attorney at FINRA through their Honors Program. She contributes to Enforcement's investigation and decisions regarding disciplinary actions against individuals or firms. She also provides support to the investigations and litigation team.

Prior to joining FINRA, Suhani interned at several respected corporations in New Jersey and New York. She earned her J.D from Rutgers Law School, 2022 and was awarded The Allan Axelrod Prize at graduation. While at Rutgers, she was the Editor in Chief for the Rutgers Business Law Review. Her note, Are Streaming Services, the Modern Day Insiders was published in the 2021 Fall issue. Suhani was also a clinical student in the Federal Tax Clinic, where she provided tax assistance to low income individuals. She received her B.B.A, cum laude, in Finance from the University of Cincinnati in 2019.

Minal Patel is a corporate associate at DLA Piper focusing on mergers and acquisitions primarily in the technology, life sciences and healthcare industries. She graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2023. She first became a member of SABA-NJ when she was awarded SABA-NJ’s Women Scholarship for women’s history month as a 3L law student. Minal currently serves on the board as the Corresponding Secretary.

Naju R. Lathia, partner in the New Jersey office of Day Pitney LLP, assists clients in a broad spectrum of areas, from litigating complex commercial matters in state and federal court to conducting sensitive internal and white-collar investigations. She also represents employers in a wide range of matters where she provides criminal defense advice and representation to management when they are faced with criminal issues. She also has experience litigating product liability and tort matters. Naju frequently writes articles on topics including cannabis, employment and cybersecurity issues. She is the co-chair of the Law Partners section of the South Asian Bar Association of North America, and a member of both the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey and the South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey. Naju was chosen as one of the “2021 New Leaders of the Bar” by the New Jersey Law Journal and was a recipient of Day Pitney’s Coleman Award for outstanding pro bono work in 2018. Naju earned her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Rutgers University. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.

Mahesh Rajan is the founder of Rajan Legal PC, with more than 20 years of legal experience. He received his Juris Doctorate and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Seton Hall University. Mahesh concentrates his practice on complex commercial transactions including representing developers, owners and managers of large real estate holdings including hospitality, large retail establishments, and apartment complexes. His experience includes representing clients in acquisition, development and management of hotels, apartments, gas stations, shopping centers, pharmacies, adult medical daycare facilities, liquor stores, daycares, and all forms of franchised businesses.

Mahesh is the past founding Vice President of SABA-NJ, and has served on the District VIII Ethics Committee for the Office of Attorney Ethics.