Ms. Kaushik’s practice focuses on litigation, including energy and natural resources matters before the California Public Utilities Commission, as well as commercial and healthcare litigation. She has prior experience in other areas of litigation and arbitration, including corporate and real estate matters. Ms. Kaushik has primarily represented natural gas pipeline, oil refinery, renewable power, and water utility companies, as well as a tribal organization in matters before the California Public Utilities Commission. In litigation matters, Ms. Kaushik has represented technology, publishing, healthcare, financial services, and real estate development companies in federal and state court proceedings, as well as in arbitrations. Her experience in litigation includes federal bench trials, arbitrations and mediations, law and motion work, and fact and expert witness discovery. In 2005, Ms. Kaushik received the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award for Santa Clara County for her work representing plaintiffs, a class of in pro per prison inmates of Santa Clara County, in a civil rights case against Santa Clara County for deprivation of law libraries and other due process rights. The case and Ms. Kaushik received press coverage in the October 24, 2005, edition of The Recorder. Prior to her law practice, Ms. Kaushik worked as a government affairs representative for a semiconductor company in Silicon Valley. |