Neeki Memarzadeh
Legal Education Director

Neeki Memarzadeh is an associate in the Public Policy and Law practice group at K&L Gates. Located in the firm’s Washington DC office, she concentrates her practice on congressional investigations, government enforcement actions, appellate litigation, and administrative law. Prior to joining the firm, Neeki served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Michelle Childs in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She also served as a summer associate with the firm prior to joining as an associate. Neeki earned her JD and LLM in International and Comparative Law from the Duke University School of Law. While in law school, she was the managing editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, the president of the Middle Eastern and North African Law Students Association, a student attorney in the Children’s Law Clinic and Wrongful Convictions Clinic, and a student editor for the publication Judicature. She also organized the first ever celebration of Nowruz at Duke Law and coordinated partnerships between the law school and refugee resettlement agencies to include the local Afghani community in the celebration. She was a judicial intern for the Honorable Todd M. Hughes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Prior to law school, Neeki worked for the late Congressman John Lewis (GA), Senator Cory Booker (NJ), and the Carter Center. Neeki earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is fluent in English, Persian, and French, and proficient in Mandarin Chinese.