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Ritika Bhakhri

Associate / Boston

Overview

Ritika Bhakhri is an associate in Nutter’s Litigation Department. Ritika focuses her practice on advising clients in a broad range of matters, including product liability litigation, labor and employment, business litigation, and SEC investigations. Ritika advises clients in all stages of litigation, including initial fact investigation, discovery and subpoena response, deposition preparation, and motion practice.

Ritika is involved in the firm’s longstanding legacy of pro bono representation and commitment to civic and charitable engagement. Her pro bono activities include working to secure lawful permanent residency for four siblings who were neglected and abandoned in their home country and fled to the United States after facing threats of gang violence. In 2021, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) named Ritika as its "Boston Pro Bono Advocate of the Year." Ritika also serves on the Board of Directors of the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston and Citizens for Juvenile Justice.

Previously, Ritika interned at the Office of the Attorney General in the Trial Division. She researched statutory and case law and served alongside the Assistant Attorney General on issues concerning eminent domain and employment discrimination. She also participated in the Civil Litigation Clinic at Boston College Law School, where she helped her clients with family law issues.

Prior to law school, Ritika worked as a legal assistant at a law office in Boston and served as a legislative intern for Congressman James McGovern, where she researched a variety of legislative issues, including women’s health and military spending.

While attending Boston College Law School, Ritika was president of the Law Student Association, president of the Women’s Law Center, and a 2L Representative of the Law Student Association and the South Asian Law Student Association.

Experience

Experience

  • Cali’flour Foods

    Nutter advised Cali’flour Foods, the developer and manufacturer of low-carb, gluten-free cauliflower products, in a Series A financing round led by Sunrise Strategic Partners, with participation from CircleUp Growth Partners.

  • GPS-Based Pet Containment and Tracking Collar Company

    Nutter represented a company that designs and sells a GPS-based pet containment and tracking collar in asserting multiple patents against a competitor (who brought counterclaims relating to, among other things, alleged false marketing statements). Litigation spanned district court and PTAB (IPR proceedings). Nutter obtained a favorable claim construction ruling and numerous discovery-related rulings. Nutter’s IP Litigation team completed fact and expert discovery and obtained key concessions from witnesses. Within a few months of trial, the court granted our motion to expand infringement allegations to allow the assertion of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents. Shortly thereafter, the case settled favorably.

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Honors

Honors

  • Mary K. Ryan Achievement in Pro Bono Award, 2024
  • Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Boston Pro Bono Advocate of the Year, 2021

Education & Admissions

Education

Boston College Law School, J.D.
University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.A.

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

In the Community

Ritika serves on the Board of Directors of the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston and Citizens for Juvenile Justice.

Noteworthy

  • Mary K. Ryan Achievement in Pro Bono Award, 2024
  • Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Boston Pro Bono Advocate of the Year, 2021
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