Christina M. Seda-Acosta is Counsel in the Firm's Litigation department.  Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including breach of contract and fraud disputes, as well as internal investigations.  From 2016 to 2017, Ms. Seda-Acosta served as a law clerk to the Hon. Nelson S. Román of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Yale Law School (J.D., 2014)
  • Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review
  • Co-Director, Advocacy for Children and Youth Clinic
  • Vice President, Black Law Students Association
• Trinity College (B.A., with honors, 2009)
  • Phi Beta Kappa

• Member, New York City Bar Association Education and the Law Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors, The TEAK Fellowship
• Member, DEIB Subcommittee, Board of Directors, The TEAK Fellowship
• Pathfinder, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (2022-2023)
• Member, Patterson Belknap Diversity Committee
• Led creation and production of Judicial Clerkships Podcast
• Led development of TEAK Fellowship-Patterson Belknap Internship Program

• Breaking Down Barriers to Judicial Clerkships – 5 Questions Asked & Answered (American Bar Association’s Before the Bar Blog)