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WajihaRais

Attorney

Wajiha is an attorney in the firm’s Construction practice group. She focuses her practice on construction litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international. Wajiha concentrates on complex litigation, representing design professionals, general contractors and subcontractors across a range of public and private projects in the United States and abroad.

Wajiha has both pre-trial and trial experience as well as significant experience with motions practice, having successfully argued motions in court. She began her legal career as an associate at a large international law firm where she had also summered. During law school, Wajiha was articles editor of the FIU Law Review. She graduated fourth in her J.D. class and later graduated with excellence from her LL.M. program. Having lived in several major world regions, including South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, Wajiha brings an international perspective to the table.

Recognized in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2027

Focus Areas

  • Co-author: “Chapter 9, Design-Build Contracting with the Federal Government,” Design Build, Public-Private Partnerships, and Collaboration Handbook (Wolters Kluwer) (3d ed. 2022).
  • Co-author: “Economic Loss Doctrine,” ABA Under Construction, Volume 22, Issue 3, Spring 2021.
  • Author: “Legal Distancing: Avoiding Contractual Performance Due to COVID-19 Impacts,” American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law Division 13 (Government Construction) Newsletter, Volume 5, Issue 2, Summer 2020.
  • Included in the 2024 to 2027 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Construction Law and Litigation-Construction

Education

  • American University Washington College of Law, LL.M., 2018
  • Florida International University College of Law, J.D., 2016
  • Queen Mary University of London, B.A., 2013

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Florida
  • Virginia

Languages

  • Hindi
  • Urdu