Kevin Liao

J.D. - Columbia Law School

Brooklyn, New York, United States

About

Proudly FGLI and ABC.

Experience

  • Summer Associate at Latham & Watkins
    May 2025 - Jul 2025 · 3 mos

    • Finalized Opinions and Non-Assurance Letters for notes offering valued at over $125 million, created closing sets and index upon deal closing. • Revised key public corporation documents, including 10-Q and Proxy Statements, compared to precedent and similar entities. • Conducted legal and fact research for multibillion-dollar litigation.

  • Legal Extern (Low Income Taxpayer Clinic) at The Legal Aid Society
    Jan 2025 - May 2025 · 5 mos

    • Assisted clients in completing forms for Offers-In-Compromise and other forms of non-payable tax debt relief. • Managed collection and distribution of client income, asset and identification documents for relief applications.

  • Law Fellow at New York State Inspector General
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

    • Researched and drafted memos on legal issues regarding potential fraud against New York State. • Assisted state counsel in evidentiary and interrogatory investigations. • Created training guides for visual analytics and legal subjects for internal use.

  • Youth Development Teacher at UNITED CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN INC
    Sep 2022 - Jun 2023 · 10 mos

    • Developing daily custom lesson plans to accommodate individual student interests and skills. • Facilitating volunteer events, including voter registration and community fundraising.

  • Litigation Paralegal at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
    Jul 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Reviewed, finalized and filed reply briefs and summary judgement motions, resulting in dismissal of multiple tranches of a multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit. • Facilitated fact discovery with opposing legal counsel, including overseeing production of over 500,000 privileged documents, for a hundred-million-dollar antitrust lawsuit. • Conducted fact and expert witness research, filed Rule 26(a) disclosures and issued subpoenas for multiple patent infringement lawsuits. • Compiled trial exhibit binders and case material coils for courtroom use by partners.