Katja PLAUSTAJNER, LL.M., Esq. (NY), attorney at law

Eductation

Law Faculty in Ljubljana: B.A. in Law (cum laude, 2004)
Harvard Law School, USA: Master of Laws (2005)

Experience and references

internship at the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg
internship at Clifford Chance, Brussels
law clerk, High Court in Ljubljana, Commercial law department (2008-9/2009)
attorney at law (from 10/2009 on)
Young Lawyer of the Year (2004)
European Law Moot Court Competition, 2003-2004: the winner of the Regional Final in Lisbon and the winner of the All European Final at the Court of Justice in Luxembourg in the role of the advocate general
European Law Moot Court Competition, 2004-2005: co-coach of the Harvard Law School team; the team won the Regional Final in New York and the All European Final at the Court of Justice in Luxembourg
New York State Bar Exam, February 2006
Days of Slovenian Lawyers, Portoroz, Slovenia (2006): active participation in the Europan Law section “From a submission to a judgment in Luxembourg”
Commercial Law School, Rogaska Slatina (2008): active participation (in co-authorship) on Open questions of the Member State Liability for judicial decisions in violation of EC law.

Fields of work

commercial, arbitration, civil, European, constitutional law