Información
La Srta. Plochocki posee experiencia en una gran variedad de disputas nacionales e internacionales, incluyendo servicios financieros, contratos y litigios por fraude que abarcan múltiples jurisdicciones. La Srta. Plochocki planifica y ejecuta estrategias para recuperar bienes en tribunales de Estados Unidos en representación de instituciones financieras multinacionales, inversores internacionales y empresas extranjeras. Su práctica también incluye gestión de la reputación, del riesgo y de las relaciones con instituciones financieras de Estados Unidos y Europa, así como también asesorar individuos y empresas en relación con el cumplimiento de las leyes de control de importaciones y exportaciones de los Estados Unidos, incluyendo los regímenes de sanciones administrados por la Oficina de Control de Bienes Extranjeros (“OFAC” por sus siglas en inglés). A menudo asesora clientes internacionales sobre posibles responsabilidades civiles y penales en los Estados Unidos. En reconocimiento de su excelencia en el campo del Derecho Internacional, la Sra. Plochocki fue seleccionada como una “Estrella Creciente” por Super Lawyers en 2017 y 2018.
Además, la Srta. Plochocki trabajó por tres meses como consultora legal extranjera trasladada temporalmente a King & Wood Mallesons LLP, un estudio internacional con oficina central en Hong Kong. La Srta. Plochocki dividía su tiempo entre las oficinas de Beijing y Shangai, en donde se desempeñó como consultora sobre litigios chinos y asuntos de arbitraje y asesoró a instituciones financieras chinas y a empresas en relación con el cumplimiento de las leyes estadounidenses, incluyendo FCPA, sanciones de Estados Unidos y el PATRIOT Act.
Antes de trabajar en Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, la Srta. Plochocki trabajó como asociada de litigios en reconocidos estudios legales nacionales e internacionales, representando a clientes en asuntos legales de alta importancia a nivel nacional. También posee gran experiencia en litigios de seguros de cobertura basados en demandas de daños a la propiedad, daños físicos, responsabilidad profesional y fraude.
Mientras estudiaba en la facultad de derecho, la Srta. Plochocki era pasante legal en la American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, donde colaboró para resolver exitosamente una larga disputa sobre inmigración que involucraba a palestinos y una presunta asistencia económica a un grupo terrorista. La Srta. Plochocki también trabajó como Directora Editorial del Michigan Journal of International Law. Antes de asistir a la facultad de derecho, la Srta. Plochocki trabajó en el Cuerpo de Paz en Jordania y enseñó estudios tibetanos para la Emory University en el norte de India.
Trabajo Pro Bono y Servicio Comunitario
La Srta. Plochocki se dedica al trabajo ad honorem y ha sido reconocida por representar a víctimas de violencia doméstica en Washington DC. En Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, la Srta. Plochocki encabezó una asociación con Bread for the City para representar víctimas de violencia doméstica. También ha representado a detenidos en Guantánamo y ha trabajado en varios asuntos sobre la intersección entre los derechos constitucionales y la seguridad nacional. A menudo es voluntaria en Bread for the City para apoyarlos a ofrecer servicios legales y sociales a los residentes de bajos recursos de D.C.
Afiliaciones Profesionales
- Miembro, American Bar Association
- Miembro, Women’s Bar Association
- Miembro, California Bar Association
- Miembro, District of Columbia Bar Association
- Fiduciaria, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
Experiencia Profesional
- Pasante, American Civil Liberties Union
- Asociada, Washington office of International Law Firm
- Asociada, Washington office of National Law Firm
Asuntos Representativos
- Representación de una empresa de Arabia Saudita en la recuperación de pérdidas surgidas por un esquema de sobornos internacionales.
- Representación de múltiples inversores en litigios civiles complejos por fraudes de títulos valores cometidos por un financista venezolano.
- Representación de un conglomerado de Arabia Saudita en un litigio civil relativo a un fraude de servicios financieros complejo por un monto de más de 10 mil millones de dólares.
- Representación de varias empresas e individuos, tanto en los Estados Unidos como en el exterior, en conexión con varios asuntos que incluían investigaciones por parte de agencias de cumplimiento de la ley y regulatorias de los Estados Unidos.
- Representación de una empresa de acero húngara en los esfuerzos de descubrimiento del 1782.
- Representación de un detenido en Guantánamo en una petición de habeas presentada en el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Columbia.
- Representación de médicos en un escrito amicus curiae contra su participación cuando llevan a cabo la pena de muerte.
- Brindó asesoramiento a una editorial internacional en relación a el cumplimiento de las leyes de exportación y al régimen sancionador de los Estados Unidos.
- Apeló exitosamente la destitución de un empleado federal de la SES ante la Merit Systems Protection Board.
Publicaciones y Eventos
- Asadullah Haroon Gul: Detained in Guantánamo for 14 years without charge or trial
On October 19, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Guantánamo detainee Asadullah Haroon Gul’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, ruling that his detention is unlawful. The decision marks the first time a Guantánamo Bay detainee has won a habeas corpus petition in the last ten years.
October 20, 2021 - New York Appellate Court Imposes Jurisdictional Requirements in Foreign Judgment Recognition Actions
The First Department Appellate Division in New York recently issued a ruling that will make the recognition of foreign country money judgments more difficult in New York. Kate Toomey and Tara Plochocki summarize its impact.
March 19, 2018 - Authored by Tara J. Plochocki, Lewis Baach PLLC and Meg Utterback, King & Wood Mallesons LLPAugust 2, 2016
- December 10, 2015
- Lecture, “The 14th Amendment and the Law of Diversity,” at the University of Maryland (2014)2014
- Lecture, “Federalism and Constitutional Law,” at Berea College (2011)2011
En las noticias
A federal judge has found that a former Afghan militant has been held unlawfully at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, the first time in 10 years that a detainee has won such a case against the U.S. government, his lawyers said.
Washington Post, October 21, 2021A federal judge has ruled that the United States has no legal basis for holding an Afghan man at Guantánamo Bay.
October 20, 2021- US has no basis to detain Asadullah Haroon Gul, who was cleared for transfer last week, in a first such ruling in a decade
A US federal court has ruled that a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has been unlawfully kept there, several days after he was cleared to be transferred out of the military prison.
The US court granted the petition for a writ of habeas corpus for Asadullah Haroon Gul, who has been detained without charge by the US since 2007. The decision marks the first time in a decade a Guantanamo detainee's imprisonment has been ruled unlawful.
Middle East Eye, October 20, 2021 The founder and minority shareholder of Tocqueville Management Corp. sued his successor and six of the successor's relatives in Delaware's Chancery Court on Tuesday, saying he was "utterly betrayed" by the man he allegedly groomed to take over the wealth management firm.
Law360, October 12, 2021- Lawyers say case raises questions about legality of US air strikes and an American citizen's right to due process
Bilal Abdul Kareem, an American journalist based in opposition-held northwestern Syria, is petitioning the US Supreme Court to review his case accusing the government of placing him on a "kill list", and alleging that he was consequently targeted five times by US strikes in 2016.
The petition is the latest development in a years-long legal battle between the United States government and Abdul Kareem, and calls on the Supreme Court to decide whether a lower court erred in its dismissal of his case.
"What our case is really about is: can the United States kill a US citizen without due process, on the basis that its desire to execute its own citizens is a state secret?" Tara Plochocki, legal counsel for Abdul Kareem, told Middle East Eye.
Middle East Eye, September 21, 2021 Gul “is a prisoner of war — a war that has been over for many years,” attorney Tara Plochocki argued Monday in court for his legal team, comprising people from human rights group Reprieve and the Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss law firm. “If the rule of law means anything, [he] must be released.”
The Washington Post, May 10, 2021- The legal basis for indefinite detention at Guantánamo is to prevent combatants from returning to the battlefield. But what if their old battlefield is no more?The New York Times, April 21, 2021
- Law360, August 26, 2020
“For the first time ever, a United States federal court ruled that the government may kill one of its citizens without providing him the information necessary to prove that he is being wrongly targeted and does not deserve to die,” attorney Tara J. Plochocki said.
The Washington Post, September 24, 2019- When a U.S. citizen heard he was on his own country’s drone target list, he wasn’t sure he believed it. After five near-misses, he does – and is suing the United States to contest his own execution
Ms. Plochocki is quoted in the article as addressing the court saying, “We’re not asking for the court to revisit drone policy, we’re not taking a run at the drone program,” she says. “Plaintiffs [just] want an opportunity to be meaningfully heard, just as… if they were designated for economic sanctions or told that they couldn’t board a flight to Cleveland.”
Rollingstone, July 19, 2018 - Judge allows journalist to challenge claimed inclusion on U.S. drone ‘kill list’
“We are gratified that the court recognized that, as a U.S. citizen, Mr. Kareem has the right to be heard in court before his government can decide to kill him, and we look forward to these proceedings continuing to a final resolution,” said Tara J. Plochocki, partner with the Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss law firm.
Washington Post, June 13, 2018 Plaintiffs attorney Tara J. Plochocki likened the case instead to challenges from people who say they were wrongly placed on U.S. no-fly lists or hit with economic sanctions. The men were also represented by Reprieve, a human rights group based in London and New York City.
Plochocki argued that when Awlaki’s father tried to sue on his son’s behalf while he was still alive, another federal judge in Washington in 2010 ruled that nothing prevented the designated terrorist Awlaki from peacefully presenting himself at a U.S. embassy and asserting his rights in court.
“We’re taking [the judge] up on that offer,” Plochocki said, such as by asserting their innocence in a sworn affidavit, court filing, administrative hearing or other means.
Washington Post, May 1, 2018- US Pushes for Deference Regarding Americans on Kill List
Tara Plochocki of the firm Lewis Baach noted that her clients do not seek review of the legality of the drone program, and are only seeking narrow due-process relief afforded by the Administrative Procedure Act.
“Plaintiffs want an opportunity to be meaningfully heard,” she said.
Courthouse News, May 1, 2018 Lewis Baach is pleased to announce the release of “Getting the Deal Through: Litigation Funding 2017,” which offers the first comprehensive overview of the laws and regulations governing litigation funding on a country-by-country basis. Lewis Baach attorneys David Liston, Alex Patchen and Tara Plochocki authored the chapter on the United States.
2017 Edition- al-Arabiya, July 20, 2016
- Law360, July 12, 2016
- July 12, 2016
Áreas de Práctica
Educación
- University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007), Directora Editorial de Michigan Journal of International Law
- Barnard College of Columbia University (B.A., cum laude, 2002)
Admisiones Bar
- Distrito de Columbia
- Nueva York
- California
- Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos de América
- Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Columbia y el Distrito Sur de Nueva York
- Tribunal de Apelaciones de Estados Unidos para el Circuito Segundo y el Distrito de Columbia