NEW YORK – Feb. 23, 2016 – Caroline J. Heller, chair of the Pro Bono Program at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Fund for Modern Courts.
Founded in 1955, Fund for Modern Courts is an independent, state-wide court reform organization committed to improving the judicial system for all New Yorkers. As a board member, Heller will contribute to the strategic development and execution of the Fund’s goals to improve the administration and quality of justice in the New York State courts.
Heller, a litigation shareholder in the firm’s New York office, focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and business disputes on a nationwide basis in the fields of professional liability, partnership disputes, securities litigation, and entertainment disputes. She has litigation experience in federal and state courts and arbitration experience before the American Arbitration Association. Heller is also a faculty member of Greenberg Traurig's Litigation Academy, which provides intensive in-house training programs in jury trials, expert witness preparation, deposition practice, motion practice, and mediation.