Cristel Taveras helps clients handle commercial litigation matters. While in law school, Cristel sharpened her advocacy skills as a member of Fordham’s Moot Court. She also honed her research and writing skills as a research assistant to a Fordham law professor, and as an intern to a federal district judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Prior to law school, Cristel worked as a policy advisor for a New York City agency and as a paralegal at an impact litigation firm.