Hafsa S. Mansoor joined the firm in 2024. She has substantial experience in complex litigation in federal and state courts, at the trial and appellate levels, including representing plaintiffs in civil rights class actions. Prior to joining ECBAWM, Ms. Mansoor clerked for the Honorable Edgardo Ramos in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Ms. Mansoor began her legal career as a litigation associate at White & Case LLP, where she represented corporate and individual commercial clients in every stage of disputes, both in and out of court, and maintained a large pro bono practice focused on actualizing civil and human rights and advancing criminal legal system reform. As part of that practice, she represented a class of impoverished debtors suing the City of Ferguson, Missouri for its unconstitutional wealth-based detention practices and maintenance of a de facto debtors’ prison; petitioned for resentencing under New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act; and served as outside counsel to multiple public interest organizations looking to reform the criminal system, including by reviewing draft good time credit legislation and submitting a petition before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights on felony disenfranchisement.
Ms. Mansoor received a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2020, graduating as valedictorian of her law school class and with several awards and honors. She served as a Center for Social Justice Scholar and as a Postgraduate Fellow for Detained Immigrant Defense at the Seton Hall Law Immigrants’ Rights/International Human Rights Clinic, where she represented detained immigrants in removal proceedings and co-authored a report on the impact of immigration bond practices on the surge of COVID-19 infections in ICE detention facilities. Ms. Mansoor also served as Senior Articles Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review and has authored two published law review articles, Guilty Until Proven Guilty: Effective Bail Reform as a Human Rights Imperative, and Modern Racism but Old-Fashioned IIEDs: How Incongruous Injury Standards Deny “Thick Skin” Plaintiffs Redress for Racism and Ethnoviolence. Ms. Mansoor interned for the Honorable Esther Salas in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey during law school. She also co-founded FirstGenJD, an online resource guide for first generation law students.
Ms. Mansoor received her B.A. in International Human Rights and in Political Science, with an emphasis in public policy, from Webster University in 2017.
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude.
Valedictorian
Order of the Coif
Seton Hall Law Review, Senior Articles Editor
Webster University, B.A. in International Human Rights and Political Science, summa cum laude, with departmental honors
Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
New Jersey
New York
Memberships
National Association of Muslim Lawyers
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Clerkship
Hon. Edgardo Ramos, Southern District of New York
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude.
Valedictorian
Order of the Coif
Seton Hall Law Review, Senior Articles Editor
Webster University, B.A. in International Human Rights and Political Science, summa cum laude, with departmental honors
Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
New Jersey
New York
Memberships
National Association of Muslim Lawyers
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Clerkship
Hon. Edgardo Ramos, Southern District of New York