Marika K. O'Connor Grant

Before joining Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Ms. O’Connor Grant worked as a litigation associate at Cooley LLP, where she represented clients in complex commercial litigation and securities matters and maintained an active pro bono practice focused on civil rights and immigration. Ms. O’Connor Grant also served as a vetting attorney on the Biden-Harris Transition Team, where she evaluated the personal and policy risks associated with presidential nominees and appointees, interviewed candidates, and advised senior Transition staff. Ms. O’Connor Grant clerked for the Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Ms. O’Connor Grant graduated from Stanford Law School in 2020 with high pro bono distinction. During her time at Stanford Law, Ms. O’Connor Grant served as the Technical Managing Editor of the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, worked in Stanford’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, and volunteered with the Economic Advancement Pro Bono Project. While in law school, Ms. O’Connor Grant also worked as a research assistant analyzing local communities’ efforts to mitigate poverty and served as a teaching assistant at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ms. O’Connor Grant graduated from Carleton College in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.