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Dakshïna (Shïna) Chetti is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Shïna works on a broad range of disputes with an emphasis on copyright and trademark matters, and has represented major record labels in music licensing disputes. She has also successfully represented both domestic and international clients in high-stakes matters spanning a variety of industries, including life sciences, healthcare, real estate, financial services and other domains.

Shïna also maintains a robust pro bono practice. She has drafted an amicus brief in support of sentencing and drug-related custody reforms in the state of California and worked extensively on a range of criminal justice reform matters, including the representation of a death row inmate, parole appearances and administrative appeals in the state of New York as well as child custody arrears. Beyond her pro bono practice, Shïna is also a frequent contributor to Proskauer’s advertising law blog, , and commercial litigation blog, .

Shïna earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone scholar as well as a member of the Columbia Law Women’s Association (CLWA) and Empowering Women of Color (EWOC). While at Columbia, she worked as a Writing Center Fellow and as a teaching assistant for first-year Property Law and Patent Law classes. Shïna also interned at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, working intellectual property and arts issues. Prior to law school, she interned as a Fellow for the New York State Assembly (69^th District) at the office of Assembly Member Daniel J. O'Donnell.

Shïna holds a B.A. in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature, summa cum laude from Columbia University.