Associate

Pragya Panta

email: pragya.panta@bhgrlaw.com | vCard

CIVIL LITIGATION | CRIMINAL LAW

Pragya’s practice focuses on civil litigation and criminal law.

CIVIL LITIGATION

Pragya represents individuals, businesses, and public entities in a wide array of disputes in state courts and arbitration proceedings. She has experience assisting with motions, discovery review, and case analysis across a range of matters.

CRIMINAL LAW

Pragya assists BHGR’s Criminal Law Group in representing clients in all stages of criminal proceedings, including pre-filing, discovery, trial sentencing, record sealing, expungement, appeals, and post-conviction matters.

More About Pragya

EDUCATION + ADMISSIONS

EDUCATION

L.L.M. (U.S. Law), University of Colorado School of Law

At the University of Colorado School of Law, Pragya focused on coursework relevant to U.S legal practice and litigation. Pragya also received a Silicon Flatirons Certificate of Service Award.

BBM-LLB, Kathmandu University School of Law

At the Kathmandu University School of Law, Pragya was elected as Student Council Vice-President. She also participated in the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court (National Champion (2022); Top 90 International rounds), the US-Nepal Moot Court (2019), and the Bharat Raj Upreti Arbitration Moot Court (2018).

 

ADMISSIONS

Colorado

LANGUAGES

English

Nepali

Hindi

ASSOCIATIONS

Colorado Bar Association

Colorado Women’s Bar Association

South Asian Bar Association of Colorado

PUBLICATIONS + PRESENTATIONS

Pragya Panta, Trial by Media: Hindrance to Justice, Juris Centre Review, Vol. 2, Issue 2, January 25, 2022.

Pragya Panta, Media Needs to be Judicious, Lokantar News, April 28, 2019, https://english.lokaantar.com/news/detail/12995/.

Pragya Panta, Post Local Polls: Possibility of Magical Change Without Civility, República, June 1, 2022, https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/post-local-polls-possibility-of-magical-change-without-civility.

 Pragya Panta, Farmers by Day and Fighters by Night: A Study with Special Reference to Maoist Insurgency in Nepal, International Journal for Legal Research and Analysis, ISSN [2582-6433], Volume 2, Issue 5, February 2022,
https://juriscentre.com/volume-2-issue-1/.

OUT + ABOUT

Outside of the office, Pragya enjoys playing the sitar, dancing, celebrating Nepali festivals and spending time with family and friends.