NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Degree: B.A. Anticipated 2029
Major: Emerging Technology Development & Ethics
Honors: Deans List

Grace Xie is Mr. Lanin’s legal assistant. She assists the firm with commercial litigation, foreclosure and loan modification, appeals, bankruptcy, business and real estate law, collection/creditor’s rights matters, and office administration.

Grace is studying with honors at New York University with a Bachelor of Arts in Emerging Technology Development & Ethics. Her GPA is 3.95. Her coursework included Data Structures, Understanding AI, Statistics and Global Ethics.

She co-founded NYU‘s first tech policy club, PETAL, and competes with the university‘s Model UN team.

Grace previously worked as a researcher for the Paragon Policy Fellowship. Her responsibilities included conducting literature reviews and researching various AI policies in state and local governments.

She has the professional skills and training that are an integral part of a busy, successful law office. Her prior experience and training makes her well-suited to manage multiple responsibilities. She has excellent management, interpersonal, multitasking, and communication skills. She is a team member with a positive demeanor who is organized and focuses on detail and high accuracy.

Grace is computer proficient and is trained in several programs, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Clio Manage (Cloud File Management), Clio Grow (New Client Intake and Tracking). She assists Attorney Scott Lanin with the preparation of court documents, including summons and complaints, answers, subpoenas, affidavits, legal briefs (memoranda of law), and exhibits, and with online searches and e-filing on NYSCEF, the New York State Case Electronic Filing System. She conducts research on the New York City tax site, ACRIS. Her duties include managing the firm’s litigation calendar, drafting and filing legal documents, and managing our office (administration and billing), and acting as our client liaison.

Grace can be reached at (212) 764-7250 ext. 2 or 3 or by email to legalassistant@laninlaw.com.