Chisara Ezie-Boncoeur

Chisara's ability to pivot quickly and break down legal issues and factual nuances benefits clients throughout their case life cycle. Her calming presence and strong listening skills help prepare clients for all phases of a dispute. She focuses on ensuring they understand the stakes at hand and the overarching approach needed to achieve the best possible outcome. Her clients value her natural way of being in the trenches for them and with them.

As the firm’s Commercial Litigation team co-chair, Chisara engages in all phases of litigation from inception through appeal, and alternative dispute resolution, and engages in leadership in this area. She conducts depositions, prepares and questions witnesses, handles discovery strategy, drafts critical legal documents, and argues her client’s positions in court. In addition to taking cases through trial, her experience includes obtaining injunctive relief and dismissals of lawsuits. She often successfully resolves disputes that have a lot at stake on the line, including multimillion-dollar claims and matters of supreme importance to her clients.

Beyond her practice, Chisara is passionate about education and corporate social responsibility. Her background includes work with the United Nations Development Programme and economic development initiatives in Ecuador and Liberia, reflecting her commitment to making a difference in areas of social development.