Remla Parthasarathy (she/her) is a Managing Attorney and the Project Leader of the Crime Victims Legal Network (CVLN), a statewide partnership of organizations working together to connect victims of crime with civil legal information and assistance through their online resource, NY Crime Victims Legal Help.
Since graduating from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Remla has worked in a variety of capacities primarily in the field of intimate partner violence. She served as an attorney representing domestic violence victims in Family Court, a systems advocate for a domestic violence shelter and county-wide coalition, a resource coordinator of a misdemeanor domestic violence court, a coordinator of a safe-home network, and a Domestic Violence in the Workplace Educator. Prior to joining Empire Justice, Remla worked for ten years as the Clinical Instructor for the Women, Children, and Social Justice Clinic at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.
Remla has presented workshops at national and state-wide conferences and served on the boards of several entities including the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the YWCA of Western New York. She is currently a member of the NYS Office of Victim Services Advisory Council. She is a recipient of the Sr. Karen Klimczack Peace and Justice Award from the Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence, the Trailblazer Award from the SUNY Buffalo Law School Students of Color Committee, and the NYS Bar Association Haywood Burns Memorial Award.
