BIOGRAPHY

Angelica Zolnierowicz is an Associate in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office where she assists partners and senior associates on a variety of complex commercial litigation matters.

Ms. Zolnierowicz earned her Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center and her Juris Doctorate from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. She attended Boston University, where she obtained her Master and Bachelor degrees in International Affairs.

While studying at Georgetown, Ms. Zolnierowicz was selected by the Department of Defense to represent Georgetown Law Center at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a Department of Defense (DoD) Military Commission Observer. As a DoD observer of this select program, she saw live hearings of defendants charged in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks from the U.S. Military Base courtroom.

While in law school, Ms. Zolnierowicz worked for the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force, The World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency, and Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Ms. Zolnierowicz has experience working with two prominent law firms in Warsaw, Poland. She also worked on numerous litigation matters, both in the private and government sector.

Ms. Zolnierowicz has a keen interest in evolving blockchain technologies and criminal securities fraud. While working for a large Washington, DC law firm, she was an invited panelist speaker for multiple cryptocurrency and blockchain conferences.

Community Involvement/Affiliations

• Editor of Georgetown’s Journal of National Security Law and Policy – Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 2016
• Presiding Judge for Federal White Collar Crime Invitational Tournaments – Georgetown University Law Center, 2016
• Vice-President of The Women’s Law Caucus – The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, 2015

Awards/Recognitions

• Dean’s List – Georgetown University Law Center, 2016
• Recipient of American Council for Polish Culture Scholarship – The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, 2015
• Exceptional Pro Bono Service Hour Certificate – The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, 2015
• Dean’s List – Boston University, M.A., 2011
• Recipient of Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union Excellence Award – Boston University, M.A., 2011
• Dean’s List – Boston University, B.A., 2008

Languages

• English (native)
• Polish (fluent)
• French (proficient)
• Spanish (proficient)
• Czech (intermediate)
• Ukrainian (intermediate)
• Russian (basic)