Deniz Perkowski Joins Tressler's Transportation Practice Group
Los Angeles, CA, July 6, 2022 - Tressler is pleased to welcome Deniz Perkowski as an associate in the Los Angeles office. Deniz focuses her practice on maritime and transportation insurance litigation. She has extensive experience handling matters involving subrogation, Carriage of the Goods by the Sea Act (COGSA), Carmack Amendments, collision and limitation of shipowner’s liability. Deniz is from Instanbul, Turkey and brings an international perspective to her work.
"As an immigrant, becoming a lawyer and having the opportunity to work in America has been my greatest challenge and honor," said Deniz Perkowski. "Tressler is the ideal environment for goal-oriented, earnest professionals to grow as lifelong students of the craft. I genuinely find the scope and focus of my legal practice to be both fascinating and innately rewarding. I could not be more pleased to be a contributing member of Tressler LLP."
After graduating law school in Turkey in 2016, Deniz completed an internship working for Cerrahoglu Law Firm. Cerrahoglu Law Firm in Turkey represents large American corporations and is listed in the worldwide The Legal 500. Deniz worked closely with the corporate team completing legal research, writing, preparing and analyzing contracts as well as translating legal documents. Deniz then came to the United States and pursued her LLM degree at Tulane School of Law. During this time, she worked at a well-known law firm in Orange County, California, assisting the managing partner in various litigation matters.
Deniz previously joined Tressler's Los Angeles office in 2020 as a senior law clerk. While clerking, she completed legal research as well as pre-trial and trial motions in maritime, aviation and ground-based transportation cases. She also prepared and analyzed discovery materials.
Deniz can be reached at dperkowski@tresslerllp.com or by phone at (310)-203-4800.
About Tressler LLP
Headquartered in Chicago, with eight offices located in five states, Tressler LLP is a national law firm comprised primarily of attorneys who devote their practice to the representation of the insurance industry in coverage analysis and resolution, litigation, underwriting consultation, product development, claims management and reinsurance.
In addition, Tressler has one of the most experienced and multi-faceted government law practices in Illinois, and has attorneys who represent clients in commercial litigation, defense litigation, corporate transactions, employment law and litigation, intellectual property and condominium and common interest community association law.
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