Monika is an associate in the Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Reed Smith, she was a civil fraud extern at the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. She also served as an extern to the Honorable Gail J. Standish on the United States District Court, Central District of California. While in law school, Monika served as a managing editor for the Women’s Law Journal and as a student liaison to the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.