Resume for Sarika S. Maheshwari, Esq.

Experience
July 2008 - June 2010
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Boston, MA
Health Sciences & Government Regulatory & Compliance Consultant - Provided consu
lting services to primarily healthcare providers and life sciences companies, th
ough division covered health plans and government entities as well.
Work included, as a project team member or leader, conducting risk assessments,
aiding in the training and implementation of compliance tracking software, perfo
rming due diligence investigations prior to mergers and acquisitions, evaluating
billing and coding functions, etc. Please see addendum for more detailed exper
ience.
January 2008 - July 2008 & March 2007 - October 2007
Robert Half Legal
Boston, MA
Contract Attorney - Temporary employment at various Boston-area law firms throug
h Robert Half Legal.
Work included aiding in due diligence for various cases, reviewing and organizin
g discovery documents, completing legal research in a variety of practice areas,
and drafting memos as requested.
October 2007 - January 2008
Ross & Associates
Boston, MA
Associate
Conducted legal research regarding statutory law and administrative and federal
court decisions related to immigration law, drafted internal memoranda, drafted
motions, pleadings, briefs, and memoranda to the Immigration Court, completed an
d filed immigration/asylum applications for nonresident aliens, and appeared bef
ore the Immigration Court for master calendar and individual hearings.
June 2006 - August 2006
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Office of Regional Counsel
Houston, TX
Legal Extern
Conducted legal research regarding administrative and federal court decisions, d
rafted memoranda, completed a Veteran's claim "Report of Investigation" by revie
wing benefits related data and analyzing validity of claim, and participated in
compliance, ethics, and peer review committee meetings.
January 2006 - May 2006
Baylor College of Medicine - Office of Risk Management
Houston, TX
Legal Extern
Conducted legal research regarding medical malpractice cases and health care-rel
ated statutory law, analyzed findings and drafted memoranda, attended Risk Manag
ement meetings and seminars, observed litigation, and contributed to and partici
pated in various other department activities.
May 2005 - January 2006
Griffin & Griffin
Houston, TX
Law Clerk - Family Law & Civil Litigation Firm
Conducted legal research regarding personal injury and family law issues, analyz
ed findings, drafted memoranda accordingly, drafted motions and pleadings for fa
mily court and district court cases, filed legal documents at the Courthouse, se
rved as direct client resource in completion of interrogatories and requests for
production, monitored cases and created case status updates for clients, conduc
ted field investigations of clients' claims, and interviewed case witnesses.
May 2004 - August 2004
Cambridge Human Rights Commission
Cambridge, MA
Legal Intern - Public Interest Fellowship
Conducted legal research regarding housing and employment discrimination cases,
analyzed findings, drafted memoranda accordingly, and engaged in investigations
on discrimination cases by participating in client in-take interviews, fact-find
ing conferences, hearings, and mediations.
Education
The University of Houston Law Center
Houston, TX
J.D., August 2006
Health Law Concentration - Coursework Completed:
1. Health Law I: Bioethics & Quality of Care
2. Comparative Biotechnology
3. Health Law II: Access, Regulation, and Enterprise
4. Fraud and Abuse
5. Law and Psychiatry
6. Medical Malpractice Litigation
7. Health Law Transactions
8. Health Privacy (HIPAA)
9. Seminar: Public Health
10. Health Legislation
11. Rural Health Law
12. Health Law Externship I - Baylor College of Medicine (Office of Risk Managem
ent)
13. Health Law Externship II - U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs (Office of Regional
Counsel)
Honors: Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy - 3L Editor 2005-2006
Extracurricular Activities Co-Founder and President - South Asian Law Students A
ssociation 2004-2005 Vice-President - South Asian Law Students Association 2005-
2006 Member - Student Bar Association, Health Law Society, International Law Soc
iety, Association of Women in Law, South Asian-American Bar Association of Houst
on 2003-2006
The London School of Economics & Political Science
London, England
MSc, Dec. 2003
MSc in Religion and Contemporary Society (Sociology Department) - Merit Graduate
Dissertation: Hindutva politics in India
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
B.A., Aug. 2002
Plan II Honors Program - Interdisciplinary Honors B.A. in Liberal Arts
Business Foundations Program (Business Minor), Pre-Law, & Pre-Med.
The Hotchkiss School
Lakeville, CT 1995-1998
Honors: General Commendation, Special Commendation, & Upper-Mid (Junior) English
Prize.
Skills-Based Continuing Education
March 2008
Contract Administration Workshop - Contracts 101 Seminars
Hartford, CT
CLE-accredited interactive workshop that reviewed standard contract provisions w
ith specific training related to the drafting and negotiation of Non-Disclosure
Agreements and Services Agreements.
November 2010 - December 2010
Healthcare Compliance Resources, Inc. (HCR) Compliance Certification Program
Course designed to prepare an individual for the Certified Healthcare Compliance
Officer examination.
Topics covered include HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA, ERISA, and Billing & Reimbursement com
pliance.
Certification currently being pursued for completion in December 2010.
Bar Admission
Massachusetts Bar Admission
Date: June 11, 2007
BBO Number: 668781

Texas Bar
Willing to sit for the Texas Bar exam at a future date, if required or preferred
for a given position.
Professional Affiliations
Boston Bar Association (Health Law Section, Member 2007-2010), Massachusetts Bar
Association (Health Law Section, Member 2007-2010), Women's Bar Association of
Massachusetts (Member 2007-2010), South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston
(Board Member 2007-2010), South Asian Bar Association of Houston (Board Member 2
010-2011), Houston Bar Association (Member 2010-2011), & Network of South Asian
Professionals (Member 2008-2010).
Foreign Languages
Fluent in Hindi.
Conversational in French.

Resume Addendum: Select Deloitte & Touche, LLP Experience

Client: National Retirement Community
Duration: 2 Weeks
Primary Project Goal: To perform a record review in order to assess and quantify
Medicare billing compliance.
Specific Role: Project team member who assisted in development of excel spreadsh
eets to support the data analysis and deliverables that were worked on and compl
eted by myself and other project team members.
Client: National Hospital System
Duration: 2 Months
Primary Project Goal: To help the client integrate new compliance evaluation sof
tware in each of the provider's member institutions as well as at the corporate
offices.
Specific Role: Project team member who assisted in troubleshooting issues with t
he software and was solely responsible for the development of guidance documents
to help client's personnel in using the software as intended.
Client: National Cancer Center
Duration: 2 Weeks
Primary Project Goal: To audit billing records from 2002-2007 in order to calcul
ate overpayments and underpayments caused by physician billing errors.
Specific Role: Project team member who provided quality assurance of the final r
eport for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
Client: Regional Dialysis Provider
Duration: 1 Month
Primary Project Goal: To conduct a due diligence review of the facility to deter
mine whether the Deloitte client, a national dialysis provider, would proceed wi
th acquiring the facility.
Specific Role: Project team member who participated in the interviews of key fac
ility personnel and audited select billing records to determine accuracy of bill
ing and coding functions.
Client: Multi-National Life Sciences Corporation
Duration: 1 Month
Primary Project Goal: To restructure the regulatory functions of the corporation
in the US and update all regulatory records at one of client's facilities prior
to closing the regulatory department there and bringing all records online in a
central location.
Specific Role: Project team member who completed and verified the client's produ
ct registration list in order to ensure that all products manufactured or whose
licenses were maintained at the facility were accounted for. The task required i
nterfacing with regulatory personnel worldwide to update the relevant informatio
n and verify that information was being kept in compliance with applicable laws
and regulations.
Client: Multi-National Life Sciences Corporation
Duration: 5 Months
Primary Project Goal: To oversee the transition of hard copy regulatory records
to electronic format by coordinating between the client and the vendor hired to
carry out the conversion process. The engagement required facilitating negotiati
ons between the client's procurement department and prospective vendors and ensu
ring that all information transmitted was clear and met the standards of the pro
ject.
Specific Role: Project lead that was solely responsible for performing the funct
ions described in the Primary Project Goal.
Client: Multi-National Pharmaceutical Corporation
Duration: 2 Weeks
Primary Project Goal: To research applicable international standards on trial ma
ster file ("TMF") admissibility and develop a powerpoint deck in order to presen
t the information to the client. The TMF is an extremely large document that inc
ludes information such as trial data collected under Good Clinical Practice ("GC
P"), information on the investigators, their signatures, and other information t
hat is used to develop the electronic Common Technical Document ("eCTD").
Specific Role: Project team member who was solely responsible for completing the
work mentioned in the Primary Project Goal.
Client: National Health Care Provider
Duration: 1.5 Months
Primary Project Goal: To validate regulatory reference materials developed by th
e institution as well as forms used when evaluating patients during case managem
ent activities against state and federal regulations and guidelines. A report wa
s prepared at the conclusion of the engagement with observations and recommendat
ions.
Specific Role: Project team member who was solely responsible for completing the
work mentioned in the Primary Project Goal.
Client: Multi-National Life Sciences Corporation
Duration: 3 Weeks
Primary Project Goal: To help the corporation re-design its global corporate com
pliance program.
Specific Role: Project team member who aided in the drafting of interview questi
ons for key compliance personnel, participated in the interviews of these employ
ees, managed day-to-day administrative tasks, and drafted deliverables as requir
ed.
Client: National Hospital System
Duration: 3 Weeks
Primary Project Goal: To audit the grant management process at one of the hospit
al system's facilities.
Specific Role: Project team member who participated in, and sometimes led, inter
views with hospital personnel who had significant roles in relation to the grant
management process. The hospital receives and manages multiple grants each year
, and these grants are assigned to a variety of departments and programs. I also
communicated (via memoranda and conference calls) information gathered during t
he interviews and through research to senior personnel, who used the information
to advise the hospital about risk areas in the grant management process and cor
rective action that could be taken.
Client: National Hospital System
Duration: 2 Weeks
Primary Project Goal: To evaluate the coding and billing functions at physician
practices affiliated with the hospital system and advise the compliance departme
nt on the risk areas found during the course of interviews and while observing o
ffice personnel responsible for coding and billing, including the physicians.
Specific Role: Project team member who participated in the interviews with key p
ersonnel and drafted the memorandum of findings for the hospital system's compli
ance department.