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Kayla Chen joined Selendy Gay after earning her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. During her first year at Selendy Gay, she was part of multiple case teams, including the team that represented 1.7 million account holders who used a cryptocurrency platform before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Selendy Gay, along with the Tennessee Justice Center, National Health Law Program, and National Center for Law and Economic Justice, secured a sweeping ruling that TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid program, violates the Constitution and federal law.

Selendy Gay and Delaware co-counsel Ross Aronstam & Moritz secured a very significant trial victory on behalf of the former stockholders of Auris Health, Inc (represented by Fortis Advisors) in their long-running earnout dispute with Johnson & Johnson. Following a January trial, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision awarding more than $1 billion in damages for J&J’s breach of contract, breach of implied covenant, and fraud. The 145-page decision constitutes the most important precedent and largest award in Delaware history in an earnout case.

Temidayo Aganga-Williams was a featured guest on the WAOK Morning Show, an Atlanta news show, to discuss his work on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Transgender South Carolinians and their families are suing the state of South Carolina to block enforcement of a ban on gender-affirming healthcare.

In a significant pro bono victory, Selendy Gay obtained asylum for a transgender woman who fled to the U.S. after experiencing persecution in her home country, the Dominican Republic, due to her gender identity and sexual orientation.

Selendy Gay filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the appeal of the voting rights case United States v. Paxton.

Three unions that represent faculty at Florida universities filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging Florida Senate Bill 266, which gives politically appointed university presidents final decision-making authority over discipline, termination and other personnel matters relating to Florida university faculty.

Partner Temidayo Aganga-Williams was featured in the documentary “Investigating Trump, Project 2025, and the Future of the United States” produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Television.

Selendy Gay PLLC, together with its partners the Student Borrower Protection Center and the National Consumer Law Center, today filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (“MOHELA”) on behalf of the American Federation of Teachers (“AFT”), its members, and the general public whose federal student loans were assigned to MOHELA.