Pragya’s practice focuses on civil litigation and criminal law.
Overview
Civil Litigation
Pragya represents individuals, businesses, and public entities in a wide array of disputes in state courts and arbitration proceedings. She has experience assisting with motions, discovery review, and case analysis across a range of matters.
Criminal Law
Pragya assists BHGR’s Criminal Law Group in representing clients in all stages of criminal proceedings, including pre-filing, discovery, trial sentencing, record sealing, expungement, appeals, and post-conviction matters.
Education + Admissions
Education
L.L.M. (U.S. Law), University of Colorado Law School
BBM-LLB, Kathmandu University School of Law
At the Kathmandu University School of Law, Pragya was elected as Student Council Vice-President. She also participated in the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court (National Champion (2022); Top 90 International rounds), the US-Nepal Moot Court (2019), and the Bharat Raj Upreti Arbitration Moot Court (2018).
Admissions
- Colorado
Languages
- English
- Nepali
- Hindi
Associations
- Colorado Bar Association
- Colorado Women’s Bar Association
- South Asian Bar Association of Colorado
Publications + Presentations
Pragya Panta, Trial by Media: Hindrance to Justice, Juris Centre Review, Vol. 2, Issue 2, January 25, 2022.
Pragya Panta, Media Needs to be Judicious, Lokantar News, April 28, 2019, https://english.lokaantar.com/news/detail/12995/.
Pragya Panta, Post Local Polls: Possibility of Magical Change Without Civility, República, June 1, 2022, https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/post-local-polls-possibility-of-magical-change-without-civility.
Pragya Panta, Farmers by Day and Fighters by Night: A Study with Special Reference to Maoist Insurgency in Nepal, International Journal for Legal Research and Analysis, ISSN [2582-6433], Volume 2, Issue 5, February 2022,
https://juriscentre.com/volume-2-issue-1/.
Out + About
Outside of the office, Pragya enjoys playing the sitar, dancing, celebrating Nepali festivals and spending time with family and friends.
