Miatta Dabo

Dewey & Leboeuf LLP

Miatta Dabo was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  She received a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from Morgan State University and graduated magna cum laude from University of Baltimore Law School in 2001 where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Intellectual Property Law Journal and a member of the Law Review Journal.  She clerked for the Honorable Judge Ellen Hollander of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and the Honorable Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Maryland.  She previously worked at Veneable LLP in commercial litigagtion.  In 2006, Miatta joined Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, as an associate in the White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations Group, International Arbitration and International Litigation Groups.  Miatta is also a certified public accountant, writer, mentor and human rights activist (with Amnesty International, Children International, Equality NOW, and Feed the Children, among others).  In her free time, Miatta combines her love of traveling and fashion design to design jewelry and accessories for her boutique - Boutique MIX, and helps to raise money for the victims of civil wars around the world on her blog - www.rebuildingsierraleoneonechildatatime.blogspot.com.