Overview

Julia-Françoise is an associate in the firm’s Business Litigation practice.  She completed a dual J.D./LL.M. program, where she received her J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and her LL.M. in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement from Sciences Po Law School (Paris, France). While at Sciences Po, Julia served on the editorial board for the Sciences Po Law Review and competed as an oralist of the 31st Willem C. Vis Moot team.

Julia-Françoise is an associate in the firm’s Business Litigation practice.  She completed a dual J.D./LL.M. program, where she received her J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and her LL.M. in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement from Sciences Po Law School (Paris, France). While at Sciences Po, Julia served on the editorial board for the Sciences Po Law Review and competed as an oralist of the 31st Willem C. Vis Moot team.

Top areas of focus

  • RAICES Legal Translation Volunteer
  • Legal intern, ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICA9), May 2023-July 2023
  • Legal intern, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), January 2023-April 2023
  • Legal extern, Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE Institute), 2022-2023
  • Legal intern, Center for Hope & Safety, Rochelle Park, N.J., July 2022-August 2022
  • Legal intern, Embassy of France in the United States (justice attaché), Washington, D.C., June 2022-July 2022
  • Judicial intern, Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County Vicinage, May 2018-August 2018

Education

  • Sciences Po Law School, LL.M. in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement, 2025, editorial board, Sciences Po Law Review
  • Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., 2024, Dean’s Merit Scholar
  • New York University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2021, Phi Beta Kappa; varsity athlete, NYU women’s NCAA soccer team, international relations and French

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Pennsylvania

Languages

  • French
  • “11th Circuit, Sitting En Banc, Looks at Vacating an Int’l Arbitration Award under the FAA,” International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR).
  • “Eleventh Circuit Joins Its Colleagues on the Standards for Vacating an Int’l Arbitration Award,” International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR).