Our Team

Serena Barish

Paralegal

Serena Barish is a paralegal who helps run the day-to-day operations of the firm, including client correspondence, case briefing, management, filing, and other general firm maintenance. Ms. Barish graduated from Georgetown University in 2025 with a B.A. in American Studies. As a student, she was highly involved in reproductive justice causes – helping lead on-campus organizing, working as an intern at the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, and writing her senior thesis...Read more.

Janki Bhatt

Paralegal

Janki Bhatt is a paralegal who helps run the day-to-day operations of the firm, including client correspondence, case briefing, management, filing, and other general firm maintenance. Ms. Bhatt graduated from Boston University in 2023 with a B.A. in English and Political Science. During her time at BU, she extensively studied international law and legal frameworks at BU's Center on Forced Displacement along with a renowned Pakistani public-interest attorney, the Center's...Read more.

Randy Chen

Senior Counsel

Randy Chen is an experienced litigator whose work focuses on fighting to protect the rights of workers and consumers. Prior to joining M&R, Randy served as the Assistant Chief of the D.C. Office of the Attorney General’s Workers’ Rights & Antifraud Section. At DCOAG, Randy played a founding role in starting up the office’s wage theft enforcement practice...Read more.

Isha Doshi

Associate

Isha Doshi began as a summer associate at the firm, handling client communication, drafting motions, and performing legal research. Ms. Doshi graduated law school from The University of Texas School of Law, where she immersed herself in activities to further her passion for public interest litigation. She was Staff Editor for the Texas Journal of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and was selected to participate in the Hutcheson Moot Court competition. She also served...Read more.

Ruby Drizin-Kahn is a paralegal who helps run the day-to-day operations of the office, including client correspondence, case filing, and general firm management. Ms. Drizin-Kahn graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 2021 (B.A. in Political Science with a Concentration in Political Theory; B.A. in Spanish). While a student, she volunteered with several campus organizations supporting marginalized populations in the Nashville metropolitan area. She...Read more.

Saran Q. Edwards primarily focuses on data privacy cases at M&R, but she also assists in other practice areas. Joining the firm in January 2024, Mrs. Edwards brings with her a diverse legal background and over a decade of civil litigation experience. Mrs. Edwards Graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from Temple University in 2005. She went on to earn her juris doctorate from The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 2011. During her time in...Read more.

Bryan Faubus

Senior Counsel

Bryan Faubus' work focuses on data privacy, mass tort, and defective product litigation on behalf of consumers. Mr. Faubus has extensive class action litigation experience in courts across the United States and assists the Firm in litigating class actions from inception to settlement. Since he joined the Firm in 2018, Mr. Faubus has contributed to many of the Firm's successful cases and obtained substantial recoveries for numerous individuals harmed by corporate malfeasance. Prior to...Read more.

Jessica Read Franchock is a paralegal who helps run the day-to-day operations of the office, including client correspondence, case filing, and general firm management. Ms. Franchock graduated summa cum laude from Loyola University Maryland in 2024 (B.S. in Political Science and Biology). During college, her studies primarily focused on the study of ecology and conservation, as well as on political theory and law. While a student, Ms. Franchock worked as a volunteer to raise...Read more.

Allison Hunt

Paralegal

Allison Hunt is a paralegal who helps run the day-to-day operations of the firm, including client correspondence, case briefing, management, filing, and other general firm maintenance. Allison graduated from McNeese State University in 2022, earning a degree in Human Resource Management with minors in Political Science, History, and Psychology. During her college years, she was selected for Louisiana’s Fellowship program gaining valuable experience in the First Lady’s Office...Read more.

Jane Manwarring

Associate

Jane Manwarring joined the firm as an Associate in April 2025. Prior to joining the firm, Jane worked as a Housing Staff Attorney with Bread for the City for two and a half years. As a Housing Staff Attorney, she represented tenants sued for eviction in the D.C. Superior Court. In this role, she advocated for tenants through all states of litigation, including pre-trial negotiations, filing and arguing motions, issuing discovery requests and responses, and preparing for trial....Read more.

Nicholas A Migliaccio is a founding partner of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP. He has been practicing for over 20 years and litigates across the firm’s practice areas that include representing as a plaintiff's counsel in class and collective actions for wage and hour violations, civil rights violations, defective products, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. He has successfully prosecuted numerous noteworthy class and mass action cases over the course of his career and has been appointed...Read more.

Bruno Ortega-Toledo began as a paralegal with the firm, handling the day-to-day operations of the office, including talking to clients, drafting motions, and performing legal research. Mr. Ortega is now an attorney pending admission involved in all of the firm’s practice areas, from wage & hour cases, consumer protection litigation, to data breach matters. He now contributes to the firm’s motions practice by researching legal issues and drafting briefs...Read more.

Jason S. Rathod is a founding partner of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP and an accomplished plaintiff-side class action lawyer, particularly in the areas of consumer protection, defective products, and data privacy. Mr. Rathod has been appointed to leadership teams in some of the most high-profile cases in the country. In In Re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation, he was among a small group of lawyers appointed...Read more.

Matthew Smith

Of Counsel

Matthew (Matt) is Of Counsel to the firm's consumer and civil rights practices. He joined M&R after practicing with nationally recognized plaintiffs' firms based in Washington D.C. and the San Francisco Bay Area. Previous successes include an $18 million trial judgment on behalf of a class of retired steelworkers, as well as contributions to antitrust, civil rights, and employee benefits cases that have resulted in substantial settlements and judgments in favor of the class...Read more.