Hyatt Mustefa is a senior associate at Hecker Fink LLP.
Hyatt joined the firm after completing a clerkship with the Honorable Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York. She previously worked as an associate at an international law firm, where she represented multinational financial institutions and individuals in commercial litigation as well as white collar criminal investigations and regulatory enforcement actions. Hyatt also served as a Special Assistant to the First Deputy Attorney General of the New York State Office of the Attorney General in an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by a public official.
While in law school, Hyatt externed at the Center for Constitutional Rights and interned at the Brennan Center for Justice. Earlier in her career, she worked as an Investigative Analyst at the New York County District Attorney’s Office in the Major Economic Crimes Bureau.
Hyatt received her J.D. from Stanford Law School. As a law student, she participated in the International Human Rights Clinic and the Rwanda Legal Education Project. She was Community Action Chair of the Black Law Students Association and an Ernest Houston Johnson Scholars Mentor. Hyatt received her A.B. from Harvard University, where she worked as a research assistant at the Hutchins Center W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, and served as Vice President of the Association of Black Harvard Women.
Hyatt currently serves on the Advisory Committee for the Door, a youth services organization that empowers young people in New York City through legal services, health and counseling services, housing support, and more.