Hina Chheda

Hina Chheda is a Briefing Attorney who is part of the Personal Injury and Mass/Toxic Torts team. Hina focuses her practice on using the law in innovative ways to find justice for her clients at the trial and appellate level in state and federal courts across the nation. Her genuine care and compassion make her an invaluable asset to her clients and her colleagues.

Before joining Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP, Hina worked as an Associate Briefing Attorney for a nationally recognized firm based in Dallas, Texas that specializes in representing mesothelioma victims and their families. While she gained experience advocating for her clients wrongfully exposed to asbestos in a variety of settings, Hina’s practice specialized in critical motion practice (discovery, dispositive motions, pre-trial motions, post-trial motions) in cases involving consumers exposed to products containing talc with asbestos impurities. 

Before that experience, Hina spent nearly a decade as a briefing attorney with the Federal Public Defender’s office in San Antonio, Texas. Hina handled trial, appellate, and post-conviction briefing on a variety of cases, including death penalty cases. In 2017, she worked on a Supreme Court case, Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1897, challenging the standard of review for a miscalculation of the sentencing guidelines prejudicing her client. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she spearheaded and managed compassionate release petitions in the Western District of Texas on behalf of at-risk inmates. To recognize her exemplary and vital work, she was awarded the Lucien B. Campbell Award for Exemplary Public Interest Service. 

Hina is known for her diligent investigation, research and writing skills. Using her innate sense of justice, Hina gains an understanding of the facts, investigates until no stone is left unturned and crafts legal arguments that are novel, effective and compelling. 

Hina graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Social Work and earned her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law where she advocated for battered and abused immigrants through the school’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. Hina is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas, Western District of Texas, and the U.S. Supreme Court.