About Shalini
Shalini Natesan practices law across several state lines. She is admitted in the District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Those jurisdictions frame a practice that spans commercial work, regulatory matters and issues that commonly arise in automotive retail.
Her academic background began in Canada. She earned an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University in 2003. She then completed a J.D. in Business Law at Albany Law School in 2006. The combination of commerce and a business law degree shaped an early interest in the legal side of business operations.
Her career path moves between private practice and roles inside industry. In 2006 she held a manager position at EY. Later she returned to law practice in a series of firm roles. She worked as a lawyer at Mack & Associates, PLLC in 2014. In 2019 she appears in two firm capacities: as an associate at Barclay Damon LLP and as a lawyer at Lemery Greisler LLC. Most recently she joined The Towne Law Office, P.C. as a lawyer in 2021. The entry and exit dates show a professional who has worked in both larger firm environments and smaller practices.
Her memberships and volunteer work offer clues about the topics that occupy her calendar. She serves as president of the Albany County Bar Foundation, a role she began in 2023. She is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar since 2023. National Association of Dealer Counsel and the Eastern New York Coalition of Automotive Retailers appear among her professional affiliations, which align with dealer counsel and automotive retail issues. She also volunteers as a Big Sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region. Those activities reflect a mix of bar leadership, industry involvement and community mentoring.
Colleagues and clients who work with her see a lawyer who moves between transactional, regulatory and industry-specific problems. Her business law training informs contract work and corporate questions. Her association memberships tie her to legal issues that affect auto dealers and related retail operations. She maintains an active practice at The Towne Law Office, P.C., where she handles matters involving automotive retail, dealer counsel issues and commercial law.
