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Holmes, Kayla

Kayla Holmes

Associate

New York Office

Kayla Holmes is an associate in KSF’s New York office and focuses primarily on securities litigation. Prior to joining KSF, Ms. Holmes worked at a plaintiffs’ law firm representing investors in federal securities class action lawsuits.

Ms. Holmes received her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2024. During law school, she was a Managing Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society and a Clinical Student Advocate in the University of Wisconsin Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic. Ms. Holmes also gained experience as an intern with the Investor Protection Bureau of the Office of the New York State Attorney General. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

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Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School, 2024, J.D.
  • University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2020, B.S.

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Vyas, Amrita

Amrita P. Vyas

Associate

New York Office
(504) 503-0550

Amrita P. Vyas is an associate in KSF’s  New York office. Her practice focuses on  securities and consumer protection litigation.  Prior to joining KSF, Ms. Vyas worked on transactional corporate, mergers & acquisitions, banking & finance, and securities law matters at Indian boutique law firms for close to five years.

Ms. Vyas earned her LL.M. with an emphasis in Business Law from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2025, where she received the Outstanding LLM Student Award. She obtained her B.L.S. LL.B. (2015) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Securities Law (2014) from Government Law College, Mumbai (India). At law school, she served as a member of the Student Editorial Board for the GLC Law Review, Vol. 8 and a student editor for the textbook ‘Environmental Law’ by Professor H.D. Pithawalla. 

Ms. Vyas is fluent in English and Hindi and conversational in Punjabi and Marwadi. Outside of work, she enjoys scrapbooking, cooking, and dabbling in planetary science.

Education

  • Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, 2025, LL.M.
  • Government Law College, 2015, B.L.S. LL.B.

Bar Admissions

  • State of California
  • State of Connecticut
  • Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (India)

Professional Affiliations

  • South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut

Gagnon, Samuel

Samuel M. Gagnon

Associate

New York Office
(504) 648-1852

Sam Gagnon is an associate in KSF’s New York office and focuses primarily on securities litigation. Prior to joining KSF, Mr. Gagnon worked at a consumer protection law firm representing individuals in federal class action lawsuits for claims of unfair, fraudulent, and deceptive acts and practices.

Mr. Gagnon received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2023, where he graduated with honors. While in law school, he was a member of the Moot Court Board, served as Notes and Comments Editor for the Connecticut Law Review, and was a judicial intern in the District of Connecticut for the Honorable Magistrate Judge S. Dave Vatti. Mr. Gagnon also completed the New York Pro Bono Scholars Program by interning at the Hartford Public Defender’s office representing indigent clients in bond arraignment hearings. Mr. Gagnon received his B.S. in business administration at Eastern Connecticut State University where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the baseball team.

Education

  • University of Connecticut School of Law, 2023, J.D.
  • Eastern Connecticut State University, 2020, B.S.

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Connecticut
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

Scott, Rhosean

Rhosean Scott is a staff attorney who focuses primarily on federal securities class action litigation.

Kuznicki, Daniel

Daniel Kuznicki, Of Counsel in KSF’s New York office focuses on securities litigation, representing shareholders in class actions concerning allegations of securities fraud and breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.

– Swick, Michael

Michael A. Swick is a co-founding partner of KSF and heads the firm’s case starting department, overseeing case evaluation and initiation in the firm’s securities, shareholder derivative and mergers & acquisitions practice groups.  Prior to founding KSF, Mr. Swick had a distinguished career working at several of the nation’s premiere class action litigation firms.

Miller, Kim

Kim E. Miller is a KSF partner who specializes in securities litigation and other complex class action litigation. Ms. Miller also supervises the New York City office of KSF. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Ms. Miller was a partner at one of the nation’s leading plaintiff class action firms.