Drawing on her government experience, Lila advises on regulatory compliance, enforcement, and litigation.

Before joining Beveridge & Diamond, Lila served as a Legal Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy. She played a key role in defending the agency’s natural gas regulatory program from administrative and federal court challenges, advised on clean energy tax credits, and supported enforcement actions. She also prepared agency officials for congressional hearings and briefings. Prior to that, Lila practiced as a litigation associate for a law firm in New York City. Lila clerked for the Honorable Karin J. Immergut of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

In law school, Lila was the Executive Forum Editor for the Columbia Law Review. Before law school, she was a Presidential Management Fellow at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where she contributed to consumer finance regulations and policy development.