The New York-bred lawyer goes back to his native Kosova and plays an instrumental legal role in its Declaration of Independence.
Vedat Gashi is more than an attorney working in New York City—he’s a key legal figure in Kosova’s Declaration of Independence.
Born in Baran i Eperm, Kosova, Gashi and his family immigrated to United States in 1983. He quickly completed his studies at Connecticut College—where he later served on the Board of Trustees as a young alumni trustee—and earned a law degree from Seton Hall Law School, where he was a research assistant to Professor Paula Franzese and Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.