He primarily defends tenants in eviction proceedings in Brooklyn, where he also grew-up. Nakeeb started with The Legal Aid Society as a Staff Attorney in 2011. He was previously a litigation associate at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP and was a law clerk from 2006 to 2008 to the Honorable Deborah A. Batts, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York. Nakeeb graduated from Swarthmore College in 2001, and from Fordham University School of Law in 2006.