Ms. Patel graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, DC in 2007 with a BA in Political Science. From 2007-2008, she was a paralegal at Lerman Senter in Washington DC focusing on Media and Telecommunications law. Once moving to San Francisco in 2008, Ms. Patel remained a paralegal and worked at Cooper White and Cooper from 2008-2010 in their Corporate Formation, Estate Planning, and Tax Practice Area. While in law school, Ms. Patel interned at various San Francisco firms, including the Schinner Law Group, focusing on Corporate formations, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Labor/Employment and Tax law. As well as, Luizzi, Murphy, Solomon, and Aikins, where she gained experience in Personal Injury, Employment, and Contract law. Currently, Ms. Patel is a 3L at California Western School of Law in San Diego.