ATTORNEY PROFILE

JAYESH PATEL - jpatel@pumilia.com

Jayesh Patel is a partner of Pumilia Patel & Adamec LLP, and practices in general litigation with  a focus on: complex commercial disputes; corporate litigation; partnership, corporate and law firm risk management and errors and omissions; securities and broker-dealer errors and omissions; construction defects; and appeals. Mr. Patel has also served as general corporate counsel, and has acted as a member of the Board of Advisors to several start-up technology companies.

Mr. Patel graduated Cum Laude, with a Bachelors degree in Finance, from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984, where he also obtained his law degree in 1987.  While at Boalt Hall, Mr. Patel served as the Associate Editor and then the Programs Director of the Ecology Law Quarterly, and received a Moot Court Commendation.

Mr. Patel is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before all of the state courts in California, the States District Courts of California (Central and Northern), and Hawaii, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He has tried significant jury and non-jury trials, and judicial and non-judicial arbitrations in professional liability, commercial and securities cases.  Mr. Patel has acted as outside general counsel for a number of private and public companies, with a primary focus on business strategies, and developing the legal solutions to basic governance and administration issues, as well as specialized projects, including intellectual property and licensing issues for technology projects.  Mr. Patel has assisted companies in developing capitalization strategies and in negotiating strategic alliances.  He has briefed and argued numerous non-published appeals in state courts, and two published Court of Appeals decisions.

Mr. Patel has been listed among the California "Super Lawyers" (Los Angeles Magazine 2005, 2006 and 2007) (www.superlawyers.com), and has co-authored Expert Grilling, Los Angeles Lawyer (November 2001) (with David B. Parker and William K. Mills).

Mr. Patel is a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and a founding member of the former Indian American Lawyers Association in Los Angeles.  Mr. Patel has also served as a Member of the International Board of Directors for the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO).