ATTORNEY PROFILE

KUSH DESAI - kdesai@pumilia.com

Kush Desai is an associate attorney with Pumilia Patel & Adamec, LLP, focusing his practice on both corporate transactions and general litigation.

Mr. Desai is a cum laude graduate of the American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the Administrative Law Review. Mr. Desai completed his undergraduate education at the University of Southern California, where he received Order of the Troy and Renaissance Scholar distinctions.

Mr. Desai gained valuable transactional experience prior to joining Pumilia Patel & Adamec, LLP, working for the Washington, D.C. office of Thompson Coburn, LLP, where he was intimately involved in a loan guarantee transaction valued at over $100 million, on behalf of the United States Export-Import Bank. Additionally, Mr. Desai has extensive experience in real estate and corporate transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, entity formation, and lease agreements.

Mr. Desai's extensive litigation experience includes his work for Hohmann, Taube & Summers, LLP, and internships with the Honorable Reggie B. Walton, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the Honorable Valerie Adair, Clark County District Court, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mr. Desai is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of California, and South Asian Bar Association.

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