JD Career Advisor
E-mail: nileshpatel@wisc.edu
Telephone: (608)262-8554
Office: Room 3221K, Law School
Education:
B.A. - Political Economy of Industrial Societies, UC Berkeley (1995)
J.D. - University of Wisconsin Law School (2002)
Teaching Areas:
Employment Law
Biography
Nilesh joined the Career Services Office in December 2005 and provides career
counseling and job searching advice to students and alumni. Nilesh graduated from the University
of California at Berkeley in 1995 with a B.A. in Political Economy and from
the University of Wisconsin Law School with a J.D. in 2002.
Following
graduation, he joined the offices of Hazelbaker and Russell, LLP, focusing on
municipal law, labor and employment and litigation from January 2003 to July
2004. In July 2004 he started his own practice, Mahadev Law Group, focusing
on labor and employment law issues. At the same time, he joined the Elder
Law Center, where he assisted retirees and their spouses in locating and obtaining
employer-sponsored retirement benefits.
Nilesh maintains his law practice and is an active member of the State Bar of Wisconsin. He is currently the Chair of the Communications Committee, which serves as the Editorial Board for the Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine. Nilesh has been a member of the Communications Committee since 2007 and he also served on the Diversity Outreach Committee from 2003 - 2008.
Nilesh's teaching and research interests are in Employment Law issues. He has taught a skills based seminar, Employment Law Counseling & Preventive HR, for students interested in learning how to advise business clients on employment related problems. In 2007, he received the Honorable Charles Dunn Award for an article, Dividing the Retirement Nest Egg at Divorce: Properly Dividing Pension Benefits, in the Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine.
