Nilesh Patel ’02 has been chosen to join the professional staff of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Career Services Office as a career advisor, beginning January 3, 2006.

Patel is a 1995 graduate of the University of California-Berkeley, and a 2002 graduate of the UW Law School. His undergraduate degree was in political economy with an emphasis in human resources management. 

After his law school graduation, Patel practiced with a small Madison firm
focusing on labor and employment law and municipal law. In 2004-05, he practiced as a pension rights attorney at the Elder Law Center in Madison. Since 2003, Patel has been a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Diversity Outreach Committee and its Minority Clerkship Program subcommittee.

As a law student, Patel had summer clerkships at Whyte Hirschboeck in Milwaukee and at Littler Mendelson's San Francisco office. He also participated in the Law School’s clinical Legal Defense Program.

Assistant Dean Jane Heymann, Director of the Office of Career Services, comments, “I know that Nilesh’s background and experience will make him an excellent career advisor to our students. I look forward to welcoming him to the office at the start of the new year.”

Submitted by on December 7, 2005

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