Sweta Patel

Sweta Patel is a litigation attorney and partner at Bruckheim & Patel, whose practice includes criminal defense, civil litigation, family law, and personal injury matters. She represents clients facing allegations ranging from DUI, assault, and drug trafficking to robbery, sexual abuse, and homicide charges. Ms. Patel also handles constitutional rights claims against police departments and assists college students during Title IX investigations and administrative hearings. Her work includes pre-charge investigations, grand jury matters, trials, appeals, and other proceedings carrying serious personal, academic, or legal consequences.

Ms. Patel earned her J.D. from St. Thomas University School of Law. During law school, she served as symposium editor of the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review, received honors in legal writing and trial advocacy, worked as a certified legal intern with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, and interned for the Honorable Maxine Cohen Lando. She earned her B.S., cum laude, from Florida State University. She is admitted in the District of Columbia and Florida and before federal courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Ms. Patel practiced criminal defense in the District of Columbia and Florida, representing adults and juveniles charged with misdemeanors and felonies before entering her current role. She also served as an assistant public defender in Washington, DC, where she gained trial experience in cases involving attempted murder, sexual assault, firearms, drug trafficking, burglary, robbery, and DUI. Her official profile states that she has handled more than 5,000 cases, conducted over 200 depositions, filed more than 500 motions, and obtained over 500 dismissals.

Sweta Patel has served as an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law since 2020, teaching pretrial civil litigation in its Trial Advocacy Program. She also presents continuing legal education seminars through the District of Columbia Bar and teaches annual programs on DUI and grand jury practice. Her recognitions include National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40 honors, an Avvo rating of 10, and repeated Super Lawyers recognition. Ms. Patel also serves on the Criminal Justice Act panel and has participated in its selection committee since 2022.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Bruckheim & Patel
• Member, Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Member, The Florida Bar

Licensed State

• District of Columbia
• Florida

Education

• St. Thomas University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Florida State University
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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