Professional Bio:

Nisha R. Patel serves as the career law clerk to the Honorable Elizabeth L. Gunn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia. Prior to clerking, Nisha was a trial attorney with the United States Trustee Program in Richmond, Virginia, and the staff attorney for Kelly M. Barnhart, Chapter 13 Trustee for the Eastern District of Virginia (Norfolk and Newport News Divisions). A 2022 NCBJ Blackshear Fellow and 2020 recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s “40 Under 40,” Nisha also currently serves as the Chair of the IWIRC Virginia Network.