Overview

Devanshi Patel-Martin is a litigation associate in the Salt Lake City office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Before joining Kirkland, she served as a judicial clerk for Judge Micah W.J. Smith of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, and Justice Sabrina S. McKenna of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, as well as an extern for Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Prior to law school, Devanshi worked in the journalism and technology sectors, holding senior roles in editorial leadership, international business development and government partnerships across Asia and Africa.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Author, “Personal Jurisdiction in the Shadow of the First Amendment,” California Law Review, 2026

Press Mentions

Quoted, “Media Maven: Rising 3L Devanshi Patel-Martin’s Global Work Fuels New Student Group,” Berkeley Law News, August 2023

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2025Utah

Languages

  • English
  • Gujarati
  • Hindi
  • Spanish

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D.2024

    Commencement Speaker

    Supervising Editor, California Law Review

    American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law

    Dick M. Goehler Scholar

    Co-Founder, Mass Media at Berkeley Law

  • Stanford UniversityB.A., International Relationswith Honors2014

    Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law

    Recipient, Stanford University Award of Excellence

    Research Assistant, Professor Francis Fukuyama