Engagement #1: Jeana Patel

Jeana Patel is a Director of Legal Recruitment at Special Counsel. Originally from California, Jeana is licensed in both California and Texas and practiced primarily family law and business litigation in both Southern California and Austin before joining Special Counsel as a legal recruiter. She recruits and places candidates to fill temporary, temporary to hire, and direct hire attorneys, paralegals, and other legal professional positions for a variety of law firms and corporate clients in the Greater Austin area.  Jeana also frequently works with law firms and corporations to ensure their staffing, recruiting, and employment needs are met.
Jeana obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego and her JD from California Western School of Law. Jeana is also a member of the Austin Young Lawyers Association and the Austin Bar Association, and served as a member of the AYLA 2017 Leadership Academy Class. In addition to serving on the Travis County Women Lawyer’s Association Board of Directors, Jeana also serves on the South Asian Bar Association Board of Directors. In her free time Jeana enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, and running around after her 2 young boys.


Fun fact: Jeana has dual citizenship with the US and the UK. Her parents were born in England!​

Engagement #2: Aartika Maniktala 

Aartika Maniktala represents early- and late-stage technology companies and investors in incorporation, preferred stock financings, and Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) financings. In this role, she negotiates terms, manages the due diligence process, drafts schedules, performs the legal opinion backup process, and conducts closings. In addition, she advises clients on corporate governance issues.
Aartika devotes significant time to pro bono work. Her recent cases have included assisting a nonprofit with its application for tax-exempt status and drafting motions alleging violations of the California Racial Justice Act.
While attending the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Aartika was a legal intern for Gusto and completed a legal externship for the California Department of Justice. She was also a staff member for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
Fun Fact: ​I recently moved to Austin from the Bay Area where I’d spent most of my life. 

Engagement #3: Rosann Mariappuram​

Engagement #3 will be held Oct. 12th!