Rakesh Patel is an immigration attorney. He is the founding partner and the managing partner at Patel Law Group, based in Irving, Texas.
Patel Law Group is a boutique law firm providing legal advice to local, regional, and international clients.
Patel spearheads the firm’s immigration practice. His primary focus lies in business immigration, particularly in EB-5 investments. He has assisted immigrants and investors worldwide in securing visas and green cards through the EB-5 process. His immigration practice, however, extends beyond EB-5 to encompass both employment-based and family-based immigration. As general counsel for U.S. companies, he manages diverse immigration needs, including H-1B applications, green card processes, L-1 applications, in-house audits, investor visas, and more.
Patel earned a degree in international business with a minor in legal studies from the University of Oklahoma. He later obtained both a JD and an international master’s in business administration from the University of Denver.
Patel has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 2005. He is also a member of the Real Estate Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association; the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas; the American Immigration Lawyers Association; the Dallas Young Lawyers Association; and the Great Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
He speaks English and Gujarati.