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Shukan Patel

Associate

Orange County

t: (949) 223-1170

d: (949) 255-2506

e: spatel@awattorneys.com

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Bio

Shukan Patel is an Associate at Aleshire & Wynder. He works on cases representing public agencies in appellate proceedings before the California Courts of Appeal, litigating such cases in the areas of land use, housing, and tax law. He helped litigate the case of City of Redondo Beach, et al. v. Rob Bonta, et al., which held Senate Bill 9 to be unconstitutional. Shukan has also filed a Petition for Review on behalf of a public agency to the California Supreme Court, and Amicus Briefs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and to the United States Supreme Court.

He currently serves as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Cerritos, Assistant Special Counsel for the San Diego Housing Commission, and Assistant General Counsel for the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino.

Shukan earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he was awarded the Masin Family Academic Excellence Gold Award for earning the highest grade in Local Government Law. While attending law school, Shukan gained broad legal experience by serving as a judicial extern for the Hon. John Kronstadt in the United States District Court for the Central District of California and as a Managing Editor for UCLA Law Review. Shukan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, with minors in Asian Languages and Public Affairs, summa cum laude and with College Honors from UCLA. 

 

  • Assisted in securing a $45 million settlement for past due taxes owed to a City client by one of the nation’s largest oil refiners.
  • Successfully litigated before the California Court of Appeal that the Government Claims Act does not preempt local administrative remedies in taxing schemes in a case that is now pending before the California Supreme Court.
  • Litigation in major real estate development/environmental law case involving claims of more than $80 million against a City client. Assisted in settlement that resulted in no payment by the City and secured future rights to property for the City.
  • Successfully litigated before the California Court of Appeal that City client complied with Brown Act requirements in considering election matter in closed session.
  • Prevailed at trial on a CEQA lawsuit brought against City’s approval of an Infill Exemption for a proposed 74,000 square foot medical office building.

Assistant City Attorney:

  • City of Cerritos

Assistant Counsel:

  • Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino

  • San Diego Housing Commission

  • State Bar of California

  • US District Court, Central District of California

  • US District Court, Eastern District of California

  • US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

  • Co-presenter to Orange County City Attorneys Association on municipal rights to sue State of California (Nov. 2025)

  • University of CA, Los Angeles, School of Law, JD, 2022

  • UCLA, BA, summa cum laude, 2019