Biography

Mr. Patel has been intimately involved in and led the defense of numerous nationwide and multi-state putative class actions, and he is directly involved in all aspects of these and other cases, ranging from discovery and dispositive motions to settlement and case resolution. He has assisted with the representation of clients across various industries, including consumer products, investment banking, healthcare, insurance, media and entertainment, oil and gas, and energy.
Mr. Patel has been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” since 2016 and as a “Top Rated Class Action & Mass Torts Attorney in Miami, FL” since 2018. In 2020, he was honored as one of just 25 recipients of Daily Business Review’s “On the Rise” award, which recognizes attorneys under 40 years of age for their early-career accomplishments.
Some of Mr. Patel’s recent notable experience includes serving on Weil teams representing:
- Dometic, a major manufacturer of gas absorption refrigerators, in securing summary judgment and defeating class certification, as well as transfer and consolidation victories prior to those case dispositive rulings, in numerous putative nationwide consumer class actions in Florida and California federal courts alleging that the cooling units in several models of Dometic’s refrigerators purportedly contained a latent defect.
- Repsol, a global energy company, in complex environmental litigation concerning liabilities associated with the pollution and clean-up of the Passaic River in New Jersey, which involved, amongst a host of others, claims of “alter ego” and fraudulent conveyance. Mr. Patel and the Weil team first secured a victory defeating all claims involving more than $1 billion in damages, and then won summary judgment upholding Repsol’s $65 million counterclaim.
- Nortek, a global manufacturer of HVAC systems, in multiple putative class actions in Florida and Tennessee federal courts alleging that Nortek failed to disclose defects in its air conditioning equipment. Mr. Patel and the Weil team obtained the denial of plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in the Florida case, as well as the dismissal of all claims, with prejudice, in the Tennessee case.
- UnitedHealth Group in the successful defense of multi-billion dollar RICO and related conspiracy claims brought by a nationwide class of 700,000 doctors.
- Various creditors and debtors in significant chapter 11 bankruptcies and related litigation, including Claire’s Stores, Westinghouse Electric, and Lehman Brothers Holdings.
Mr. Patel also is actively involved in the Firm’s pro bono initiatives and in the local community, and has achieved nationally recognized results in these engagements. Notable among these are: his representation of members of the Humane Society of the United States in a nationwide putative class action challenging the sales of puppies from “puppy mills”; and his representation of members of the Florida Immigrant Coalition and WeCount!, amongst others, in a putative class action challenging the constitutionality of Miami-Dade County’s practice of compliance with voluntary detainer requests by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to hold individuals for up to 48 hours after they are entitled to lawful release. Mr. Patel also dedicates his time as the Director of Children and Youth Activities for B.A.P.S. In this role, he leads and oversees a team of individuals from across North America that organizes and prepares, amongst a multitude of other materials, projects and events, weekly education curriculum, national and regional summer camps, and parenting education curriculum used in the over 85 B.A.P.S. centers across North America. These materials, projects, and events provide youths and parents with leadership, diversity, and academic training and assistance, as well as educate them about topics such as healthy living and avoiding destructive decisions.
Mr. Patel is the Associate Editor of Weil’s quarterly Class Action Monitor, Co-Chair of the Discovery Strategies subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Mass Torts Committee, and a member of the Florida Bar and the Dade County Bar Association. Mr. Patel received his B.A. from the University of Miami, where he majored in political science and graduated summa cum laude in 2009. He was also tapped into Iron Arrow while at the University. Mr. Patel received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2012, where he was an Edith Lowenstein Scholar and a Caplan Fellow.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Pravin Patel Recognized as “Top Rated Class Action & Mass Tort Attorney” in Miami, FL Award Brief — Super Lawyers
- Pravin Patel Recognized as a Florida “Rising Star" Award Brief — Super Lawyers 2016 - 2020
- Pravin Patel Recognized as 2020 “On the Rise” Honoree Award Brief — Daily Business Review
Speaking Engagements
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Class Arbitration Clauses
Speaker(s):
Pravin R. Patel
May 06, 2019 — New York, New York — 3rd Annual Money & Ethics Class Action Conference, Aligning Interests & Optimizing Outcomes in Class Action Litigation
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Updates to FRCP 23 & Impact on Class Action Litigation
Speaker(s):
Pravin R. Patel
February 19, 2019 — Miami, Florida — Complex Commercial Litigation Group Luncheon
Latest Thinking
- The Shortcomings of Conjoint Analyses in Measuring Fair Market Value Alert — Class Action Monitor — By David R. Singh, Pravin R. Patel and Eric A. Rivas — PDF — January 08, 2021
- Class Action Dominos: Eleventh Circuit Strikes Incentive Awards for Class Representatives Alert — Class Action Monitor — By Edward Soto, Pravin R. Patel and Daniel P. Guernsey — PDF — January 08, 2021
- Defendant Class Actions: Rare Birds Evoking Both Novel Efficiencies and Unique Barriers Alert — Class Action Monitor — By Edward Soto, Pravin R. Patel, Cameron Mae Bonk and Lorell Guerrero — PDF — September 2020
- Ninth Circuit Holds that All Class Members Must Have Article III Standing to Recover Monetary Damages Alert — Class Action Monitor — By David R. Singh, Pravin R. Patel and Neeckaun Irani — PDF — September 2020
- The Rule of Law, and Rule 16, Persist in Multidistrict Litigations Publication — American Bar Association — By Pravin R. Patel and Samuel Joaquin Mendez — July 31, 2020
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Wins Significant Judgment for NBA Star Zion Williamson Dramatically Undercutting $100M Lawsuit Deal Brief — January 21, 2021
- Weil Wins Appeal for NBA Star Zion Williamson in High-Profile Marketing Dispute Deal Brief — December 02, 2020