DOJ Assistant Anti-Bribery Unit Chief Joins Mayer Brown in Washington, D.C.
Sonali D. Patel joins the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., after serving as assistant chief of the DOJ unit. Her work there included the sprawling case related to bribery allegations at Petróleos de Venezuela SA, Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. Patel joined the FCPA unit in 2018, serving as a trial attorney before becoming assistant chief in 2021.