Ms. Parekh obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2002, where she was Associate Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. She earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with honors in 1999. Ms. Parekh has worked previously as a criminal defense attorney at Gurewitz & Raben, PLC in Detroit, Michigan. Her practice primarily focused on health care fraud, bank fraud and drug conspiracy and violent crimes. She has served on the panel for the Federal Court in the Eastern District of Michigan; Criminal Advocacy Program of Wayne County, Michigan; and the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District.