Baku N. Patel

Attorney Baku N. Patel is lead counsel in all felony criminal defense cases and personal injury/wrongful death matters at Patel Law, P.C. He was commissioned in the United States Navy as an Officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corp (JAG) in 1993, serving as a criminal defense trial attorney and military prosecutor. He later joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as a trial attorney, then served as a senior prosecutor for Champaign County and Vermilion County State’s Attorney’s offices. He was appointed the youngest Chief Public Defender of Vermilion County at age 31. Mr. Patel was...