Civil Rights Litigation Project
Debra Patkin, Esq., Litigation Attorney
Debra J. Patkin is a Litigation Attorney with the Civil Rights Litigation Project of the Disability Rights Legal Center. Ms. Patkin’s practice focuses on high-impact cases affecting the rights of people with disabilities, including cases involving physical access and accommodations and effective communication.
Ms. Patkin is a 2007 graduate of UCLA School of Law, where she was both the Student Scholarship Editor and Managing Editor of UCLA Women’s Law Review. During law school, Ms. Patkin was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Norman L. Epstein of the California Court of Appeal, Second District. Ms. Patkin received her M.A. in Linguistics from Gallaudet University and her B.S. in Psychology from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Ms. Patkin is admitted to practice in the state of California, the United States District Court, Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is fluent in American Sign Language.