Patricia O. Ugarte 

patty@castrolegal.com

Patricia is an associate attorney.  She received her B.A. from UCLA in March 2001 and attended law school at Santa Clara University School of Law.  Patricia received her J.D.  from Santa Clara University in May 2004.  While at Santa Clara University, Patricia was a recipient of the Public Interest Summer Fellowship and Law Faculty Scholarship.  Patricia served as an intern at the immigration clinical program of the Katherine & George Alexander Community Law Center.  After graduating from Santa Clara, she worked at a large law firm as a case assistant preparing cases for litigation, assisting with large-scale discovery and auditing case materials.  Patricia then worked as a legal advocate with Latino Issues Forum.  Patricia is also fluent in Spanish and Portuguese (Brazilian).