Ms. Sharma joined Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP, as an associate in May 2008. She received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. Subsequently, Ms. Sharma worked as a legal assistant at Harbinson Tune Kasselik, a San Francisco firm that focuses on workers’ compensation defense.

From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Sharma attended the University of California, Davis School of Law, where she received her Juris Doctorate in 2007. While in law school, Ms. Sharma served as an editor for the Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy and as the co- chair for Advocates Right for Children. In 2007, Ms. Sharma joined the Sacramento law firm of Porter Scott, where she worked on range of litigation matters, including civil rights, construction law, personal injury, premise liability and products liability.

Professional Licenses

Ms. Sharma is admitted to practice before all courts of the State of California, the United States District Court of the Eastern District of California and the United States District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP
2008 - present

Practice area includes health care, insurance regulatory matters, medical negligence, hospital liability and employment and labor litigation. Can represent clients before all State Courts, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Porter Scott
September 2007 - April 2008

Worked on range of litigation matters, including civil rights, construction law, personal injury, premise liability and products liability. Also wrote Appellees’ Responding Brief for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES

• American Inns of Court
  Associate Member, 2007-present
• Women Lawyers of Sacramento
  Member, 2008-present
• My Sister’s House
  2008-present
• Boys and Girls Club of Sacramento
  2009-present