Neha previously served as Associate White House Counsel to President Biden, where she was responsible for driving the Administration’s legal strategy on a portfolio of civil rights and equity policy issues. She also served as counsel on the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team through the 2020 presidential election. Prior to that, Neha was a Deputy City Attorney at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office where she wore several hats, as General Counsel to agencies including the city's Police Commission and Fire Department; lead litigation counsel in cases challenging city laws; and as a member of the City Attorney's Affirmative Litigation Task Force. During her tenure in city government, Neha helped architect and lead legal-policy efforts to reform San Francisco’s cash bail system; to protect its sanctuary city status; and to craft and implement landmark environmental health initiatives. She also instructed law students in using San Francisco’s legal authorities to protect residents’ civil and consumer rights via a partnership with Yale Law School’s Affirmative Litigation Project. Prior to her legal career, Neha worked in global health policy. She has co-authored several publications on strategies to advance need-based medical innovation and affordable access to medicines around the globe and worked with Partners In Health to escalate an integrated response to cholera in Haiti.
Neha graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in Social Studies and received her J.D. from Stanford Law School. She completed judicial clerkships at both the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Neha is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Urban Institute.