Dr. Priyanka Bhattacharya

ABOUT DR. PRIYANKA BHATTACHARYA — INLAND EMPIRE FATHERS’ RIGHTS ATTORNEY

Dr. Priyanka Bhattacharya is a Senior Trial Attorney at Reel Fathers Rights APC and one of the most academically distinguished family law attorneys practicing in the Inland Empire. Promoted to Senior Trial Attorney in February 2026 and named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2026 — a peer-nominated distinction awarded to no more than 2.5% of California attorneys — Dr. Bhattacharya brings a combination of peer-recognized excellence, international legal credentials, advanced academic achievement, and extensive California family court experience that is genuinely singular in Southern California family law.

Dr. Bhattacharya is a dual-licensed attorney authorized to practice in both California and India — one of a very small number of attorneys in the Inland Empire with active licensing in two national legal systems. She speaks English, Hindi, and Bengali, making her accessible to a wide range of Southern California’s diverse international communities.

 

SUPER LAWYERS RISING STAR 2026: PEER-RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE

Dr. Bhattacharya’s selection as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2026 reflects the recognition of her peers in the California legal community for her legal skill, professional conduct, and advocacy on behalf of fathers in family court. The Rising Star designation — awarded through a patented peer-nomination and multi-criteria research process to no more than 2.5% of California attorneys — is one of the most selective and credible honors available to attorneys in the formative stages of their careers.

For fathers in Riverside County and San Bernardino County, Dr. Bhattacharya’s Super Lawyers Rising Star recognition provides independent peer validation that they are engaging one of the most talented and recognized emerging family law practitioners currently operating in the Inland Empire.

 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY (NITA) FAMILY LAW PROGRAM GRADUATE, 2025

Dr. Bhattacharya is a 2025 graduate of the prestigious National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Family Law Program — widely recognized as the gold standard in American trial advocacy education. NITA’s Family Law Program is an intensive, skills-based curriculum that places attorneys through simulated family law trials, depositions, and courtroom proceedings under the direct instruction of experienced trial lawyers and judges. For Dr. Bhattacharya, completing the NITA Family Law Program in 2025 adds a rigorous practical trial advocacy credential to an already extraordinary academic foundation — ensuring that her advanced legal scholarship is matched by the real-world courtroom skills that Inland Empire fathers need in contested custody and divorce proceedings.

 

EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: J.S.D., LL.M. & NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

Dr. Bhattacharya’s academic accomplishments place her in a category occupied by very few practicing family law attorneys anywhere in California. She earned a Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) — the highest law degree in the American legal system, equivalent to a Ph.D. in law — from Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2022, specializing in Privacy Law, Intellectual Property Rights, FTC regulation, and Predictive Analytics.

Prior to her J.S.D., she earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law with a specialization in Law & Technology (2017). Her foundational legal education was completed at National Law University Odisha in India, earning dual LL.B./B.B.A. degrees between 2011 and 2016. During her studies, she was awarded a National Scholarship from India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education — a competitive national academic distinction.

 

INLAND EMPIRE FAMILY COURTS: RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO & BEYOND

Since joining Reel Fathers Rights in 2022, Dr. Bhattacharya has represented men and fathers in hundreds of hearings across California’s family courts, operating from the firm’s Corona office. In Riverside County, she appears at the Riverside Family Court at 4175 Main Street, the Menifee Courthouse serving the Menifee and Sun City communities, the Indio Courthouse at 46-200 Oasis Street serving the Coachella Valley, and the Blythe Courthouse serving eastern Riverside County.

For San Bernardino County matters, she appears at the San Bernardino Historic Courthouse at 351 North Arrowhead Avenue, the Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse at 8303 Haven Avenue, the Barstow Courthouse serving the High Desert, and the 29 Palms Courthouse at 6527 White Feather Road serving Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley.

For fathers in Corona, Riverside, Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Hemet, Perris, San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Ontario, Palm Desert, Indio, Blythe, Barstow, and Twentynine Palms, Dr. Bhattacharya brings Super Lawyers Rising Star recognition, elite academic credentials, dual-jurisdiction bar admission, and proven Inland Empire family court experience. Contact Reel Fathers Rights APC at 951-339-3826.