Mr. Palavan graduated in 2005 from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He then received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center in 2008, and has been a licensed attorney in Texas since November 2008. Mr. Palavan is licensed to practice before all state courts in Texas, the Federal District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.