About Mahal

Mahal began her law practice in 2014, having spent the previous fourteen years as a law clerk, educator, and paralegal specialist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. After eight years as a solo practitioner, Mahal has partnered with Andrew David Billingsley, Esq. and established the law firm Montoya Billingsley.

Mahal was born in Vallejo, and after a series of family tragedies enrolled herself in the tenth grade at Oakland Technical High School.  She was legally emancipated as a minor the following spring.  These childhood experiences inspired her to become an attorney and in her law practice, to work on family law issues.

Mahal received a full academic scholarship to study law at the University of Iowa after earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from UC Berkeley.  She was a graduate legal research assistant to Law Professor Adrien Wing with her work writing “Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader.” 

Mahal's hobbies include numismatics, genealogical research, and writing. As a SAG-AFTRA commercial talent and theatrical artist, She has been featured in commercial advertisements for Google, Xfinity, Chevrolet, FitBit, Netflix, Logitech, Cisco, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Kaiser Permanente, Visa, Met Life, Aetna, Safeway, Annie's Naturals, Samsung, Adobe, McDonalds, Oracle Comcast, and AT&T.