Prior to joining DLA Piper, Preeya was a partner in the FDA & Life Sciences practice of a major international law firm. Previously, Preeya served as the Acting General Counsel of HHS under President George W. Bush, where she was the legal advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and supervised an office of more than 500 lawyers responsible for providing legal advice to the entire department, including CMS, FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other HHS agencies.

Prior to her service at HHS, Preeya litigated constitutional and administrative law cases at DOJ, where she was a member of the Attorney General’s Honors Program and twice awarded the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service.