Sa'id Vakili
VAKILI & LEUS, LLP
For nearly 25 years, Sa'id Vakili has represented businesses and individuals in litigation matters involving complex business and contract disputes, business torts, direct and derivative shareholder disputes, intellectual property disputes, and all forms of employment claims. He has also handled a variety of serious injury tort claims including those arising under maritime and aviation law. Mr. Vakili is admitted in California, New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. and has handled cases in various other jurisdictions such as Florida, Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota, and Virginia through associations with local law firms in those locations. Mr. Vakili has also served as local counsel for out-of-state law firms with high stakes litigation matters in California.
The firm has attorneys and staff fluent in Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, Hebrew, Korean, Spanish and Tagalog and has an international clientele that includes clients from the Gulf States, the Middle and Near East, North Africa, Europe, the Far East and South America. The firm provides clients with a depth of experience and geographical reach in a wide variety of domestic and international areas and industries.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Securities Law
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- California
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- District of Columbia
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- New Jersey
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- New York
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Farsi: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- VAKILI & LEUS, LLP
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- Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
- J.D. (1992)
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- Columbia University
- M.A.
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- Pace University
- B.A.
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- AV Preeminent™ Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- 10.0 Superb Rating
- Avvo®
- Member
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®
- Pacific Council on International Relations
- Member
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- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Member
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- American Civil Liberties Union
- Member
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- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
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- California Employment Lawyers Association
- Member
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- California State Bar # 176322
- Member
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member
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- Still Standing
- Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 37, No. 7
- Secret Preemption
- Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 36, No. 6
- Conflicts Inherent in Shareholder Derivative Actions
- Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 35, No. 1
- Section 51 Actions Against Private Racial Profiling
- Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 24, No. 6
- Practice Tips: Intellectual Property Issues for the Technology Start-Up Company
- Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 22, No. 11
- Completed
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy (“NITA”) - Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program
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- Pepperdine School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
- Completed
- University of San Diego School of Law, Institute of International and Comparative Law (London)
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- Louisiana State University Summer Study in Law, University of Aix-Marseille III Law School (Aix-en-Provence, France)
