Sa'id Vakili
VAKILI & LEUS, LLP
For nearly 30 years, Sa'id Vakili has successfully represented businesses and individuals in areas including complex business divorces, business disputes, business torts, shareholder disputes (both direct and derivative), complex contracts, and intellectual property litigation (covering patent, trade dress, copyright, trademark, and trade secret disputes), as well as all forms of employment claims. He has also handled all varieties of injury tort claims, including those related to products, along with claims arising under maritime and aviation law. Over the years, he has litigated hundreds of cases, achieving multiple results in the seven and eight figures while successfully defending cases of equal or greater amounts.
His clients include, among others, C-suite executives from both public and private companies across various industries, entertainers, authors, university academics, and legal, accounting, and medical professionals.
Mr. Vakili is admitted and actively licensed in California, New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., and has handled cases in various other jurisdictions, including Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, through associations with local law firms in those states.
Mr. Vakili has achieved the AV Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell, a nationally recognized acknowledgment of his accomplishments and skills as an attorney, representing the highest rating available.
- 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®
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Member
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- Pacific Council on International Relations
- Member
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- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Member
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- California Employment Lawyers Association
- Member
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- American Civil Liberties Union
- 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
- Completed
- Pepperdine School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
- Completed
- University of San Diego School of Law, Institute of International and Comparative Law (London)
- Completed
- Louisiana State University Summer Study in Law, University of Aix-Marseille III Law School (Aix-en-Provence, France)
