farafeedie@jonesbell.com
The Figueroa at Wilshire Building
601 South Figueroa Street
Twenty-Seventh Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
(213) 485-1555
Mr. Rafeedie has extensive trial and appellate experience with complex commercial and business litigation, including class action litigation, Unfair Competition (Bus. & Prof. Code §17200), and false advertising law litigation, securities broker-dealer litigation, employment law litigation, commercial and residential real estate litigation, and other general contract and business tort litigation. In addition, Mr. Rafeedie has extensive experience in representing clients in various forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including private mediation and arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS). As part of his commercial, business, and employment litigation practice, Mr. Rafeedie has represented The Black & Decker Corporation, Kwikset Corporation, Price-Pfister, Inc., Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., K2 Inc., American Flourescent Corp., Camisasca Automotive Manufacturing, Inc., Sunbeam Products, Inc., and IDS Real Estate Group.
Mr. Rafeedie also maintains a general corporate and commercial real estate practice. His corporate practice includes general business advice and representation from entity formation through dissolution. Mr. Rafeedie's real estate practice includes real estate acquisition, disposition, and leasing, and he has provided representation to owners, tenants, buyers, sellers, and commercial and industrial real estate brokers.
Mr. Rafeedie graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science in 1984. Mr. Rafeedie earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1988.