Sina Safvati
Biography
Sina S. Safvati is an attorney in the North America Securities Litigation Group of Baker McKenzie's Los Angeles office.
Before joining Baker McKenzie, Sina served as a law clerk on both the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Southern District of Florida, and practiced law at another international law firm, where he developed an expertise in corporate governance and securities matters.
Practice Focus
Sina's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, class actions, and securities litigation. Sina has counseled clients in all stages of the dispute process, including appellate matters.
Representative Legal Matters
- Represented an investment fund and a former director on the board of a transportation company in a securities class action alleging insider trading.
- Represented an investment fund and former directors on the board of a pharmaceutical company in a securities class action relating to its investment in a vaccine manufacturer.
- Represented a former chief accounting officer of a specialty chemicals company in a securities class action alleging material misstatements.
- Represented a global technology company in a securities class action and putative stockholder class action in federal and state courts against claims of securities fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty.
- Represented a hotel developer and software company in separate civil RICO class actions.
- Represented a telecommunications company in various matters including an employment class action alleging independent contractor misclassification.
- Represented an airline catering company in a breach of contract and gross negligence action against its tax provider.
Clerkship
- Judicial Extern to the Hon. Stephen V. Wilson, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (2014)
- Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Cecilia M. Altonaga, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (2018-2019)
- Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2019-2020)
Professional Honors
- UCLA School of Law, Order of the Coif
- Jerry Pacht & Judith Roedelheimer Pacht Constitutional Law Award
- UCLA, Summa Cum Laude & College Honors
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Member, Federal Bar Association
Admissions
- California~United States (2016)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (J.D.) (2016)
- University of California, Los Angeles (2012)
Languages
- English
- Farsi
- Spanish
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