OUR ATTORNEYS
KASSRA POWELL NASSIRI
Kassra P. Nassiri is a trial lawyer who maintains a broad-based complex
litigation practice focusing on business and consumer matters. Mr. Nassiri
has represented large and small businesses in trade secret actions, employment
disputes, fraud and business tort cases, corporate governance and shareholder
litigation, and complex contract disputes. He has won cases both at the pleading stage and through jury verdicts. Mr. Nassiri was was selected for inclusion in the list
of Rising Stars in 2011, 2010 and 2009 by Super Lawyers® magazine.
Prior to co-founding Nassiri & Jung LLP, Mr. Nassiri was General Counsel of a multi-million dollar financial services company. Prior to that, Mr. Nassiri practiced litigation at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the leading securities class-action defense firm in the country. While at Wilson Sonsini, he successfully defended Fortune 500 companies in shareholder class action lawsuits, derivative lawsuits, and SEC investigations, including:
- Hewlett-Packard: Defended company in securities fraud class action.
- LeapFrog: Obtained dismissal of derivative complaint and securities fraud class action.
- IntraBiotics: Obtained dismissal of securities fraud class action.
- EMC/Legato Systems: Defended merger challenge.
- Read-Rite: Obtained dismissal of securities fraud class action.
Mr. Nassiri earned his law degree from Harvard Law School. While in law school, Mr. Nassiri taught economics courses at Harvard College. He earned his master’s degree in economics from Stanford University, where he was awarded the Stanford Graduate Fellowship. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In a former life, Mr. Nassiri was a professional composer and musician in Los Angeles. Mr. Nassiri is fluent in Persian.
