David V. Jafari
Partner

Tell: (714) 542-2265
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djafari@jafarilawgroup.com

-Description

Prior to founding Jafari Law Group, David worked for one of the largest global law firms in the United States. He was an associate Trial Attorney in the Intellectual Property, Media and Technology Groups at the firm's Washington D.C. office. Just prior to moving to Washington D.C, he worked as an associate Patent Attorney for another national firm in Costa Mesa, California where he drafted and prosecuted patent applications for major technology leaders such as Intel and Nortel.

 

-Experience

David worked as an associate Trial Attorney at a major global law firm from 2001 through 2005. Because of his strong technical background in computer science and electrical engineering, he represented clients in various Federal Courts against such companies as Micron Technologies, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and EMC. He also participated in 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission.

In his role as a patent litigation attorney, he performed many aspects of the patent litigation process. In one case, he conducted claim construction for a major computer manufacturer's patent, studied products that were on the market, and identified potentially infringing products from a major competitor. Based on the infringement analysis, the client filed suit against the accused infringer and eventually received a multi-million dollar settlement.

In another matter, he along with another attorney represented a client that Microsoft had sued. Microsoft alleged that the client had sold counterfeit Microsoft software, and was seeking damages in the millions of dollars. David worked with the client and the other attorney to bring about a settlement that did not even reach six figures.

In yet another matter, David along with several other attorneys defended one of the largest Japanese companies accused of importing infringing computer software into the United States. The client was facing an exclusion order, which if granted would have locked it out of the lucrative US computer storage business. The technology at issue was RAID or Redundant Array of Independent Disks.The Complainant had filed a 337 investigation before the International Trade Commission and was asserting six patents. David performed claim construction, non-infringement and invalidity analysis, and contentions. He was also heavily involved in all aspects of discovery, summary judgment and trial preparation. The case lasted nearly 11 months, and the Complainant who was concerned that one or more of the asserted patents might be declared invalid settled with the client.The client avoided the exclusion order.

In yet another case, David was part of the team that represented a major manufacturer of medical instruments including stents to remedy aneurism. David performed claim construction and assisted with various aspects of discovery. In another complex litigation matter for breach of a licensing agreement with an inventor, David assisted with various aspects of discovery and motions. The case involved several causes of actions including trade secret violations and unfair competition.

-Education and Awards

David Jafari graduated from Western State University College of Law, in Fullerton, California (1996-1999). He ranked third in his class of 122 students. He received a total of six American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, Civil Procedure, Evidence Practice, Uniform Commercial Code, Professional Skills, and Negotiations.

During his second year of law school, David clerked for the Honorable Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine at the California Court of Appeal in Santa Ana, California, where he drafted both civil and criminal opinions. David also holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S.E.E. from The George Washington University. His B.S. is in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Science. His Masters degree is in Communications Engineering with an emphasis in Coding Theory. While working on his graduate degree, David taught four undergraduate courses at GWU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

David successfully took the Masters Comprehensive Exam at GWU and he took a number of courses towards his PHD.