Thomas Ajamie
Ajamie LLP
Tom Ajamie is an internationally-recognized trial lawyer who has successfully represented clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. The authoritative Chambers USA has described Tom as “relentless, energetic and intelligent” and a “hard-working and successful trial lawyer who never quits.” He has handled a number of high-profile cases, including groundbreaking securities and financial cases, cross-border litigation, business contract disputes and employment issues. Tom has won two of the largest awards ever handed down by an arbitration panel for investors, including a $429.5 million award. He has also won a record $112 million civil RICO jury verdict.
Tom is regularly invited to give legal analysis by news media outlets including ABC, CNN, CNBC, NPR and BBC, and his work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The American Lawyer. He is the co-author of the book Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men. His work in exposing disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is featured in the instant New York Times bestseller She Said, by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. His work on behalf of investors in the Bre-X gold scandal is featured in the book Fools’ Gold: the Making of a Global Market Fraud, by Brian Hutchinson.
The Ajamie Scholarship Fund was created by Tom as a way of promoting tolerance and equality among our youth. The Scholarship Fund offers university scholarships to students who display respect and support diversity initiatives in our society, without regard to race, religion, creed, skin color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation.
- University of Notre Dame
- J.D. (1985)
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- Arizona State University
- B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
- Activities: Student Body President, 1980-1981
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- Founder
- Ajamie LLP
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- Baker Botts LLP
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- Commentary: Help for Securities Fraud Plaintiffs Seeking Class Certification
- Texas Lawyers
- Expert Witnesses
- Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Fourth Edition
- Victimized: When to Refer Your Client to an Attorney
- Financial Planning Association of New York eNews
- The Financial Serial Killers Among Us
- CFA Society of Houston Program
- Wise MoneyPower Conference for Financial Literacy
- The McGraw-Hill Companies
- Protecting Your Wealth From Financial Serial Killers
- Chautauqua Institution
- 1MDB: Dissecting One of the World’s Biggest Financial Scandals, 15th Annual North American OffshoreAlert Conference
- OffshoreAlert
- Managing the Hearing: Negotiating from a Position of Strength, 9th Annual Arbitration Training Institute
- American Bar Association
- Issues Facing Claimants’ Attorneys, PIABA 24th Annual Meeting
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
- Damages, PIABA 23rd Annual Meeting
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- Top 50 Litigation Trailblazers
- The National Law Journal
- Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers
- The National Law Journal
- Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation
- Chambers USA
- Litigation Star–Commercial
- Benchmark Litigation
- State Bar of Texas # 00952400
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- State Bar of New York # 4921037
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- National Futures Association
- Arbitrator
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- Museum of Modern Art
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- The Whitney Museum
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- College of the State Bar of Texas
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- International, American, New York, Texas & Houston Bar Associations
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- American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
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- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
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- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Life Member
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- The Sundance Institute
- Sundance Circle Patron
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- Houston Grand Opera
- Board of Directors
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- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Boston
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- FINRA National Arbitration and Mediation Committee
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- American Association for Justice
- Co-Chair, Investment Fraud Committee
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4921037
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- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 00952400
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- Antitrust Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Securities Law
- English: Spoken, Written
- French: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Website
- Ajamie LLP
Clip of Tom Ajamie Appearance on American Greed
Tom Ajamie joins CNBC's American Greed to weigh in on Property Wars' Scott Menaged investment scandal.
Harry Markopolos is one of many to accuse GE of faulty accounting, says Ajamie LLP's Tom Ajamie
Thomas Ajamie joins 'The Exchange' with Herb Greenberg, Pacific Square Research, to discuss Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos's accusation that General Electric committed accounting fraud.
Thomas Ajamie Appears on Velshi & Ruhle at MSNBC
Trumps tweets can move money fast but would there be a consequence if it were someone else? Thomas Ajamie joins Velshi & Ruhle on MSNBC to explain.
Lawyer Thomas Ajamie weighs in on Twitter Lawsuits
Twitter is being sued by Americans who's families were victims of terrorism in Paris and Brussels for aiding and abetting terrorism. Thomas Ajamie, managing partner of Ajamie LLP weighs in on CNBC.
Tom Ajamie Appears On PBS Frontline On Weinstein Scandal
Over the past few decades Harvery Weinstein helped raise millions for AmFAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. In 2016, they began to express concern over Harvey's behavior concerning a dispute about the proceeds of a charity auction. An amfAR special counsel hired lawyer Tom Ajamie to investigate. His findings revealed more than one could imagine.
Tom Ajamie: Internationally recognized trial lawyer
Tom Ajamie speaks to a group at the Chautauqua Institution: Internationally recognized trial lawyer Thomas Ajamie has made a career of prying the shield of respectability from trusted bankers and financial advisers who are, in fact, corrupt. As Chautauqua Institution’s weekly theme transitioned from comedy to fear, Ajamie spoke on “Protecting Your Wealth From Financial Serial Killers.”
1MDB: Dissecting One Of The World's Biggest Financial Scandals
Tom Ajamie spoke at the 15th Annual OffshoreAlert North American Conference on Financial Intelligence & Investigations. This session discusses the extraordinary allegations of billion dollar fraud and corruption involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad, which is controlled by the Government of Malaysia and was set up ostensibly to facilitate long-term economic investment for the country through global partnerships and promoting foreign direct investment.