Hassan A. Zavareei

Biography

Hassan Zavareei earned his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1995, where he graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Zavareei graduated cum laude from Duke University in 1990, with degrees in Comparative Area Studies and Russian. After graduation from Boalt Hall, Mr. Zavareei joined the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. In April of 2002, Mr. Zavareei became a founding partner of Tycko & Zavareei LLP, which now has offices in Washington, D.C. and Oakland, California.

Mr. Zavareei has handled numerous trials and appeals in state and federal courts across the nation in a wide range of practice areas. In his civil rights practice, Mr. Zavareei represents individuals, groups of employees, and tenant associations in employment and fair housing discrimination litigation. Since co-founding Tycko & Zavareei LLP in 2002, Mr. Zavareei has obtained substantial judgments and settlements for his civil rights clients.

Mr. Zavareei also has significant experience and success in litigating nationwide class actions on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Prior to forming Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Mr. Zavareei litigated class actions on behalf of defendant corporations at Gibson, Dunn & Cruther LLP.  Since forming Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Mr. Zavareei has litigated numerous class action lawsuits on behalf of millions of consumers. Mr. Zavareei has been appointed as class counsel and co-lead counsel by federal and state judges in the District of Columbia, Illinois, Hawaii, West Virginia, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, and Connecticut.  Mr. Zavareei has also served as lead counsel in two separate multidistrict litigation class actions.  To date, Mr. Zavareei’s class action cases have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to class members across the country.

Mr. Zavareei has won numerous jury trial and bench trials, including as lead counsel in a three-month jury trial. He has also successfully argued appeals before the D.C. Circuit and the Fifth Circuit.

Mr. Zavareei is admitted to the State Bars of California and Maryland, the Bar of the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California, the Eastern District of Michigan, the District of Maryland, the District of Colorado, and the Circuit Courts of the District of Columbia, the First Circuit and the Ninth Circuit.