Mr. Aiken was born in Indianapolis, IN but has lived in over four different states and six different cities. This varied background has been of aid when he frequently consults on cases with attorneys from a myriad of jurisdictions. Mr. Aiken graduated from Indiana University with a double major in Economics and Political Science. Mr. Aiken then moved to Houston and graduated cum laud from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law with a Juris Doctor. Upon graduating Mr. Aiken opened up his own firm alongside his classmate Walat Aqrawi. Together, Mr. Aiken and Mr. Aqrawi have built their practice to the point they were able to open a satellite office in Erbil, located in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Their firm is starting on its fifth year in 2020, and has successfully served hundreds of clients in cases ranging from Personal Injury to Immigration to Criminal Defense. Mr. Aiken is well experienced in Employment based and Family based immigration law. In addition, Mr. Aiken has consulted on questions of Immigration consequences in criminal cases in no less than nineteen different states.

Area of Practice: Class Actions and Employment Litigation Arby stands up for workers in class and complex wage-and-hour matters involving employers in multiple industries, including agriculture, banking, and hospitality. He is the Shareholder of Lawyers for Justice, PC. Multilingual in English, Armenian, and Spanish, Arby speaks for those who haven’t been heard. Arby’s discipline and determination has enabled him to successfully obtain class-wide resolutions in over 250 cases. Under his guidance and supervision, Lawyers for Justice, PC has recovered millions of dollars for thousands of individuals. Arby is always working to help clients recover what’s rightfully theirs. His recent wins in contested class certification motions include certification of classes of employees working for multiple national chains of retail stores, a co-working space provider, a residential management company, a container manufacturer, a parking company, a bank and a medical equipment supplier. A winner through and through, Arby’s hard work has been recognized multiple times, including: Super Lawyers Rising Stars, TopVerdict.com, Best of the Bar and Pasadena Magazine. Further, in 2011, Arby’s passion for class action litigation led to him being selected, as the only attorney in private practice, to participate in the Impact Fund’s Class Action Training Institute.

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Fascinated by the ‘mind behind the mask', Attorney Adam Akeel has been an avid student of psychology since 2011. This lifelong study has provided Adam with a unique advantage as a litigator. In 2016, Adam joined Akeel & Valentine, PLC to fight for the greater good alongside his father. Since joining, Adam has been heavily involved in all aspects of litigation. Adam has a passion for research and writing and has authored countless briefs on unique legal issues in State and Federal courts throughout the country-including several briefs before the United States Supreme Court. Adam's goal is to win on paper. His legal writing has resulted in many favorable outcomes against institutions, municipalities, and fortune 100 and 500 companies. A deep legal thinker, he has an innate ability to digest and understand large bodies of case law relating to unique and complex legal issues. Awarded the first of its kind accolade as an "Intellectually Curious Genius" by his law school, Adam's creativity is seen throughout his writing, much of which has been borrowed by State and Federal judges in the drafting of their judicial decisions. Adam is also experienced in litigating class and collective actions throughout the country. In the early stages of his career, Adam litigated cases against large corporations, universities, and municipalities for civil rights and constitutional violations. Now, much of Adam's time is spent litigating large nationwide cases against the insurance and pharmaceutical industries for their anticompetitive and fraudulent conduct. In his down time, Adam likes to read books on psychology, philosophy, business, and history.