Jeffrey Kaliel is a well-known attorney with over a decade of experience handling large class action claims and over 15 years of experience as a practicing attorney. Kaliel is well-regarded in the legal community and has received numerous commendations and medals during his legal career and military service.

Current Role and Responsibilities

Kaliel is working with the KalielGold firm, an industry leader in high-stakes class action litigation in federal and state courts, on many big matters. Settlements and verdicts have reached into the hundreds of millions of dollars range over the firm's existence, including substantial triumphs against predatory financial practices.

Kaliel Gold, based in Washington, D.C., also handles civil claims, including overdraft fees, consumer rights, personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance fraud, bank fraud, deceptive advertising, and other issues.

Career Background

Jeffrey Kaliel served in the United States Army before entering law school and establishing his successful legal firm. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and earned credentials in airborne and mountain warfare before serving in Iraq during the second Iraq war in 2003.

Kaliel participated in the Department of Homeland Security Honors Program and worked in the federal agency's appellate litigation unit. In preparation for a congressional probe, he also aided in the department's internal review of the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He also worked as a special U.S. Attorney in California's Southern District, where he prosecuted border-related crimes.

Legal Education and Academic History

Kaliel graduated from Amherst College in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He received a summa cum laude from the university and studied philosophy for a year at Cambridge University in England. He chose Yale Law School for law school and graduated in 2005.

Professional Qualifications and Experience

Throughout his career, Kaliel has presided over several high-profile and legally significant cases. He has served as lead counsel in critical state and national class action actions, won numerous contest class certification hearings, fought dispositive motions, and used various data-intensive, high-tech, and scientific methods and processes throughout the discovery and beyond. His expertise has expanded to include collaborations with economists, information technology professionals, and engineers to create increasingly detailed models depicting the damages in cases. The ability to deliver material in a dynamic presentation during high-stakes litigation is critical, and Kaliel has proved this capacity.

Jeff Kaliel has a personal enthusiasm for battling predatory financial organizations and services and the real-world effects they leave behind for so many customers. His present caseload consists of numerous cases against financial services firms and related entities engaged in the most aggressive lending practices. He also battles against financial services that prey on the limited cash accessible to America's most disadvantaged clients. This low-income group has limited access to low-cost, high-quality services.

Fighting consumer issues in this arena entails having financial skills on par with many in the field while maintaining the ability to explain it in an approachable, readily digestible style for persons hearing a case.

Consumer protection and consumer safety litigation are fairly similar. The rules that protect consumers from various issues are complicated, diverse, and, at times, overwhelming in bulk. Navigating to the areas of interest and substance is a concentrated and research-intensive endeavor that necessitates rigorous attention to detail and nuance to locate the legal arguments best suited to a case. If a case progresses from a single consumer to a class-action lawsuit, the complexities increase, and the stakes become considerably larger.

When corporations must pay offended consumers' financial demands and adopt improvements based on the lessons learned from a successful civil proceeding, the intensity, according to Kaliel, is worth the reward.

Philanthropy and Charitable Contribution

Throughout his legal career, Kaliel has worked with various NGOs to fight for the truth and provide the financial sting that is frequently necessary to push big change. His proudest nonprofit accomplishments are his work with numerous human societies, Compassion Over Killing, and the National Consumers League. Through the legal system, these organizations battled for the truth in food and animal product labeling.

Awards

Due to his accomplishments, Kaliel was named one of the Washington D.C. Rising Stars Super Lawyers in 2015. The Super Lawyers journal selects winners based on various criteria, making the award a true honor.

Personal Hobbies and Interests

Jeff Kaliel enjoys spending time with his family, and traveling the D.C. area and neighboring countryside when he is not pursuing legal concerns.