Last Updated on February 22, 2023 by C-CAR
A successful corporate lawyer, Daniel Rafii went to work on his first personal injury case at the request of a friend whose sister had been kidnapped.
The young woman took a yellow cab in Orange County. The driver, however, refused to let her out of the vehicle. The kidnapping only ended when she jumped through a cab window onto the 405 Freeway.
Fighting Goliaths
While the driver was convicted of kidnapping by a jury and sent to prison, yellow cab and its four insurers all fought to avoid responsibility for the harm their driver caused.
Rafii fought back. Ultimately, he exposed negligence. His efforts forced the cab company and its insurers to reach a settlement that was made confidential.
The experience, fighting large insurers and a company that refused to take responsibility, caused Rafii to find a new purpose and career in personal injury law.
“I vowed to devote all my energy and resources to helping individuals in need and taking on the ‘goliaths’,” Rafii said.
Rafii stepped away from corporate law. He founded Rafii & Associates, P.C. in 2007 to continue helping others harmed by the negligence of people and organizations that all too often act with impunity.
Today, Rafii & Associates, P.C., is headquartered in Beverly Hills, where it continues to rack up multi-million dollar verdicts on behalf of clients harmed in crashes with commercial vehicles.
The list of verdicts includes some that have been covered by CCAR:
$10.5 Million Verdict for Pedestrian Killed by Bus
$9.8 Million Verdict in Passenger Bus Rollover
$4.6 Million Verdict for Orthopedic Injuries in Truck Crash
$3.5 million Verdict in School District Box Truck Crash
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Raffi received recognition and membership in the esteemed group of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Founded in 1993, the association is widely considered among the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States with fewer than 1 percent of attorneys earning membership.
Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Rafii is also recognized by The National Trial Lawyers Top 100. The invitation-only professional organization is composed of the best trial lawyers from each state. Rafii’s selection to the list was based on a multi-phase process, which included peer nominations as well as third-party research.
Membership is extended only to a select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state and region, who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and public profile measured by equitable and uniformly applied standards in compliance with state bar and model rule.
