Anahita Sedaghatfar

Anahita Sedaghatfar is a Los Angeles trial attorney with more than two decades of experience litigating high-stakes matters in state and federal courts. Her practice focuses on employment discrimination, civil rights, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and business litigation. She also represents clients in entertainment and sports matters involving contracts, negotiations, strategic advice, and related disputes. Her clients have included employees, businesses, executives, entrepreneurs, professional athletes, entertainers, filmmakers, production companies, record labels, and musical artists.

Anahita earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from Southwestern University School of Law, graduating in the top five percent of her class. She served on the Law Review Executive Board as a Note and Comment Editor and received American Jurisprudence Awards for Professional Responsibility, Legal Ethics, and Sports Law. She previously earned a B.A. with highest honors from the University of California, Davis. Her academic background provided a strong foundation for trial advocacy, legal analysis, and complex litigation.

Anahita began her legal career handling product liability, business litigation, and insurance coverage matters. She later founded her own practice and partnered with trial attorney Christopher Darden, successfully trying multiple high-profile discrimination cases. Her experience includes employment and civil rights disputes as well as representation of professional athletes, actors, recording artists, filmmakers, and entertainment companies. She has secured multimillion-dollar recoveries and handles cases requiring detailed preparation, strategic negotiation, and first-chair trial advocacy.

Anahita Sedaghatfar is admitted to the State Bar of California and the US District Court for the Central District of California. She has been recognized among The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers and serves as an adjunct professor at Southwestern University School of Law. Her background also includes a judicial externship with US District Judge Audrey B. Collins and regular appearances as a national legal analyst on major television networks. Her practice combines courtroom advocacy with strategic counsel across complex civil disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Law Offices of Anahita Sedaghatfar, PC
• Member, The State Bar of California
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
• Member, California Lawyers for the Arts
• Board Member, Orange County Hillel
• Of Counsel, The Cochran Firm
• Member, Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters

Licensed State

• California

Education

• Southwestern University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) Magna Cum Laude
• University of California, Davis
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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