Jeff Kaliel is a well-known attorney with more than 15 years of experience as a practicing attorney and more than a decade of expertise representing clients in significant class action lawsuits. Throughout his time practicing law and serving in the military, Kaliel has been honored with some commendations and accolades, earning him a high level of respect in the legal community.

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The Current Role and Responsibilities

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Kaliel works through the KalielGold firm, which is a leader in the business in high-stakes class action litigation in both federal and state courts. Kaliel is currently pursuing many important cases. Settlements and verdicts rose into the hundreds of millions of dollars throughout the firm's history, and they included notable triumphs against predatory financial practices. Throughout the firm's history, settlements and verdicts.

In addition, the law firm of Kaliel Gold, with headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia, specializes in a wide range of civil actions, including those concerning overdraft fees, consumer protections, personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance fraud, bank fraud, false advertising, and much more.

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History of Their Work

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Jeffrey Kaliel served in the United States Army before enrolling in law school and establishing what has become a highly successful legal firm. He was stationed in Iraq in 2003, during the second Iraq war, and achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant while there. In addition, he earned credentials in airborne and mountain warfare.

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In addition to working for the Department of Homeland Security in the appellate litigation branch, Kaliel was a participant in the department's Honors Program. Additionally, he was helpful in the department's internal examination into how they handled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which was done in preparation for an investigation by Congress. In addition, he worked for the United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of California as a special prosecutor, specializing on cases involving offenses committed along the border of the United States.

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The Study of History and Law in an Academic Setting

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Amherst College awarded Kaliel a degree in political science upon completing his undergraduate studies there in the year 2000. In addition to receiving his degree with high honors from the university, he studied philosophy at Cambridge University in England for one year. He finished with a summa cum laude. He attended Yale Law School and received his law degree in 2005. His choice of law school was Yale.

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Abilities and Experience in the Working World

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Throughout his career, Kaliel has been in charge of a number of high-profile and legally significant cases. These cases have garnered significant media attention. He has served as the lead class counsel in significant state and national class action lawsuits, won several contest class certification motions, defended dispositive motions, and utilized several data-intensive, high-tech, and scientific methods and processes in discovery and other aspects of the cases. His area of competence encompasses collaborations with professionals in fields such as economics, information technology, and engineering to provide illustrative and detailed models that demonstrate the extent of the damages in individual circumstances. During high-stakes litigation, the ability to exhibit information in a dynamic presentation is essential, and Kaliel has the capacity to link and express these points.

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Fighting against predatory financial organizations and services and the real-world effects they leave behind for a large number of consumers is something that Jeff Kaliel considers to be a personal passion of his. His present caseload consists of several lawsuits filed against financial services companies and other associated entities engaging in the most aggressive lending practice. In addition to this, he fights against financial services that are meant to take advantage of the vulnerable consumers in America who have the least amount of money available to them. This community of low-income individuals has restricted access to services that are both low-cost and of high quality.

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Fighting consumer issues in this space requires developing financial expertise on par with that of many others in the field while maintaining the ability to convey this information in an approachable, easily digestible way for individuals who are hearing a case. This is in addition to mastering the legal arguments necessary to convey a case's technical merits.

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The litigation surrounding consumer safety and protection is extremely similar. The laws that protect consumers from a wide range of problems are difficult to understand, varied, and, at times, their number can be overwhelming. Finding the legal arguments that are the most appropriate for a particular case requires intense concentration and investigation as you make your way through the points of interest and content. You must pay close attention to the nuances and details of the situation. If an issue is taken from the perspective of a single customer to that of a group of customers in a class-action lawsuit, the level of complexity increases significantly, as does the amount at stake.

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When businesses are forced to compensate consumers who have been injured financially and make adjustments based on the lessons learned from a successful civil process, Kaliel believes the level of difficulty is well worth the return.

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Participation in Philanthropy and Other Charitable Activities

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During his career as an attorney, Kaliel has collaborated with various non-profit organizations to fight for the truth and devise the financial sting operations that frequently contribute to the initiation of significant policy shifts. Among the many human societies, Compassion over Killing and the National Consumers League are the beneficiaries of some of his most proud efforts with charitable organizations. Through the judicial system, these organizations campaigned for the right to label foods and animal products with accurate information.

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Awards

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Due to his many accomplishments, Kaliel was selected to be one of the Rising Stars Super Lawyers in Washington, D.C., in 2015. The newspaper Super Lawyers uses a variety of factors to pick honorees, which is one of the reasons why the award is so prestigious.

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Personal pursuits and recreational activities

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When he is not working on legal matters, Jeff Kaliel likes to spend time with his family discovering the District of Columbia and the countryside in the surrounding area.