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Javad Khazaeli

Founding Partner, Khazaeli Wyrsch
Javad Khazaeli is a St. Louis based civil rights and immigration attorney who specializes in 1983 cases and immigration. In 2021, the Riverfront Times chose him as the Best Attorney in St. Louis. Just after the 9/11 attacks, he moved to DC to work for a U.S. Senator and then spent 10 years with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Joint Terrorism Taskforce where he used immigration laws to prosecute terrorists and terrorist financiers. In 2014, he founded Khazaeli Wyrsch LLC. Michael Brown’s death four months after Khazaeli Wyrsch opened transformed the mission of the firm.  Khazaeli Wyrsch is lead counsel on over 20 civil rights cases against police departments for excessive force or other Constitutional violations. In 2017, Javad wrote an op-ed in the New York Times, I Prosecuted Terrorists for President Bush. Now My Family in Iran May Be Banned From Visiting. Our  civil rights work has been featured in the Washington Post (How municipalities in St. Louis County, Mo., profit from poverty) the New York Times (Racial Double Standard of Capitol Police Draws Outcry), and around the world. Recently, we settled a $5.2M class action against the St. Louis police. This was one of the largest person payouts in US history for a protest related class action. In 2025, we won the largest verdict in Missouri history and a top five federal jury verdict for a police shooting (St. Louis father gets $18.75M after son shot, killed by police). In October of 2021 after Kabul fell, former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander and Javad smuggled 370 Afghans out of the country to Albania. Over 95% of these refugees have been resettled in America. Javad can be reached directly at: javad.khazaeli@kwlawstl.com
2:00 - 2:50PM Session

Wednesday Oct 1st

The Data-Driven Verdict: How Top Firms Harness JuryBall for Big Wins

Javad Khazaeli and Ben Bingham didn’t start with record-breaking settlements. They built from modest wins to multimillion-dollar victories using the power of big data. Hear how everyday plaintiff lawyers turned their practices into powerhouse firms, and leave with the strategies to do the same - because what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. Moderated by Sean Claggett.